It depends also cos as far as I know, some AP sets are having European product codes and firmware. Easiest to tell if you have APAC product code is that the phone's keypad will have these chinese characters. Some won't have the chinese characters. hat's just my opinion.

Would like to know if your mobile is original or not?!!
Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the-international mobile equipment identity number appears
Check the 7th and 8th numbers



1

2

3

4

5

6

7 th

8 th

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 02 or 20 that mean it was assembled in the Emirates which is very Bad quality

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 08 or 80 that means it was manufactured in Germany which is not bad

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 01 or 10 that mean it's manufactured in Finland which is Good

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 00 that means it was manufactured in original factory which is the best Mobile Quality ...

IF the digit number Seven & Eight is 13 that means it was assembled in
Azerbaijan which is very poor quality and potentially very dangerous to your health!!!

That's one of the way to tell UNLESS they changet the casing another method to see if you have the European product code is to see if your camera can shut off the shutter sound.. if it can, means it's European region. APAC ones cannot disable the camera shutter sound.. by the way, does anyone know how much will the original silver housing cost?

got this from somewhere
mine is 01 if according to that, mine is from Finland..Nokia HQ haha

Now this is a different version I've came across:

Use this to help you decide on a purchase! This is repost of an early member's with a few newer editions:

To find out where your nokia phone was made look at digits number 7and 8 (YY) of your IMEI.

XXXXXX/YY/ZZZZZZ/A

XXXXXX = Type Appoval Code

ZZZZZZ = serial number

A = check digit

10 = Finland
20 = Germany
30 = Korea
40 = China
50 = Brazil, USA, Finland
60 = HK, China, Mexico
70 = Finland
80 = Hungary
91 = Finland

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Added on July 29, 2008, 11:30 amNot accurate

me too..01 haha

Logically speaking, I would say that All nokias come out from the same factory. it's just like cars, each model is assembled in different places. Warranty wise is just that some go to the authorised dealers and some do not. AP or Authorised Sets, still come from the same factory. That's my opinion.

I agree. The phones are all the same, it's just the warranties given that differentiate them.
I personally think it's just a way for 'those people' to make us cough up more penny than we should.

jus need a well known AP distributor
all i need is original manufacture phone + cheap
AP is the way to go...

those ori buyer might want to argue bout this...
kekekeke

most important one is without the ap distributor name on the phone.

Wah...your's one so good. T_T I really want to try Panoman....but need to buy the software very expensive leh. T_T

Wah...your's one so good. T_T I really want to try Panoman....but need to buy the software very expensive leh. T_T

About Product code
http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...&#entry16831848

And use NSS to change your product code. my N82 really quiet when it comes to taking pictures