Nokia phones released in UAE are made in "CHINA"!

What is this world up to!!!
i purchased a 8800 saphire arte for 5,000 dhs and guess what, it is made in korea!
then later i purchased an N96 4,500 Dhs n it was made in china!
very poor quality!
often & prone hanging, corruption, un-informed restarting!!!
a whole lot of problems...
i inquired all stores and found out that all phnes to be released by nokia are gonna be china here forth!
god bless china, as we are still paying the price for the original good stuff n we get the lowest of the class....
lets hope the quality does not lower even more like the chinese phones sold at Dragon Market - dubai!!!!

Nokia presently has production units in (presented in alphabetical order): Brazil, China, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Mexico, Romania and South Korea. There was until recently also one in Germany. You can always check the current list of production units at: http://www.nokia.com/A4149133. For logistical reasons, it is likely that your Nokia device was made in a production unit close to your country, there is no cause to worry about quality based on the location in which your device was manufactured.
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