Thread: Chinese or Finnish: What IS the difference anyway?
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2012-04-24 , 13:36
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Originally Posted by klinglerware View Post
For what it's worth, the N9 I purchased last October had very good exterior build quality (other than a dead pixel issue). I have tried buying a couple of N9s in the past month, and returned both since both suffered from the loose button issues and the use of ill-produced USB door parts. I have no idea if it is a decline in quality over time, a bad batch, or general randomness (you get what you get and you don't get upset).
That's what I experienced, too!

My black 64 GB which I bought from a Danish retailer in October is perfectly crafted. No loose buttons, USB door fine, display sitting flush with the chassis. Just perfect. Made in Finland

Then I ordered a Cyan N9, had loose volume buttons, and the screen was not flush with the chassis and also when you looked at the camera you saw that the lens was not in the middle of the glass but rather offset slightly to the upper right. Made in Finland, sent back 2 days later.

A week later I ordered again a Cyan N9 from a different online shop. Loose volume buttons, screen not flush with the chassis and even worse, the chrome frame around the camera stood out from the chassis by 1mm on the one end and actually went into the body 1mm on the other end, so not being flush with the chassis, either. Made in Finland, sent back the next day.

My girlfriend's Magenta N9 has only a bit loose volume buttons, nothing to worry about but has none of the other issues. Made in Finland.

So you can't say that Made in Finland is a guarantee for good craft. It's more like the steak you get in the steakhouse.