I also have a Malaysian (China made) N9, 7-8 months old. The PC body seems fine, but the USB/SIM covers have ever so slight chipping. I played around with it, Im certain they are made of steel and painted over. Never noticed until bumping in this thread. Seems like a legit problem. Yay.

Well, Nokia is going 6 feet under any time soon, so its not really gonna change anything anyway.

Looking forward to the Android-Ubuntu quad core combo Ubuntu is amazing. When that happens, goodbye Nokia. You were awesome right until you made a pact with the devil.

http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android