There are these indications (anectodic, i.e. not necessarily true) that US units are made in Korea, while European units are made in Finland.. and that the Finland made ones tend to be of slightly better quality when it comes to buttons/dpad. Take this with large grains of salt though. As for the price, you should now be able to find the N800 at more places than before, and at a lower price than from Nokia direct.