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Ways to identify Fake Nokia Phones

on January 14, 2008 – 3:10 pm13 Comments

Nokia Philippines has come out with ways to identify fake Nokia phones. Nokia N81, Nokia 5310, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia 6120 are some of the fake Nokia phones in the Philippines market. So next time you are buying a Nokia phone from Philippines or some other place, which is famous for its shady mobile handset bazaars, try one of these and stop getting cheated:

  • Price of a fake Nokia is almost half or one-third of its original counterpart.
  • Abnormally lightweight phones can be fake, so beware, for humans light weights are in but not for phones
  • Fake mobile don’t have the blue colored 12-month warranty sticker. If the phone has the sticker then use the other ways to identify fakes (this is my version)
  • Unavailability of or poorly printed Nokia Care tamper proof warranty stickers are sign of a fake Nokia mobile handset
  • Genuine Nokia phones have a tamper-proof label at the back and they also have tamper-proof warranty seal
  • Original Nokia phone have batteries with hologram showing Nokia “Connecting people” logo and “Original Enhancements” written on them. If you slant the hologram left, right, down, and up you will see 1,2,3 and 4 dots on each side

So next time you buy a Nokia mobile, make sure you do all these tests. Its ok if the retailer gets annoyed with your antics..end of the day you are taking what you paid for.

Thanks Nokia Philippines, this is really cool!!!

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A team of mobile geeks

  • mervin

    akala ko fake ung sakin..hahaha..buti nalang..

  • http://godspeedz.blogspot.com Vikram

    English dude!!!!

  • andreah

    We have to be very cautious… luckily i bought an original one =)

  • chad

    does anyone know about identifying an original “made in finland” N95?…..without much physical examination of the hand set..like maybe dialing a few numbers in the phone?? Thanks

  • Lady Blue

    i bought my N81 last friday the phone is very pretty and elegant i dont know if my cp is original…bec. when i listening music there are few times that it hang so i need it to turned off to refresh my phone pls more info. to identofy the fake nokia N series

  • abdul

    type *#06#

    IF the Seventh & Eighth digits are:

    08 or 80 this means your cell phone was manufactured in Germany which is fair quality
    01 or 10 this means your cell phone was manufactured in Finland which is very Good
    00 this means your cell phone was manufactured in original factory which is the best Mobile Quality
    02 or 20 this means your cell phone was assembled in Emirates which is very Bad quality
    13 this means your cell phone was assembled in Azerbaijan which is very Bad quality and also dangerous for your health

  • http://freesharer.blogspot.com 1337pro

    To identify a fake nokia mobile. Always check if it is dual sim or not. Most fake nokia models are dual sim

  • Daniel Ndungu

    Do an original nokia must have kiswahili language? Please help.

  • http://vtnc.org Bremm

    @ Abdul

    02 could stand for “Hungary”, not “Emirates”. By the way, IMEI number is just a 15-digit serial number.

    This site has some information regarding IMEI numbers as well:

    https://www.numberingplans.com/?page=analysis&sub=imeinr

  • profesor

    02 means India

  • http://vtnc.org Bremm

    The seventh and eighth algarisms (in a 15-digit IMEI) stand for FAC (final assembly code), which identifies the Manufacturer Code. Thus, it doesn’t mean which is the country of the manufacturing.

    01 and 02 mean it was mounted by AEG (Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft).

    My Nokia 6300 was bought in Amsterdam (Schipol Airport) and on the label says “Made in Hungary”. Below my cellphone data, with hidden serial number.

    Information on IMEI 35486002XXXXXXX

    Type Allocation Holder Nokia
    Mobile Equipment Type Nokia 6300
    GSM Implementation Phase 2/2+
    IMEI Validity Assessment Very likely

    Information on range assignment

    Est. Date of Range Issuance Around Q2 2008
    Reporting Body British Approvals Board of Telecommunications (BABT)
    Primary Market Europe
    Legal Basis for Allocation EU R&TTE Directive

    Information on number format

    Full IMEI Presentation 354860-02-XXXXXX-X
    Reporting Body Identifier 35
    Type Allocation Code 35486002
    Serial Number XXXXXX
    Check Digit X

  • jeirah

    thanks 2 bremm…now i know my dat my fone is original..^_^

  • tawanda mtomeni

    do original nokia starts without shaking hands