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Would you like to know where your mobile phone came from? Mobile phone manufacturers have set up manufacturing facilities across the globe so as to lighten and reduce operational costs. Considering the possibility of opening up production plants and factories outside their place of origin has been the trend of huge business companies as the economy took a slow dive at the turn of the millenium. Press the following on your mobile *#06# and the IMEI code or International Mobile Equipment Identity number will appear on your mobile phone lcd screen.

What you do is, check the 7th and 8th numbers:

• If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 02 or 20 – Made in China, low quality.
• If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 08 or 80 – Made in Germany, good quality.
• If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 01 or 10 – Made in Finland, good quality.
• If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 00 – Made in the MAIN production plant. High Quality.
• If the Seventh & Eighth digits are 13 – Made in Azerbaijan, poor quality.