Nokia Mobile 'Made in China.'

Saudi Arabia; Nokia ruled the Saudi mobile market and they are still on top, but now there’s an undertone of dissatisfaction with their reign. This discontent developed because the decision makers in Finland insisted that retailers in Saudi Arabia would be supplied with handsets made in one of Nokia’s Chinese factories under the authority of Nokia Finland. At first it was just a few models, but since the end of 2008, the majority of Nokia handsets imported to the Kingdom are stamped, “made in China.”
Not just Nokia bringing handsets made in China to the Saudi market. Other mobile brands such as Samsung and Sony Ericsson also sell handsets in Saudi Arabia that are manufactured in China.
“The trend is for mobile handsets sold in Saudi Arabia to be manufactured in China. In regards to Nokia, E-series devices that are manufactured in South Korea, but all their other handsets come from China,” said a salesman in Saudi Arabia.
So what exactly are the facts about Nokia phones made in China? Nokia has been in China for 25 years and began exporting handsets from China in 1997. It has two factories in the country, but only handsets made at its Beijing factory are sold in the Kingdom.
China is becoming increasingly important to Nokia and not only due to the size of its manufacturing base there. China is Nokia’s largest single country market globally, with the company selling over 71.3 million devices in that nation last year, representing 13 percent of Nokia’s global net sales. By contrast, in the entire Middle East and Africa, Nokia sold 81 million units in 2008.