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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kotaro_14:
Phone: Made in Korea

Batt: Made in Japan finished in Korea

Purchase: Shenzhen, China(Unofficial retailer, but the phone is legit, they said they bought it from the Samsung retailer in Shenzhen)

Lol, I think mines the only battery that's made in Japan and finished in Korea will try to upload photo. :D

The battery is also official Samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richjb78:
Made in Korea

Made in Korea/Finished in China

Purchaesd online from T Mobile UK
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Those voting others please leave some details.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kung-Fu-Tse:
Phone: Made in Korea

Batt: Made in Korea finished in China

Purchase: Germany, Samsung Electronics GmbH

EUR: 650€
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xakarix84:
Phone: Made by Samsung... zzz

Batt: Made in Korea, finished in China

Purchase: Malaysia
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krystalho:
Phone: Made by Samsung

Battery: Made in Korea, finished in China

Purchased in Hong Kong
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andem:
Phone: Made by Samsung

I actually had the retailer open the box and check it before I purchased it. As long as it didn't say "Made in China", I promised I'd purchase it :D Brand new, though I wish I knew where it was made.

Beautiful phone. Thankfully replaced my stolen Milestone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirchichamu:
I think, those only having "Made by Samsung" are actually made in China. Otherwise they would have written Made in Korea, instead of Made by Samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andem:
That statement makes no sense. Do you have any reason why you would make such an assumption? Either way, I'm calling Samsung tomorrow to ask.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Im sure those support agents wont be able to give a meaningful inforation but you can try =)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ph00ny:
Mine is made in korea. Launch day UK model
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
@winlinmac001

Thank you for sharing something with in-depth information!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mirchichamu:
I am 100% sure otherwise why they should write made by Samsung? It is known already that it is made by Samsung BUT where? This is marketing strategy...Because many people don't want to buy products made in China so they put only made by Samsung...for me it doesn't matter where any known particular company make any product....even if it is in a small remote village as far as it is by that company...almost all known brands have now established their factories in China due to cheep labour and other incentives...they are maintaining their qualities...if they don't maintain their quality, they will loose...so it doesn't matter where they produce.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsie:
Very good observations. I completely agree with you. My phone (June'11 batch) bought in India says "Made by Samsung", but when looked on the box it clearly says manufactured in China. I bought it online & the condition inside the box was not at all good. I also have a feeling now that Samsung has exported a refurbished product from China.

Another observation I made was that my phone has a visible gap around the home button (I can see light from one side). I also had yellow spot (hardly visible) on the screen.

I saw a phone in a shop from July'11 batch but manufactured in China.

All in all, very hard to judge their strategy.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chobie:
All SGS2 have banding though.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winlinmac001:
MYTH

MYTH |Here's a fairy-tale with a sad-ending (you never know, this could be true) | MYTH

Once upon a time, there was a U.K. consumer eagerly waiting for his S2 in the mail. The day had arrived...he busted the box took out his new device and turned it on for the first time...a few seconds a later he noticed something unusual---went into notification area and spotted that his beloved Galaxy S2 was defective, a round shadow was noticed on the display. The consumer called Samsung technical support to file a complaint, tech support, assured the Galaxy S2 owner that the problem would disappear after a week's time.

The owener was not pleased and decided to return his device for a new one.

The exchange was granted, but his first S2 had to make a long journey to Korea.

The folks at the South Korea factory were like, WTH, nothing is wrong, its just a suction-cup mark--> you, go wash this glass send it out to China so can it can be installed on a new device. The factory worker was excited.

He did as he was told, and sent the glass piece to the China factory where it would later be processed and installed.

Eventually, the piece would be installed and a call from Samsung India would demand more Galaxy S2's. The factory in Korea was overwhelmed with demand and requested the Chinese factory workers to send their batch to India instead.

Upon arrival, the new phone with old glass, was sealed in a new June, 2011 box, and sent out to the customer who spent 30,999 rupees for a brand-new S2.

WinlinMac001 was frustrated and didn't know what to do. He went to the service center, demanded, demanded, demanded. Nothing was sure after that.

The End
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attackcenter:
@winlinmac001

1. IMO the misspelling of AMOLED could just be simply a stupid regional language error. To me this could be also proof the item came from Korea. :) Could this just be, Korea meets Indian channels (in a rush to release products) without an interpreter? :)

2. Correct me if I'm wrong, but haven't many problems been fixed through firmware upgrades and not hardware upgrades? Where is the proof that these phones were fixed through hardware updates? There is quite a difference between an older UK I9100 phone with an older firmware and your I9100 that has nearly the latest firmware upgrade. It would be interesting to compare your phone to a Uk Korean model that has the same firmware.

3. How did you come up with the theory that all I9100s are made in China? As you can see in the polls the majority of the users have units made in Korea. The China units only started popping up when Amazon started selling them recently. Then now also on the models that your referring to. To me (even know I own a China made model) the Chinese made models are the suspicious ones. Especially, (correct me if I'm wrong) this new "noble black" model that all of a sudden popped up from China out of now where. Isn't there laws regarding correctly labeling where a product is made? Not to mention that Amazon.com (fulfilled and sold by Amazon.com) got quite the scolding from reviewers in the past when they were said to be selling counterfeit Sandisk 32gb sd cards.

4. The conclusions about the Korean made units having refurbished parts, what evidence do you have of that? China has mainly low-mid goods. Korea has higher end goods and a larger budget. My suspicion would be that in some cases, in general China made products use alternative brand parts to save money. I can completely see why Samsung would go to China to have there products made there "now", to ramp up productions for different channels and a potential US release and in doing so can "save money". Although, it's suspicious that I have seen no mention before Amazon started selling them of a China factory putting out I9100s. There were Korean made I9100s and as someone stated, an announcement that they would start manufacturing in Brazil.

5. When you state you think that the parts are coming from China, what evidence are you basing that on? I respect it, if thats just your opinion.

6. You have interesting theories that could prove to be true, but I just don't see the evidence yet and wouldn't really draw many of these conclusions.

7. Hands down I rather have the "Made In Korea" product. I've seen Samsung release a LCD monitor with the same model number (except I think the difference was a "b" on the end). One was "Made In Korea" and the other "China. In the reviews the people hands down reported the quality of the "Made In Korea" monitor as be superior.

8. I appreciate it if you are drawing these conclusions possibly from some vast knowledge (or a knowledge) of hardware and distribution channels. If so, thats food for thought for me. :)

AC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winlinmac001:
I remember a few years back when Samsung were manufacturing computer monitors particularly, the BW series, there were four variants being sold:

Model # Ending in

"A" by some LCD-Panel Manufacturer, AU Optronics (AUO)

"B" by BenQ

"C" by CHIMEI

Possible "D" by Doung

"S" by Samsung Electronics, Korea

The first four variants had serious issues with bleeding, dead pixels, and humming from the LCD, whereas the "S" had virtually no problems at all.

I even went to nearby showroom so see what they had on display,

Of course, the "S" was on display (appeared perfect) and there was a smaller model adjacent to it that had the letter mentioned after the model number as "A" with considerable signs of bleeding on every side/corner,

and there was also a new model with no letter mentioned at the end of BW, and that monitor was nearly completely fine, almost perfect.

Ultimately, it was hard to believe when I learned even the "S" along with its other counter-parts were all Made in China.

Then only did I also come in conclusion that Samsung does not care about the uniformity of quality in their products.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winlinmac001:
My interpretation of the misspelling of AMOLED was not really stressed as one of the possible reasons of it's China-origins. However, I do agree with you that an interpreter may have been foolish when learning about AMOLED for the first time.

Folks over another thread on this forum are still complaining of yellow-tinge, most them, mainly European owners (UK specifically) who had their devices "Made in Korea." The suction problem on the display was first reported by a UK owner. Firmware should be the same for both regions by now.

Most parts mainly pertaining to cosmetics and circuitry are manufactured in China nowadays. Samsung has most of its base factory operations around China itself. The parts for S2 are definitely made in China and shipped to Korea for assembly there, at least it used to be, but now it appears more like a scattered operation as per what the new boxes say.

Noble Black is actually the only color option for the S2. There is a possible white version coming out soon and Asian countries could be among the first to get it.

So many folks in May and early parts of June were sending back their defective units to a nearby Samsung Service Center because of problems with dead pixels and suction-cup shadow, which proved justifiable for a one-on-one exchange. It would have taken weeks to get the parts replaced because the product was only launched a few days back at that time.

These defective units were sent back to Korea or possibly, China, to be disassembled. Parts that passed quality screening were possibly washed, and refitted onto newer devices. It could be true. Why is that this shadow-nonsense doesn't impair by view in so many areas of my display like when looking into Gallery, Android Market, Internet, Movies, and other Applications? I only see it in the Notification Area when you look carefully it looks like it was washed with some solution because the mark of the suction-cup is still their but dispersed in a small-section of the section, looks washed out. You have to look very carefully to see the problem I am talking about.

When the suction-cup shadow was initially reported by many UK owners in May, they must have been seeing left-over residue by the suction-cup mechanism this whole time. Sadly, this is proof that Samsung doesn't do proper Q/C testing before finalizing the package.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSaw:
My SGS2 was

made in Korea; bought in Romania
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarryH_GEG:
Wow, this thread's based pretty much on nothing but assumptions.

1) Samsung makes most of their internals in factories they own. They make all their own displays in a limited number of factories. It's the same core parts being used whether the phone's being assembled in Korea or China.

2) The QC issues, especially with the display, are just as common in phone's purchased today as they were two months ago. Not once in the several hundred pages of discussion on displays was anything traced back to where the phone was assembled as having any impact.

3) Parts used in the assembly of the phone not made by Samsung may be sourced though multiple third parties. We have no idea what parts those could be or who the third parties are. There are several different camera sources as evidenced by the different hardware coding in the firmware. There's also no reason to believe phones produced in China have different part sources than phones made in Korea.

4) Probably 3/4 of the parts of the phone (even those produced by Samsung) probably come from China any way.

5) Hardware wise, other than display issues, the phone's been relatively trouble free with no consistent pattern of recurring hardware-related issues. Because there aren't a lot of problems discussed how could anyone pin anything to a phone being made in a particular country as the source of a problem? Especially when no one knows where a lot of the internal parts are sourced anyway.

Mine was one of the first sold in the UK and made in Korea. It's been totally trouble free (knock on wood) and suffers from no QC defects including the display.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolfi:
In UK, First one "made in Korea by Samsung", second one "made by Samsung".

But on the box the second one has country code of Korea, the second one had slight different sticker on the screen than first one, just the colour and small corner indent, not much difference.

Both were faulty and returned.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil1988:
Battery Made in Korea, Finished in China

Phone Made by Samsung.

Countrycode is Korea.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Andem:
With all of the confusion on what "Made by Samsung" means, I decided to do an IMEI lookup and apparently you can do it on the Internet (check Google). Instead of calling my phone company and asking them to do it for me, I got the following results for my particular IMEI numbe, which under the battery simply says "Made by Samsung":

Brand: SAMSUNG

Model: GT-I9100 GALAXY S2

Manufacturer: SAMSUNG KOREA

Device type: PHONE

"SAMSUNG KOREA" != "SAMSUNG CHINA". Combined with the fact that the store promised me a Korean product, I'm more inclined to believe it is infact assembled in Korea. Makes me feel a little happier, since I avoid buying Chinese products.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winlinmac001:
Here is what's written on the outside of my Box:

Manufactured by:

Tianjin Samsung Telecom Technology Co., Ltd.

No.9, weiwu RD, Micro-Electronic Industrial Park,

Xiquing Dist., Tianjin, China, 300385

Samsung Battery: Made in Korea, Finished in China

Phone: Made By Samsung

Mobile Phone- GT-I9100LKAINU (Assuming it is Korean Model)

However, parts seem to be coming from or assembled in China

What is your take of Samsung using refurbished parts on "New" Units?

BTW: Here is an interesting article I came across via Google,

http://www.redorbit.com/news/scienc...hone_production_base_settles_in_tianjin_teda/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sp1tfire:
On my phone's box it says: Made by Samsung in Korea for Vodafone Romania. Inside the phone: Made by Samsung in Korea. Battery is finished in China. I don't think it makes any difference if your phone is made in China or in Korea. Any phone can be flawless or defective, no matter the country were it has been made.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winlinmac001:
On my Samsung HDTV Adapter packaging, it says Manufactured by:

Samsung Electronics Corp. Ltd. C.P.O.Box 2775, Seoul Korea

Made in Korea

This is the same "Manufactured by..." label affixed on the Made in Korea Galaxy S2 boxes being sold in India. It is what I saw in a mobile shop the other day.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bbarao:
Mine is:

Phone: Made in Korea

Batt: Made in Korea finished in China
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] santhoshar:
Mine is Samsung Korea purchased from UK
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TAEL:
Here is where they're manufacturing Galaxy S II, you can go there and make some noises, lol. :D

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=samsu...7vIeOFc0_VQId1mr5Bg&start=10&t=h&z=17&iwloc=G
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attackcenter:
Although, in some cases Japan and Korean manufacturers consistantly put out China product on low to mid end products. With some companies their high end products are Made in Japan or Korea. Although, in this day and age this rule many times no longer stands.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attackcenter:
1. It may be true that the person's complaining were mainly UK phone orders. Although, if you look at the statisitics so far on this poll 67% have Korean models and 22% have China made models. Do you think there is a difference in Samsung Korean Manufacturing for a particular region?

2. I do agree that most of the parts are probably made in China. Although, I do feel that certain parts could be sourced from certain areas as they become available. Not to mention we're talking about Samsung Korea QC vs Samsung China QC. They may have the same work training, but I am going to have to side on the side of Korea. :)

3. I was wondering about the Amazon.com Noble black I9100 that they sell. I watched videos with unboxings and reviews before I got my phone. It may be how it looked on camera, but I noticed that the I9100s I was seeing looked to have a slightly silver edge that goes around the frame of the phone. Although, the silver was not even as close to be as defined as the iPhone 3GS. I noticed on the model I from Amazon, that the line going around the phone frame appeared to be black and not silver (noble black?). Also, I thought I noticed on some I9100s in Youtube videos that the earpiece on the phone was silver. On my Amazon.com I9100 the earpiece was black (noble black again).

4. I am not sure that I buy it that they use used parts. I wouldn't come to this assumption as I don't really see the proof. Although, I can see where your coming from and open to the possiblity.

5. Some faults with the Samsung AMOLED Plus screen in general could be faults with the make of this screen and the technology used. It's also possible that the newer the hardware purchase and then the newer the revision. It does seem thought that Samsung is breaking their backs just to get this product out because of it's huge demand.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attackcenter:
Hi Barry,

Yes, it's true that there are many assumptions being made. Good point. Simply put, I would just feel more comfort in buying the Korean made product.

AC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miisterlim:
Phone: Made in Korea

Batt: Made in Korea finished in China

Purchase: Australia, Optus Shop
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vaust:
Phone : Made in China

Batt: Made in korea, finished in china.

Purchase: indonesia samsung launch.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
Totally irrelevant thread

If there ever was a totally irrelevant thread on this board which got lots of comments, then this is it! :rolleyes:

What difference does it make whether the phone is made (read 'assembled') in Korea or China or TIMBUKTOO!!! We all know that it's coming from the same company (SAMSUNG) so same QC standards would be followed wherever the phone is assembled at. The same hardware components are used no matter where the phone is assembled at.

So, to my mind, this is a totally irrelevant question/thread.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crush:
Batt: Made in Korea finished in China

Phone: Made By Samsung

:confused:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aymara:
Mine too ... bought in Germany.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ParthG:
Mine is exactly the same. No seal on the box, came with firmware made for Chile (looked up the firmware letter codes), and the box is completely in Spanish but came with a Samsung US power cord. Strangely, the default language was English, and not Spanish.

I bought mine from Evotronix

Phone: Made in China

Battery: Made in Korea / Finished in China
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attackcenter:
Mine also came with a US charger. I didn't even bother opening up the manual. I couldn't read the original writing on the sticker on the box because their was another english sticker placed over it. The writing in the battery area was in spanish. The phone originally powered up to the english language.

I actually got uncomfortable that mine was Made in China (even know there may or may not be a difference). Especially, because I normally wouldn't buy China made products unless I needed to. I returned my I9100 to Amazon for a refund. I'm waiting on the refund. I'm planning on purchasing the UK Made in Korea I9100.

AC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nyxtopouli:
Bought on amazon USA site. Phone came from Germany

Phone is "made by Samsung"

Outside box says for "made by Samsung"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arj154:
got mine from O2 and the battery is Made in Korea and The phone is made in Korea. They seem to have high quality control.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bawezy:
Bought mine on contract from Three UK. Both battery and phone made in Korea.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kachunch76:
Made In Vietnam?

Never seen this before~

I thought it's only made in Korea and China
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
A lot of S1 where made in Vietnam.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srr118:
Korea.......
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beaver2233:
Phone: Made in China by Samsung
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsie:
Replaced Chinese to Korean

I finally decided to replace my "made in China" SGS2 with "Made in Korea" :). Had to do lot of convincing to the service center & the dealer, but at last they agreed to do it. Just got the new one today & I'm very happy with the replaced version. I found the device, the packaging to be top notch. Mine is a July'11 batch with Phone "made in Korea" & the battery also "made in Korea", finished in China.

Since I used both "made in China" & "made in Korea, I found the ones manufactured in Korea look & feel superior than the once manufactured in China.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
I honestly cant stop laughing about this :D
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kirdroid:
+1 .... I have had both made in china and korea, didn't find any difference whatsoever. I think it has to go thru the same samsung qa certification process irrespective of where the device was manufactured.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warfanax:
All 5 Sgs2 phones that I had were made in Korea and still had defects in all of them. Thats why I returned all. Although my phones were manufactured at June 2011. So I hope the July production is better. I will try to buy sometime later again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] taivm:
Mine is Made in Korea, while my sister's is Made in Vietnam.:cool:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkSkov:
Mine just says "Made by Samsung", unless I'm blind...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkSkov:
...and I voted "other"
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Attackcenter:
I can't remember, where is the batch date located? Is it underneath the battery or on the sticker on the side of the box?

I returned my "Made In China" I9100 and am awaiting a refund. So, of course I don't have access to look at the batch information.

AC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsie:
Batch date can be found on the sticker of the box.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deepsie:
At least in my case I found it to be finish wise better.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krazykat:
Made in Chile. =)