The New York Times has an extensive piece that profiles the working conditions faced by workers employed within Apple's supply chain manufacturers. It's a lengthy article that goes into detail with accounts about conditions at Foxconn, such as issues of worker suicides. Other former incidents such as the use of poisonous n-hexane at Wintek are...
As much as we love to see 'Designed in California' on our Apple products, the reality is not much is actually manufactured in the U.S. Apple has outsourced its production of products overseas to more efficient and lower cost alternatives that can scale much quicker than anywhere else on the planet. The New York Times...
Bloomberg posts an interesting chart that illustrates just how important an Apple manufacturing contract means to Foxconn, builder of the iPhone and iPad. Since the debut of the iPhone in 2007, Apple's profit margins have doubled, whereas Foxconn margins have decreased, to its current razor thin 1.5%: “Hon Hai is willing to sacrifice margins so...
Yesterday sources told Digitimes Apple's supply chain would begin to prepare materials in Q1 of 2012 in preparation for a launch in the third quarter. Not only that, the unit itself would not be a traditional set top box, but an actual TV: Instead of a form of set-top box (STB) like the Apple TV...
On October 31, the Brazilian telecommunications agency ANATEL issued the go ahead for Taiwanese manufacturing giant Foxconn to begin assembling iPhones in Brazil. Just under a month later it seems as if the made in Brazil iPhone are getting into the hands of locals. Brazilian website MacMagazine (via Google Translation) has posted images of an 8GB white iPhone...
A report published by DigiTimes indicates that Apple has instructed its major iPhone / iPad parts suppliers such as Foxconn to delay a portion of their shipments for the final quarter of 2011 to the first quarter of 2012. It is claimed that Apple has taken this decision in light of lower-than-expected pre-sales of iPhone 4S. All iPhone...
According to M.I.C. Gadget, the plethora of 'iPhone 5' silicone cases leaked came from a worker that was paid to 'lose' the prototype, according to their source (pictured below): It is said to be a test model with a finalized iPhone 5 chassis featuring the tear-drop design. However, the interesting thing about it is that...
A recent report by Digitimes states electronics manufacturer Foxconn has seen a decline in August revenues, a decrease of 6.55% sequentially to $7.39 billion USD, based on the decline of iPhone 4 shipments according to industry observers. The reason for this adjustment is linked to the production of the next generation iPhone 5, reported to...
We just told you to mark you calendars for October 21st based on a highly credible report and get ready for the iPhone 5. Well another report tells us that the next generation iPhone handset is already under production for an official launch at the projected October date. According to a latest publication from Apple...
The latest report regarding Foxconn was their intention to employ 1 million robot workers to replace humans for certain tasks within their factories. The Taiwanese company helps supply Apple with their popular iPhone and iPad devices. NMA.TV has animated a video with their impression of how the whole takeover will go down. NMA.TV is notorious...
Your next iPhone could be assembled with even more robot hands, according to the latest report from Xinhua News Agency. Taiwanese-based Foxconn, the maker of Apple products such as the iPhone and iPad will be introducing robots to replace the work of physical labour over the next three years: Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace...
Foxconn Electronics has been the primary manufacturer for iPhone and iPad orders, that was until earlier reports revealed Apple had placed 15 million next-generation iPhone 5 orders with Pegatron Technology. Digitimes reports Foxconn has been working swiftly to raise its production efficiency and improve yield rates, in order to maintain business with its existing...
