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Foxconn building high-tech $210 million Apple plant
A new report out this morning from Far East asserted that Hon Hai Precision Technology, also know as Foxconn, is investing $210 million in an upcoming plant in Huai'an city meant to help satisfy the ever-growing demand for Apple products around the world.Though this one won't be as big as Foxconn...
Apple Cuts iPhone Orders By 25% Ahead Of Next-Generation Handset [Report]
With a new iPhone just months away, Apple doesn't want to produce too many older models. While there’s plenty of debate surrounding the next-generation iPhone’s specifics, there’s one thing we do know for sure, and that is that the new device will make its debut at some poin...
Samsung just lost $10B market value on Apple order stoppage rumor
Samsung has lost a whopping ten billion dollars of market value on rumors of order stoppage concerning DRAM chips. The iPhone maker has reportedly secured half the manufacturing output from Elpida, a struggling Japanese maker of dynamic random access memory chips.Apple is Samsung’s biggest ...
How about an iPhone with a bendable display?
A report out this morning from Far East suggested Apple could be interested in adopting Samsung's new flexible OLED screens, presumably for use in iPads, iPhones and iPods. The South Korean conglomerate last year supplied Apple with nearly $8 billion worth of processors, NAND flash chips and scre...
"Breakthrough" Liquidmetal Apple gadget at least 5 years away
Apple’s love for new materials and a penchant for innovative manufacturing processes is well documented and evident in shiny products it builds.Perhaps no other material has gotten the rumor-mill as much excited as metallic glass, better known as Liquidmetal.Apple owns worldwide and exclusi...
Rare earth elements, another reason why Apple has its heels stuck in Chinese mud
We explained earlier today how producing millions ofiPads that’ll eventually be discarded negatively affects our environment.And even though Apple is doing what it possibly can to forgo toxic materials in iPad manufacturing, green technology requires a significant amount of difficult-to-min...
Want to see how an iPad is made? Watch this video
Earlier this month, Marketplace‘s Shanghai Bureau Chief Rob Schmitz found his way into Foxconn‘s Longhua facility, where many of Apple’s iPads are made. He’s only the second reporter ever to be allowed on to the company’s factory floor.Schmitz uploaded a video of his...
Improvements To Foxconn Working Conditions = Fewer iPads For Apple
With worker overtime now reduced, Foxconn simply can't assemble as many iPads as it used to. Apple’s new iPad is still selling like hot cakes, and new customers continue to face a 1-2-week shipping delay when purchasing through the Apple online store. But the company is reportedly strug...
Foxconn workers to get wage increases in July
Foxconn is the world’s largest (and Apple’s favorite) contract manufacturer. Despite criticism that it runs sweatshops, the truth is that Foxconn leads the charge in improving working conditions at its high-tech factories, at least compared to other large-scale production operations i...
Does Apple have an obligation to create more American jobs?
At this point, it’s fairly common knowledge that Apple outsources its manufacturing work overseas. Labor is much cheaper in countries like China, where there are no minimum wage laws, so it’s a huge draw for companies looking to lower their costs.But not everyone’s ok with this....
