Foxconn Archive

  • On the apparent Apple suicide

    On the apparent Apple suicide

    Every once in a while you get a story so strange and horrible that it takes a while to sink in. I’m talking about the suicide of a Foxconn employee who was caught doing something with an “iPhone prototype” and jumped out of the window. Matt wrote: So the story goes that a 25-year-old man at Foxconn [...]

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  • Foxconn employee interrogated over lost iPhone prototype, suicide ensues [Update]

    Foxconn employee interrogated over lost iPhone prototype, suicide ensues [Update]

    So the story goes that a 25-year-old man at Foxconn - where iPhones are born - was to send 16 iPhone prototypes to Apple, but one was lost somewhere. The Foxconn security department then proceeded to illegally search the man's apartment and interrogated him. But that was too much for the man that might be responsible for leaking a prototype of the next iPhone. Update after the jump

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  • Crippled Chinese iPhone coming in September

    Crippled Chinese iPhone coming in September

    Fortune is reporting that China Unicorn will launched the crippled iPhone without Wi-Fi in September. The crippled iPhones are being made by Foxconn in China. The phones will be crippled to follow China’s guidelines on high-speed mobile Internet access. Should be fun. Crunch Network: CrunchGear drool over the sexiest new gadgets and hardware.

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  • Foxconn declines comment on PS3 Slim contract

    Foxconn declines comment on PS3 Slim contract

    Attempting to quell earlier reports that they’ve signed an agreement with Sony to build the rumored PS3 Slim, Foxconn issued an official “no comment” statement with the Taiwan Stock Exchange today.

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