iPhone 5S Coming Summer 2013?

Posted on March 6, 2013 Leave a Comment

iPhone 5S Summer 2013

Apple’s alleged ‘next big thing’ – the much speculated iPhone 5S has recently been all over the rumor-spreading web-sources. After rumors about a cheaper and larger iPhone for emerging markets were dismissed by Apple, Foxconn reportedly is readying to launch the production of iPhone 5S. The production will be conducted on the same lines where the latest model – iPhone 5 is produced. The report came alongside the information on the fact that NTT DoCoMo, number one Japanese cellular provider, which is not currently carrying iPhones, has started to reduce orders for Android smartphones for 2013 Fall season. That fuels the speculation over iPhone’s possible debut with NTT DoCoMo.
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Apple Developing ‘iWatch’ in Cooperation with Foxconn?

Posted on February 13, 2013 Leave a Comment

Apple iWatch

Confirming a recent report from the New York Times that Apple is readying its own smart watch, The Wall Street Journal now claims that the so-called “iWatch” is being developed by Foxconn, the company’s biggest manufacturing partner. The Asian electronics maker is allegedly working on multiple technologies that could be implemented in wearable devices, seeking to create advanced chips for power usage reduction. Actually, Foxconn is said to be designing its wearable solutions for more clients that just Apple, although the WSJ has failed to provide specific names.
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Foxconn Already Manufacturing iPad mini in Brazil

Posted on October 2, 2012 Leave a Comment

Foxconn Brazil iPad mini

Reliable sources have tipped Japanese website MacOtakara that production of the rumored ‘iPad mini’ has already started at a Brazil-based factory. Whether smaller tablets are also being assembled in China, the country most Apple products are built in, remains unknown.
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Another Suicide at Foxconn

Posted on June 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

Suicide at Foxconn

 Foxconn has reported that one of its workers committed suicide, the first incident of the king in 2012. The 23-year-old employee had only started working for the company within last month and may have been suicidal prior to his employment. Two years ago, Apple’s major overseas supplier faced a series of suicides, but improving labor conditions helped reduce that rate.
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Foxconn reportedly manufacturing Apple HDTV prototypes

Posted on June 7, 2012 Leave a Comment

Apple HDTV

This month, Apple has reportedly put the first prototypes of its widely discussed high-definition TV set on the production line at one of Foxconn’s Shenzhen-based factories. According to BusinessInsider, the overseas manufacturer is in the “trial production stage” of making the television, which is slated to hit the market early next year. Previously, Foxconn has denied building an Apple-branded TV, even after CEO Terry Gou was said to have confirmed the device.
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