|
Home > News > Tags > Foxconn
|
|
30
More: next 50 >>
Chinese media outlets report that Foxconn Technology Group is building a new facility in East China's Jiangsu province, Huai’an city. Covering 40,000 square meters, the facility is to employ almost just as many workers for the production of unnamed Apple gadgets. Citing the office of Taiwan Affairs of Hua... |
22 May 2012
04:29 GMT |
 |
|
As expected, giant search engine Baidu unveiled the Changhong H5018 smartphone powered by its own Cloud Smart Terminal platform.
According to the company, the device has been manufactured by Foxconn and will be available for purchase via China Unicom.
Obviously, it won’t be available outside China and it wil... |
15 May 2012
17:11 GMT |
|
|
As many of you probably expected, Foxconn is contradicting reports about Terry Gou confirming production of Apple’s rumored HDTV. The CEO said nothing of the sort, according to a statement released by the giant electronics manufacturer.According to a China Daily report translating the CEO’s words, “... |
15 May 2012
06:11 GMT |
|
|
Foxconn Chief Executive Officer, Terry Gou, has been quoted as saying at a news conference in Shanghai that his factories are preparing to assemble the long-rumored Apple iTV [Update: see below]. Apple has been selling three generations of set-top boxes branded as “Apple TV” for the past few years, but m... |
11 May 2012
11:01 GMT |
|
|
Foxconn will soon launch a couple of barebone PCs called “Nano PCs” and priced at under $200 / 152 Euro.
They are called AT-5300 and AT-5600 and use Intel and AMD processors, respectively.
To be more precise, the former utilizes the Atom D2700, while the latter has an AMD E-450 “Brazos” APU ... |
4 May 2012
10:41 GMT |
|
|
Marketplace.org's Rob Schmitz is the second reporter ever to be allowed inside a Foxconn production plant that handles the assembly of Apple’s tablet computers. The video embedded above offers highlights from his tour of the assembly line and the Foxconn facilities.Schmitz says the work done by the 250,000... |
12 April 2012
04:01 GMT |
|
|
It looks like Sharp really is doing badly nowadays, having decided to sell so much of its LCD production in Sakai, Osaka, that Foxconn will be the one with the greatest stake in it.
It was last month that Sharp sold a stake of 46.5 percent to Foxconn.
That left it with the same share, while 7 percent went to Sony... |
10 April 2012
16:01 GMT |
|
|
After a Japanese television studio interviewed a Foxconn recruiter who said the next iPhone would be released this June, another Foxconn employee appears to have spilled the beans on the launch date. However, this time it’s October. South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper says it has talked to the head of ... |
9 April 2012
09:26 GMT |
|
|
DigiTimes has a new scoop on the next-generation line of iMacs, reporting that PC ODM Quanta Computer and assembler Foxconn Technology are expected to see revenue boosts thanks to the launch of Apple's new iMacs. Set to launch this June with Ivy Bridge processors from Intel, “the new iMac is rumored to fe... |
6 April 2012
07:43 GMT |
|
|
A recruiter for Foxconn Technology Group has spilled the beans on the potential release date of the iPhone 5, telling TV Tokyo reporters that the company’s recent hiring spree is directly tied to the fifth-generation Apple smartphone.
Earlier this month, reports from The China Morning News and M.I.C. Gadget re... |
3 April 2012
02:44 GMT |
|
|
Last week, Foxconn and Apple finally announced a change of policy but, even though they were supposed to cause good reactions, the new measures have also led to worries.
To keep a long story short, Foxconn has announced a pay rise as well as a reduction in working schedules.
The company was found to have broken ov... |
2 April 2012
07:53 GMT |
|
|
The Fair Labor Association, which Apple joined in January as the first company to allow the group to audit its partners, has published its findings of an independent investigation on Foxconn, Apple’s manufacturer of iPhones, iPads, and other devices. The FLA is a coalition of universities, non-profit organizat... |
30 March 2012
04:27 GMT |
|
|
On his first visit to China as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook was taken on a tour of the newest iPhone factory in the Foxconn ZhengzhouTechnology Park, in the north central province of Hebei.
Cook can be seen smiling in a couple of photos released to the media on March 28 during his visit at Foxconn’s newest establish... |
29 March 2012
05:35 GMT |
|
|
A strategic partnership between Sharp and Foxconn may yield large television panels for use in an upcoming Apple TV product, industry sources in Taiwan speculate.
Sharp has reportedly announced a “strategic alliance” with Foxconn which, through third-party allotment, will hand over a 10% stake to four Fo... |
28 March 2012
09:59 GMT |
|
|
Foxconn is reportedly looking to recruit no less than 20,000 workers that will be tasked with assembling the next-generation iPhone 5. At the same time, hundreds are going on strike because Foxconn allegedly failed to compensate them properly.Reports from The China Morning News and M.I.C. Gadget reveal that “Fo... |
25 March 2012
15:31 GMT |
|
|
An intriguing image reportedly stemming from the WeiPhone (Chinese) forums is said to reveal Foxconn loading iPad 3 pallets onto a jet on its way to the United States, with scheduled stops in ORD Chicago, JFK New York, and LAX Los Angeles.
The image uploader reportedly said iPad 3 shipments were already on their way... |
27 February 2012
03:17 GMT |
|
|
Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehavior (SACOM) project officer Debby Sze Wan Chan claimed in an interview that Foxconn was "prepared for the inspection" by the Fair Labor Association commissioned by Apple last week.
Speaking to AppleInsider, Chan said she had heard from two Foxconn workers in Chengdu last... |
22 February 2012
08:36 GMT |
|
|
In a special “Nightline” edition yesterday, American television network ABC offered the first ever glimpse inside Foxconn factories, particularly those that handle assembly of the Apple iPhone and iPad. “Although we didn’t find any egregious violations, if the Fair LAbor Association finds any... |
22 February 2012
02:47 GMT |
|
|
ABC "Nightline" anchor Bill Weir has been offered exclusive access to Apple suppliers' factories in China to interview workers on the conditions inside the facilities where iPhone and iPads get assembled.
Weir is reportedly the first journalist to go inside the factories to ask workers about their welfare. Most... |
20 February 2012
05:45 GMT |
|
|
In a statement issued Friday, long time Apple-partner Foxconn confirmed it had risen the pay of a junior level worker in Shenzhen to 1,800 yuan, or roughly $290 per month. This is the third time Foxconn increases employee wages amid controversy, and the pay could be further raised to 2,200 yuan and above, should the... |
20 February 2012
03:20 GMT |
|
|
A study commissioned by Apple to examine the working conditions at Foxconn and other assembly partners have yielded positive results so far, with Auret van Heerden, president of the FLA, discovering that working conditions at Apple’s suppliers are superior to many others. A quote from van Heerden selected by i... |
16 February 2012
07:57 GMT |
|
|
Although Tim Cook was present at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference mostly to talk numbers, he couldn’t avoid questions about the working conditions in China at its suppliers’ plants.
But who says Cook wanted to dodge these questions? In fact, the Apple CEO elaborated quite a bit on the... |
15 February 2012
02:52 GMT |
|
|
The Fair Labor Association will conduct special voluntary audits of Apple’s final assembly suppliers, including Foxconn factories in Shenzhen and Chengdu, China, the Mac maker has announced.
The audits are being carried out at Apple’s request. FLA President Auret van Heerden is leading a team of labor ri... |
13 February 2012
09:48 GMT |
|
|
As promised, the members of Change.org and SumOfUs.org took Apple Retail Stores by storm yesterday with 245,000 petition signatures in their hands, targeting unfair labor practices at Apple’s overseas partners. Members of the two protests groups delivered petitions to several stores across the United States, E... |
10 February 2012
05:08 GMT |
|
|
SumOfUs.org, the people behind the “ethical iPhone 5” move, and Change.org have teamed up to barge into several US Apple stores at 10 a.m. (local time) and deliver petitions signed by 250,000 people asking the company to improve worker conditions at its overseas partners – particularly those who ass... |
9 February 2012
09:44 GMT |
|
|
As you may have already heard, a hacker group going by the name of SwaggSec has released a dump of Foxconn’s user names and passwords for various partners, including Apple. Even Foxconn’s CEO, Terry Gou, saw his information compromised.
In a statement released after the attack, the hackers clarified that... |
9 February 2012
03:09 GMT |
|
|
Foxconn.com, the site of the multinational electronics manufacturing company that works with some major industry names such as Intel, IBM, Microsoft and Apple, was taken offline after a group of hackers that call themselves Swagg Security breached their systems and leaked tons of data.
Cyberwarnews reports that the ... |
8 February 2012
07:35 GMT |
|
|
An 18-year-old Foxconn employee who had never seen or touched a finished Apple iPad agreed to talk to the press under condition of anonymity to describe the working conditions at the factories that assemble Apple’s immensely profitable gadgets. Miss Chen (as CNN reporters decided to fictively call her) stared c... |
6 February 2012
03:40 GMT |
|
|
Labor activist and founder of China Labor Watch, Li Qiang says Apple is on top of the issues surrounding its assembly partner, Foxconn. In fact, the Cupertino company is doing much more than the likes of Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Nokia.
“I compared Apple with other cell phone companies, such as Nokia. And the... |
4 February 2012
04:05 GMT |
|
|
A petition launched by SumOfUs is pressing Apple to address Chinese worker rights, having collected almost 40,000 signatures thus far. The appeal is to make the next iPhone “ethically” and it comes with a statement from the group’s executive director who blasts Tim Cook himself for not taking proper... |
1 February 2012
03:50 GMT |
|
|
Apple is no longer listing an estimated shipping date for iPhone 4S orders placed through its international online stores. Instead, the company simply states “in stock”.
Apple’s "In stock" listing means the device will get to your door in 24 hours or less. Regardless of the model you choose - white... |
31 January 2012
07:37 GMT |
|
|
As Apple defends itself from allegations regarding its awareness of Foxconn mistreating workers, the Chinese electronics company that assembles Apple’s iPhones and iPads is now recruiting an additional 100,000 employees.
Things may not be as bad as previously reported, if thousands are scrambling to score a jo... |
31 January 2012
05:35 GMT |
|
|
Non-profit organization Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has sent a letter to the NY Times, pointing out to several inaccuracies in their piece on Apple and their Chinese gadget assembler, Foxconn.
The report in question, published last week, included quotes from former Apple executives and an anonymous cons... |
30 January 2012
05:47 GMT |
|
|
With a growing cash pile that will exceed $100 billion the next reported quarter and a PR fiasco regarding overseas partners accused of worker abuse, Timothy D. Cook has his way cut out for himself, according to a report that profiles the new Apple CEO.Some believe Cook might even do a great job as the president of t... |
30 January 2012
03:38 GMT |
|
|
"We’ve known about labor abuses in some factories for four years, and they’re still going on,” a former Apple executive told the press on Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity. “Why? Because the system works for us,” this person said, according to a disturbing report by The New ... |
26 January 2012
13:11 GMT |
|
|
A Foxconn employee that has been deemed as a reliable source in the past says the iPhone 5 has entered production with a larger, 4-inch display, and a different design than the iPhone 4/4S.
Labeling their source as reliable, 9to5mac claims to have received word from Foxconn that the fifth-generation iPhone has kicke... |
26 January 2012
02:34 GMT |
|
|
Foxconn has reportedly resolved its differences with workers following a strike in which several hundred individuals accusing poor compensation for their work had threatened to commit suicide. One of the most important partners of Apple, Foxconn issued a statement today saying the dispute last week has been resolved... |
12 January 2012
10:01 GMT |
|
|
A report from Japan’s Makotakara claims Apple has given the go-ahead for production of the next-generation iPad. The source reporting on this new development says the tablet may well bear a 2S moniker because the enhancements will be minor.
Citing an unnamed Chinese source, the blog claims both Foxconn and Peg... |
11 January 2012
10:33 GMT |
|
|
An anti-government website in China has revealed that 300 workers at a Foxconn factory (Foxconn Technology Park in Wuhan) threatened to commit mass suicide by jumping from the top of a factory. 300 workers reportedly threatened to jump to their demise from the rooftops of a Foxconn plant on January 2nd. Only now is ... |
11 January 2012
09:31 GMT |
|
|
A report from Taiwan indicates that Apple has shifted most of the iPad 3 production to Pegatron Technology. Previously the Cupertino, California tech giant had relied on Foxconn to deliver the goods.
Taiwan’s Digitimes reports that Pegatron Technology has already landed a small volume of orders for the upcomin... |
10 January 2012
04:29 GMT |
|
|
The Made in the USA Foundation is calling on Apple for a new year’s resolution: move Mac and iPod manufacturing back to the United States. The foundation blames the late co-founder Steve Jobs for outsourcing Apple. “It's all about Jobs. Steve Jobs. Although he was brilliant, creative and a successf... |
3 January 2012
13:31 GMT |
|
|
Anyone thinking that NVIDIA was going to settle for dominance on the Android tablet would be wrong, as the company is setting up, or has already set up, an alliance for the spreading of Tegra in a certain other field.Digitimes just made another on of its reports, one of those that may or may not be true.Considering ... |
19 December 2011
11:05 GMT |
|
|
Looks like Foxconn and NVIDIA have decided to join hands and work together on something.
According to Digitimes, the two want to set up a joint R&D (research and development) venture for mobile terminal devices and applications based on cloud computing.
Market watchers, or some of them, speculated that the duo aim ... |
16 December 2011
06:01 GMT |
|
|
Apple’s third iPad will be released in the next three to four months, according to sources in Apple’s supply chain quoted in Asia.Makers in the supply chain have already started delivering parts and components for the new tablets to OEM contractors, Digitimes reports, while parts for the iPad 2 are slowly... |
12 December 2011
06:03 GMT |
|
|
Leaked photos from Brazil are circulating on the web depicting a White iPhone 4 model with 8GB storage capacity and a stamp on its back that says it was manufactured at Foxconn’s recently erected facility in Brazil.The leaked images clearly show a Brazil designation with a a localized model number and the words... |
25 November 2011
04:05 GMT |
|
|
Apple partners in Asia have begun moving iPad 3 parts as Foxconn expects orders from Cupertino to start building the third-generation of tablets early next year, according to industry sources close to Taiwan’s Digitimes.The Asian trade publication reveals that a trio of flat panel makers doing business with App... |
18 November 2011
05:59 GMT |
|
|
With Intel's launch of the Sandy Bridge-E processors approaching, motherboard manufacturers are starting to showcase their upcoming LGA 2011 creations based on the Intel X79 chipset, the latest of which being Foxconn which has just presented the Quantum Force X79.The Quantum line was created by the Taiwanese com... |
1 November 2011
16:31 GMT |
|
|
Foxconn and Largan are happy to be partners with Apple for the production of the company’s iPhone 4S, with both vendors mentioning their contracts with Apple as beneficial.The two companies have deals signed with Apple for either producing parts for the handset, or for assembling the whole phone.Tasked with pro... |
11 October 2011
10:11 GMT |
|
|
In an official statement provided to the media shortly after Steve Jobs death, Foxconn Electronics paid its respects calling the man “an industry visionary, a true partner to our company, and a great friend." Samsung, a company that is not only partners with Apple but also rivals, has done the same.In a stateme... |
7 October 2011
05:24 GMT |
|
|
The newly-opened Foxconn factory in Brazil is already leaking information pertaining to Apple’s upcoming iPhones, specifically the rumored, low-end handset dubbed by the media as iPhone 4S.After getting a man inside Foxconn Brazil, the country’s version of Gizmodo reported on the discovery of a new iPhone... |
3 October 2011
04:26 GMT |
|
More: next 50 >> |
|
|
Find us on Google+
