Factory

A rare look at the iPhone 4S assembly line at Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory

By chrisoldroyd, Saturday, May 26, 2012 a 3:29 am

A new video has surfaced that gives us an extremely rare look at the iPhone assembly line within a Foxconn factory. Seeing one of these lines in action is a very rare occurrence as Apple is well known for keeping its production processes and products secret. The video is shot in Foxconn’s Zhengzhou plant where over seventy percent of Apple’s iPhones are now made.

Watch an iPad being assembled at Foxconn’s factory

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Apr 12, 2012 a 5:27 am

If you want to see how an iPad is assembled at a Foxconn factory, a new video reveals some of the processes involved. The video is part of a series of reports by Rob Schmitz; who is only the second ever reporter given permission to access the factory floor at Apple’s iPad assembly line.

Foxconn buildings covered in suicide nets, though most workers are just sleepy and bored

By Simon Sage, Monday, Feb 20, 2012 a 12:12 pm

Although Nightline reports that there are nets just about everywhere at Foxconn to catch anyone trying to commit suicide, depression is apparently not that common. The counseling center is sparsely used, and most of the workers were simply tired from their 10-to-12-hour shifts.

Foxconn to double size of iPhone factory in China

By Andrew Wray, Monday, Dec 26, 2011 a 10:19 pm

Foxconn is planning to double the size of their iPhone factory in China at a cost of $1.1 billion dollars, according to Chinese news site China Daily.

The base will be centered on the Foxconn Science Park in Zhengzhou, provincial capital of Henan, increasing its current production lines to 95, said the Henan provincial development and reform commission during a conference. The expansion plan, costing 7 billion yuan ($1.1 billion), is expected to bring $20 billion in sales revenue in 2012, the commission said.

A Pic Inside the iPhone Factory

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 29, 2008 a 10:55 am

Pop quiz: Moms gets home, busts out her shiny new iPhone 3G, sets it up, makes ready to snazzify it another notch with some custom art, and -- Boom! -- she finds three snapshots lurking in the Camera App. Two are blurry. One's golden: A spy shot dead in the heart of the iPhone factory.

What do you do?

Post them on the intertubes, of course! (And thanks for that!)

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