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more about #foxconn Ninety-9: Say Hello to iChat. Say goodbye to the sorry remains of AT&T's sorry 3G network. more » ekap: This is the same image that were on the rumor board for the 3G S more » Michael Torres: The problem with a front facing camera is, how are you going to take pictures, unless they add an LCD screen in the back. I don't know if that would f... more » TonyWonder: iPhone4 better have an entirely new design... am I the only one who thinks the current iPhone body looks almost retro at this point? more » thatsmrpotatohead2U: OH PLEASE will you all get serious. Video chat?? Who in their right mind, when they think about it carefully and slowly, wants video chat on their pho... more » Mikestan: Nothing like a nice iPhone rumor to get the day started more » I Party With Smoot: I really want to make a suicide joke here, but I think it might be too Sun... more » Jedo10: If that isn't the next iPhone, it should be. That is one sexy piece of hardware. XD #nerdgasm more » Kaiser-Machead: No reason to get all upset over that mockup. It's obviously bits and pieces from other iPods, namely the classic for that aluminum face. With the 3GS ... more » PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Everytime I read Foxconn I think of some secret government project or something. I guess these guys have to be pretty secret as well though although i... more » IndomitableWrath: Please tell me the phone isn't going to be fatter at the top than at the bottom?? Heinous. more » BergenCountyJC can't beat MW2: If you come in just to 'window shop' - they have a little place in the back for your kind. more » Gordonium: Wow. Is this China rubbing dirt in our faces while we're down? more » Thee Sea: Okay, seriously? Foxconn makes parts for a -lot- of companies. A lot of companies that make cell phones too. How do we know this isn't for a new Moto... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: $14.05 for a SIM card tray. Yep, that confirms it's Apple alright. #impending more » ludwigk: *shrug* I don't really make anything of this. Just sounds like he means that they need a mobile content strategy for the current generation of devices... more » weatherman: what the hell's a smartbook? more » Justapspfan: So what about the girlfriend, does she get a PC now? more » player_of_games: So really Foxconn are admitting responsibility for the man's death? I'm sure things work differently in China then here in Western Europe but isn't th... more » pdditty: A lump sum payment of $52K and $4K on an annual basis aint bad at all. They dont get paid a lot over there so I'm equating this as the family hitting ... more » -
#rumor
Rumor: Foxconn May Have Received Order for Next Generation iPhone 4
Today's tenuous iPhone 4 rumor comes to us today from Russia, Twitter, and the letters F-O-X-C-O-N-N. More » -
#china
Foxconn to Open 10,000 Retail Stores in China
Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer who assembles a sizable percentage of our consumer electronics, is planning to open a boatload of retail stores in China, where they'll sell the smorgasbord of gear that they assemble. More » -
#appletablet
Rumor: Is This the Apple Tablet's SIM Card Tray
Today in micro-rumors: Is this the Apple Tablet's SIM card tray? (And are we this desperate for photos?) More » -
#nokia
Nokia ARM-Based Smartbook To Follow Booklet 3G?
It was only on Monday that Nokia confirmed its first laptop, but now DigiTimes suggests the Fins may use either Compal or Foxconn to build an ARM-based smartbook for 2010. If true, my guess is it'll run Maemo 5. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
Foxconn just increased the compensation for their worker that killed himself as a result of possible beatings and interrogations over a lost iPhone. More » -
#rumor
Foxconn Building Apple Tablet for September or October Launch?
Taiwanese paper Apple Daily reports than Hon Hai Precision Industry—aka Foxconn—is building the Apple tablet using previously rumored 10-inchish screens from WinTek and a battery from Dynapack, for launch in September or October. More » -
#production
Foxconn Employee Describes His Oppressed Life from Inside the Factories
Even if you don't know Foxconn's name, you know the products they produce. Major, beloved hardware brands like Apple and Nintendo rely on their assembly lines to make some of the most coveted gadgets in the world. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Foxconn Worker Had 16 iPhone Prototypes, Girlfriend Given MacBook
The NYT has more on the death of Sun Danyong, the Foxconn worker who apparently committed suicide after an iPhone prototype went missing. As compensation, his family has been paid about $44,000, and his girlfriend received an Apple laptop.
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#iphoneleaksuicide
iPhone Leak Suicide: Where Is the Lost Gen iPhone Prototype?
The death of the guardian of Foxconn's iPhone prototype is a tragedy. But deep down, gadgethounds are wondering where the phone is now. So far, none of us know where, so we're left to our imaginations. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Foxconn iPhone Worker Sun Danyong's Final Messages
Chinese newspapers have been piecing together Foxconn worker Sun Danyong's final hours, and claim to have recovered his final text message to his girlfriend, sent two hours before he died. It's clear something horrible was happening to him: More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Chinese Paper Reports iPhone Worker Not Tortured, Yet Worker Implies Force Was Used
The New Yorker reports Chinese paper Southern Daily claims they've seen surveillance footage of Sun Danyong's interrogation by Foxconn, which show that he wasn't locked up or tortured. It also says that Sun told Foxconn to search his house. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Why Apple Will Probably Keep Doing Business With Foxconn After iPhone Leak Death
Whatever role iPhone builder Foxconn played in 25-year-old Sun Danyong's death after a prototype iPhone he was entrusted with went missing, they will likely not pay the highest of prices: Losing Apple's business. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Foxconn's CEO Supposedly Under Tax Evasion Investigation By IRS?
Foxconn, otherwise known as the company involved in the iPhone suicide, supposedly just had their CEO fingered by the IRS for tax evasion. Up to $1.49 billion worth. But it's not so simple. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Death By iPhone: Apple and China's Cultural Time Bomb
Last week, a 25-year-old communications worker died in an "apparent suicide" after losing track of a prototype iPhone built by Foxconn, his employer, for one of the most secretive companies in technology. It was only a matter of time.
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#iphoneleaksuicide
Perspective on the iPhone Suicide: Guy Died Over a F*ing PHONE
Let's step back from the iPhone leak suicide for a minute and just think about the basics of what happened. A phone was lost. A guy was tortured. A guy killed himself or something. Over a fucking phone. More » -
#foxconn
Foxconn iPhone Suicide: Chinese Police Now Investigating Murder
Foxconn has suspended a security official and turned over its probe into a worker's recent alleged suicide to police, who are currently investigating the possibility of murder. This already messy story could be about to get much, much messier. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Report: iPhone Leak Interrogations Drive Foxconn Employee to Suicide
The security team for Foxconn, the company that manufactures the iPhone for Apple, is said to have subjected employee Sun Danyong to "unbearable interrogation techniques," leading him to commit suicide. He was under investigation for losing a prototype device.
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