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  • Foxconn building new Apple plant

    What's Apple building? Invests $210 million in new plant

    Apple to step up its production line? 21 May 2012 16:18 GMT

    Apple’s production line looks set to be expanded, with Foxconn said to be ready to invest $210 million in a new manufacturing plant. 

    The China Daily newspaper has reported that Foxconn’s new plant will be based in Huai’an...

  • Could a new iPhone be with us as early as June?

    Could a new iPhone be with us as early as June?

    Foxconn employee makes bold claims during TV interview 4 April 2012 9:37 GMT

    A Foxconn recruiter may have inadvertently let slip that the next-generation iPhone could be with us as early as June. During a TV interview, the Foxconn employee said the Chinese production plant was hiring an additional 18,000 workers “for...

  • Apple to improve working conditions

    Apple promises to improve working conditions as Tim Cook visits China

    But could this mean the cost of Apple products will rise? 30 March 2012 11:32 GMT

    Apple CEO Tim Cook put his best PR hat on (a rather fetching plastic yellow cap in this case) when he visited Foxconn ZhengzhouTechnology Park, the Chinese factory that manufactures the iPad and iPhone. Both Apple and Foxconn have promised to crackdown...

  • iPhone 5 production schedule suggests summer launch

    iPhone 5 production schedule suggests summer launch

    Back to normal? 26 January 2012 8:54 GMT

    A source inside Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing plant that has traditionally built Apple devices over the years, claims that the production of the iPhone 5 is about to get under way. Considering that the iPhone 4S started production in April 2011,...

  • Cheaper iPhone 4s snapped in Brazilian Foxconn factory

    Cheaper iPhone 4s snapped in Brazilian Foxconn factory

    New handset looks the same 3 October 2011 9:33 GMT

    With the excitement of what looks to be the iPhone 5 launch event just a day away, pictures of the long rumoured cheaper iPhone 4s/5 have appeared online.

    The snaps made their way to Gizmodo via the Brazilian Foxconn factory. On the face of...

  • Amazon tablet coming October claim sources

    Amazon tablet coming October claim sources

    10.1-inch version next year 31 August 2011 11:14 GMT

    Amazon’s tablet rumours are continuing to grow following more gossip out of the Far East, this time hinting that the online retailer will launch a 7-inch tablet in October and a 10.1-inch tablet at the start of next year. 

    According to...

  • Pocket-lint Podcast #49

    Pocket-lint Podcast #49

    Sky Formula One debate, Apple/Foxconn break-up and more... 1 August 2011 16:26 GMT

    Sky's controversial announcement about the Formula One broadcast rights takes centre stage this week, as two Lint F1 fans, Rik and (new to the podcast) Hunter join the mass debate (fnar) on whether a pay TV model is right for the sport. Meanwhile,...

  • Apple manufacturer Foxconn to replace staff with robots

    Apple manufacturer Foxconn to replace staff with robots

    First no iPad 3, then no jobs 1 August 2011 9:35 GMT

    Foxconn, the Taiwanese manufacturer who has, until recently, built a vast number of Apple's iPhone and iPad products, is to replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in the next 3 years.

    Terry Gou, founder and chairman, announced that...

  • Apple drops Foxconn for iPad 3 production

    Apple drops Foxconn for iPad 3 production

    First an explosion, now fired 29 July 2011 10:02 GMT

    Foxconn has lost the production contract for the Apple iPad 3, with the Cupertino company opting for rival Taiwanese manufacturer Pegatron instead.

    According to Taiwan Economic News, Pegatron (which sounds like one of the Transformers) underbid...

  • Windows 8 ARM prototypes emerge. Windows 8, ARM, Wistron, Foxconn, Quanta, Microsoft, Windows, Computex2011,  0

    Windows 8 ARM prototypes emerge

    Wistron, Foxconn and Quanta prototypes appear 2 June 2011 10:04 GMT

    As if Windows 8 getting official wasn't exciting enough, along comes a slew of ARM based tablets running the OS. 

    The reshaping of Microsoft's Windows goldmine is a pretty radical move, the live tile setup bringing it more in line with its...

  • Explosion at Foxconn Chengu plant

    Explosion reported at Apple iPad 2 manufacturing plant

    Foxconn's Chengdu site in flames 20 May 2011 16:43 GMT

    An explosion has damaged part of Foxconn's Chengdu manufacturing plant in China, where a large quantity of Apple iPad 2s are manufactured. And, far more disastrously and importantly, news crews are reporting that there have been two people killed and...

  • Foxconn NT-A3500 wants to sit in your living room. hardware, Nettops, Foxconn, Foxconn NT-A3500, Desktop PCs,  0

    Foxconn NT-A3500 wants to sit in your living room

    No, not a robot dog - but a nettop 27 April 2011 15:02 GMT

    Foxconn has announced the latest device to fall under its own banner - the Foxconn NT-A3500.

    If the name doesn't ring a bell, you may be surprised to find out that you're perhaps more familiar with the Chinese manufacturer than you think -...

  • More iPhone 4G details emerge

    More iPhone 4G details emerge

    Source also claims manufacturer is preparing 24 million units 18 May 2010 14:46 GMT

    Leading electronics publication DigiTimes has listed the hardware specifics that we can expect to see in the next-generation iPhone.

    For starters, there's double the RAM of the iPhone 3GS at 512MB and, like the 3GS, the modules will be produced...

  • Orange planning low-end

    Orange planning low-end "Boston" handset

    Android-equipped device created by Foxconn 20 April 2010 16:01 GMT

    It looks like Orange is planning to roll out an own-branded handset based on the Android platform, but created by Foxxcon. It's going to be called "Boston", and is aimed at the lower end of the market.

    It has a 3.2-inch LCD screen running at...

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