Neowin News Feed for: Foxconn

Rumor: Some parts suppliers for next Xbox revealed

John Callaham — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:27:55 +0100

A new rumor claims to have identified some of the parts suppliers for Microsoft's next Xbox game console, along with word that mass shipments of the device should start in the third quarter of 2013. Read more...

Microsoft will receive money for every Android and Chrome OS device made at Foxconn

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:47:00 +0100

Microsoft has announced it has entered a patent licensing deal with Foxconn's parent company. The company will now receive royalty payments for every Android and Chrome OS device manufactured there. Read more...

iOS game targeting Foxconn pulled from App Store

Paul Ferson — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:33:50 +0100

Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, has been targeted by an iOS game which was pulled by Apple less than an hour after it was published to the store for others to download. Read more...

iPhone 5 production slows down: unsatisfactory build quality

Jake Durasamy — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 10:03:35 +0100

Apple's newest iPhone may have sold 5 million phones in a weekend, but concerns are being raised over the aluminium used for the back of the device as it reportedly scratches too easily. Read more...

Foxconn denies workers are on strike; only minor disruptions

Christopher White — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:22:41 +0100

Reports of the strike at a Foxconn factory are inaccurate, according to company officials. More employees have been added, and workers have been given overtime for working the holiday. Read more...

Thousands of iPhone 5 workers at Foxconn plant on strike

John Callaham — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 05:26:32 +0100

A new report claims that 3,000 to 4,000 workers at an Foxconn iPhone 5 plant in China went on strike today, claiming that the plants were "in a state of paralysis for the entire day." Read more...

Riot takes place at Foxconn facility, 40 injured

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 14:56:30 +0100

Workers at a Foxconn facility began rioting yesterday after security guards struck an employee. The riot reportedly involved more 1,000 people and left 40 injured, although there were no deaths. Read more...

iPhone 5 smuggled out of plant booting next to 4S [Update]

Steven Parker — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 09:45:30 +0100

A friend of a friend who works at a Foxconn plant in China got to play with an iPhone 5 (prototype) and has made few images of it, as well as a video of it booting, confirming what we already knew. Read more...

Foxconn: the iPhone 5 will "put the Galaxy S III to shame"

Denis Wong — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 03:36:49 +0100

Foxconn's chairman has harsh fighting words for Samsung as it plans key alliances to counter its Korean rival on the display panel and mobile businesses. Read more...

Riots break out at Foxconn production facility, dozens arrested

Steven Parker — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:39:27 +0100

Foxconn is back in the news, this time after hundreds of its employees not only helped a thief get away from two security guards calling out for help, but then rioted causing further damage. Read more...

Apple TV trial production begins at Foxconn China plant?

John Callaham — Mon, 28 May 2012 21:07:59 +0100

A new report via unnamed sources claims that a trial production run of Apple's rumored and upcoming television product has now started at a Foxconn plant in China. Read more...

Foxconn now refutes reports of Apple TV production

John Callaham — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:08:21 +0100

Foxconn has now issued a statement refuting earlier reports that the CEO of the company said that Foxconn was preparing to make the rumored Apple iTV television sets. Read more...

Apple's new ‘iTV' confirmed by Foxconn CEO

Andy Weir — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:00:29 +0100

Oft-rumoured, but still unseen, the existence of Apple's new HDTV set - commonly referred to as the 'iTV' - has finally been confirmed by the company's principal manufacturing partner, Foxconn. Read more...

Foxconn workers in China hold protest over wages

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:15:56 +0100

A protest over wages was held at a Chinese Foxconn plant on Friday, with some employees reportedly threatening to jump off a building. Foxconn claims the workers' issues have since been resolved. Read more...

New iPhone in October, according to Foxconn employee

Nathan Tsui — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 03:43:57 +0100

According to the head of human resources at Foxconn's Taiyuan factory, the iPhone 5 will be released around October, as originally reported by South Korea's Maeil Business Newspaper. Read more...

Microsoft one of the few to talk about suppliers and worker conditions

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:32:54 +0100

While Apple has been public of late in offering audit reports of the factories that make its products, Microsoft is one of the few tech companies that offers public info on its vendor worker rights. Read more...

Report: Many worker violations at Foxconn's Apple plants

John Callaham — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:15:41 +0100

A report from the Fair Labor Association claims it recorded numerous violations of worker law rights at Foxconn plants that make products for Apple. Foxconn has agreed to make changes for its workers. Read more...

This American Life radio show retracts Apple-Foxconn story

John Callaham — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:34:18 +0000

The acclaimed public radio show This American Life has retracted a January episode on Apple and Foxconn's worker treatment, saying that it has discovered "significant fabrications" in the report. Read more...

Inside of Foxconn Apple plant revealed in new video

John Callaham — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:38:39 +0000

ABC News has become the first news media outlet allowed inside a Foxconn factory where workers make devices such as Apple's iPad. The full report will be shown on ABC News Nightline on Tuesday. Read more...

"Tons of issues" found at Foxconn China plant

John Callaham — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 02:03:24 +0000

The CEO of the watchdog group the Fair Labor Association has said that the organization has discovered "tons of issues" while auditing one of Foxconn's manufacturing plants in China. Read more...