Posts by peter236

Quote: Originally Posted by hsiegelman Why can't Apple's board stipulate to Foxconn that they can have a multi-year contract with Apple products if they do so in a plant built in the U.S. I am sure that many states and communities...

Quote: Originally Posted by stottm Let us not forget that China is a communist country. Allbeit a schizophrenic communist capitalist system. Hong Kong is only free because it used to be owned by the English. Freedom remains in Hong...

Quote: Originally Posted by bunnyturd Foxconn workers are a bunch of cry babies and pussies. They are lucky to have a job. This is not slavery. If they don't like the work. QUIT and go learn how to farm. You fool, these days the...

Quote: Originally Posted by dreyfus2 I do not know about other US companies, but I can safely say that several European companies do a lot more. From much more precise supplier terms (Apple's are really superficial), frequent random...

Quote: Originally Posted by macinthe408 Hmm, I wonder what part of the term 'contract manufacturer' do they not understand. Most of these manufacturers, although not able to use the exact same parts in other projects, gain invaluable...

Quote: Originally Posted by sheff Fully agreed. I it obvious that the grey market is huge in china, so there is really no need for apple to pick fights with China to get a full featured iPhone through. All they need is people buying...

Quote: Originally Posted by sflocal From articles past, anyone in China that wants an iPhone already has one. Why would anyone pay $1K for a crippled China-blessed iPhone, sans-WiFi when they can get one on the grey-market from...

Will they come up with new portable music player?

Quote: Originally Posted by Trajectory Well, because the salaries ARE low. At the end of the day, China is still a Communist country where citizens have a lot less freedom and corruption is rampant. It's not only the US economy that...

Quote: Originally Posted by Trajectory Where do I start.... 1) The guy didn't kill himself over a lost iPhone, he apparently killed himself after being harassed, threatened and possibly tortured. Big difference! 2) We don't know the...