Foxconn denies strike at iPhone 5 factory, says handset production on schedule

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  • Reply 41 of 71
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Macky the Macky View Post

    ...not even photos or reports of the train that left the factory with over 2000 striking workers headed for a re-education camp/asbestos mine in the far west. Nor any mention of the train arriving at the factory with over 2000 new employees immediately afterwards. Not one word! The silence from China is deafening. 


     


    I meant it jokingly, not that there was anything actually being covered up, but that there was something being fabricated.

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  • Reply 42 of 71
    tzeshantzeshan Posts: 2,351member

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    Originally Posted by Jivanile View Post


     


    So why is it that so many news stories come out about Foxconn, and not just that, but it's always associated with Apple.  I know that Foxconn workers also make parts for the xbox 360 and playstation 3 yet we never hear of those workers being disgruntled.



     


    China Labor Watch is a political organization.  Does this explain everything to you?

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  • Reply 43 of 71
    erannerann Posts: 38member
    The western racist zournalists always know what's best for the Chinese.
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  • Reply 44 of 71
    macrulezmacrulez Posts: 2,455member


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  • Reply 45 of 71
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
    blue blue wrote: »
    Those scratches and scuffs are unbelievable. Can't help thinking this is Samsung money and moles.

    Interestingly, I was at a party today and a guy was complaining about his Samsung phone. He got one about a year ago and it started crashing every time he took a photo. Then, it started crashing more and more frequently and finally crashed every 5 minutes. They told him it was a problem with the CPU overheating. He exchanged it for another one and it's doing the same thing.

    So Apple's "quality problems" involve some insignificant scratches and scuffs on a small percentage of the phones. Samsung's quality problems are phones that don't work.

    That sounds about right.
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  • Reply 46 of 71
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by MacRulez View Post

    Even if AppleInsider's story of Oct 5 were true, it would be impossible for anyone to provide pictures of a riot since there was none, only a strike.


     


    So no pictures, just pedantry. Gorgeous.

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  • Reply 47 of 71
    flaneurflaneur Posts: 4,526member
    charlituna wrote: »
    That box is zero protective. The tray is the same loose design they have always used, nothing holding it in place. A mere slip of plastic 'protecting' the front screen.
    But you go on and believe that it's all happening during assembly. Because after that they are wrapped in piles of protective material and handled with delicate care until it arrives in your hands.

    Well it's been a year since I opened my 4S, and all I remember is the nest inside a rigid box. Ok, it's loose in there.

    So what is causing the scratches? Plastic? Not hard enough. Dust? Not big enough. Sand? Very rare inside iPhone boxes. You have to show more cause than rattling around. You need something harder than the anodizing or the aluminum to make the scratch out of the mishandling, no?
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  • Reply 48 of 71
    solipsismxsolipsismx Posts: 19,566member
    charlituna wrote: »
    That box is zero protective. The tray is the same loose design they have always used, nothing holding it in place. A mere slip of plastic 'protecting' the front screen.
    But you go on and believe that it's all happening during assembly. Because after that they are wrapped in piles of protective material and handled with delicate care until it arrives in your hands.

    i dont see that at all. The iPhone is securely placed in there with the pressure of the shrink wrapped box on top pressed down on the face of the iPhone. There is nothing loose inside that box.

    But for argument sake, let's sake the box design is faulty. That would still be Apple's fault, not FedEx. However, there is nothing faulty I see with the box design.
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  • Reply 49 of 71

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    Originally Posted by Tallest Skil View Post


     


    I meant it jokingly, not that there was anything actually being covered up, but that there was something being fabricated.



     


    I was embellishing on your joke.  :-)


     


    The absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence...

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  • Reply 50 of 71

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    Originally Posted by SolipsismX View Post





    i dont see that at all. The iPhone is securely placed in there with the pressure of the shrink wrapped box on top pressed down on the face of the iPhone. There is nothing loose inside that box.

    But for argument sake, let's sake the box design is faulty. That would still be Apple's fault, not FedEx. However, there is nothing faulty I see with the box design.


     


    My iPhone 5 arrived by FedX in perfect condition even though Apple's box was being flung around inside the FedX box like seats on an American Airlines flight. Even the exterior of the Apple box was unscathed.

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  • Reply 51 of 71
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by Macky the Macky View Post

    I was embellishing on your joke.  :-)


     


    The absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence...



     


    Oh, good. 


     


    … I don't… like that the trolls have made me take everything at face value. We can't joke anymore. Not without sarcasm tags, at least. And I don't like that. 

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  • Reply 52 of 71
    We can't joke anymore. Not without sarcasm tags, at least. And I don't like that. 

    Oh, you can.

    If you give a s**t about a bunch of lowlife trolls, like I do.
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  • Reply 53 of 71
    minicaptminicapt Posts: 219member


    There could have ben a riot, but it probably occurred among the worker who assemble devices for Dell/HP/et al. They would be upset that they are assembling lesser quality items, and those making iPhones and iPads have been letting them know ...


     


    Cheers

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  • Reply 54 of 71
    macrulezmacrulez Posts: 2,455member


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  • Reply 55 of 71


    news are starting to confused me.... handset flawless or flawfull?

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  • Reply 56 of 71
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by MacRulez View Post

    Yes, it's true, the publication you work for chose to publish the story about the protest without any pictures.


     


    1) I work for no one.


    2) Funny that, in your vehement antipathy of everything that Apple does and everything we do here, you can't seem to find any yourself. I thought you'd be all over that, throwing the pictures up in multiple threads where they're off-topic.


     


    Now isn't that just gorgeous.

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  • Reply 57 of 71


    Right! No strike the working conditions are great and the quality of the scratched iphone 5 are excellent.  Next apple will be selling land in Florida.

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  • Reply 58 of 71
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by bobgardi View Post

    Right! No strike the working conditions are great and the quality of the scratched iphone 5 are excellent.  Next apple will be selling land in Florida.


     


    You'll have to have evidence to support your position. So far, no one has provided any. 

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  • Reply 59 of 71


    do we really need some evidence for everything?

     

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  • Reply 60 of 71


    Originally Posted by fatusmiles View Post

    do we really need some evidence for everything?


     


    THE MOTTO OF EVERY POLITICAL PARTY EVER! image

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