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How long does it take to upgrade from IOS 4.2.1 to IOS 4.3.1? How do you revert back to a previous version?
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Apple should design and sell its own printers.
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dr Millmoss Too true. Apple is going to run out of manufacturing partners in China if they start punishing them for not preventing all leaks, which is impossible anyway. I remember how furious Apple was years ago when …
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Quote: Originally Posted by 2 cents Common now! How about the country show some concerns for the environment and its people instead of scapegoating some foreign corporation that has little control over the situation. If apple ever threatened to p…
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If they modified the antenna on the white iPhone, do you think they modifed it for the black iPhone as well?
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Foxconn will need to hire even more engineers and workers, otherwise they cannot meet the local demand for Apple products in China. Many more Apple stores will open in China and sales is surging. Given a choice, would you like to work at Foxconn o…
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This is not going to happen anytime soon. The fact is that China and India are the largest markets for Apple in the near future. Brazil does not know how to produce in large numbers, high quality hightech gadgets. Companies like Foxconn have decad…
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Quote: Originally Posted by xsu Those cheap labors originally came from inland places to begin with. So quality won't suffer. The coastal areas are running out of cheap labors because the cost of living is getting too high to justify earning th…
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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 would be delig…
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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 Kong only bec…
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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 Foxconn worker…
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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 checks, provi…
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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 informati…
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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 these phone…
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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 Hong-Kong for $20…
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Will they come up with new portable music player?
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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 is sl…
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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 whole s…
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Quote: Originally Posted by desarc Apple [and everyone else] will continue making their products in the far east until Americans [and labor unions] understand that people don't deserve $35/hour with full benefits and a matching 401k for clicking …
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Foxconn is a Taiwanese company, so why would you blame China?