This reminds me of Charlie Bucket's dad in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, whose job it was to screw the caps on tubes of toothpaste.
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Pegatron Employee Describes Role in Producing Apple's Lower-Cost Plastic iPhone
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Yep I understand it and yep, a machine could do it and cheaply.
The reason why China is a manufacturing economy is not only price, but their ability to turn solutions around in a day and they could have easily done one for this task.
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Oh lord you just opened yourself to lots of jokes.
Please, don't be so pompous. Just because you can afford top shelf does mean everyone can. The plastic phone is aimed at those who might not be as financially fortunate as yourself.
If it's a $450 iPhone 4S replacement, then arguably it isn't a "low-cost" iPhone. We won't know the details until Apple releases them.
As much as these leaks can be "fun" for many of us here I have to say I don't really appreciate all these trade secrets coming out like this. Leaking the plastic body is one thing but the multiple colors is just rude. Since the new iPhone hasn't been released or announced yet this gives Samsung a chance to copy. I liked it better when nobody knew what Apple was doing and only minimal "supposed leaks" were out on the web.
The important thing: poor working conditions exist where iPhones are being manufactured and workers may be suffering.
What people actually care about: OMG THERE'S DEFINITELY A PLASTIC IPHONE COMING OUT.
I agree, but at the same time I also think that CLW could be more careful in how it releases information and writes it's reports. Releasing company secrets isn't always a good way to get co-operation... unless they did it intentionally, of course to get attention. And if they did, then they should expect that it could backfire and distract attention from their cause and towards the new product.
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It won't matter. Samsung would copy a month from now when it's announced.
The thing is Apple's cheap is still higher quality then Samsung best. Android phones besides the HTC all feel cheap..even the high end ones.
Excuse me? Nobody has forced them to work. It's a job that they chose to do and they should appreciate having one. You make it sound like they've been sentenced to do it. It's hard enough finding a job that even pays minimum wage as it is and it's even hard to get hired at Walmart. Leaking trade secrets should be cause for termination of employment, not protecting someone's identity.
I think saying this precludes your "Yep, I understand manufacturing" claim.
It's rubbing paste on the back of a piece of plastic. Chances are, even in a developed Western country it would be worth considering paying a person to do it over getting a machine to. If it was bolting components onto a car chassis, I can see where machines can come into play.
Personally I think living in my less-than-deserved state of convenience and comfort as a member of the developed Western world, I should at the very least attempt to understand how the things I use and consume came to be. That's just me, though.
Ever used an LG device? An Oppo device? Don't confuse lack of knowledge for non-existence.
Who knows the context the worker released this information? This person might have thought it was confidential and that Pegatron sanctioned it.
Just because jobs are hard to find does not give employers license to abuse employees.
Apple is a corporation. One that most of us like. But an individual's life should be more important than even the most powerful corporation.
This reminds me of the around holiday product releases in which people go out of their way to say the new <insert very expensive device> would be great as a 'stocking stuffer', when in the real world, if a kid was lucky enough to get that as their only Christmas gift, it would make them beyond happy.
I.e., "the new rMBP is priced awesome at $2500! It's going to make a great stocking stuffer!" What's that person's version of a primary gift then? A Lexus? /rant
I've seen enough of 'How it's Made' to know that putting a film on the back of these could be accomplished in the last stage with a rolling/cut mechanism vs having a person do it in much higher quantities. BTW, have you ever looked at the cost of the breakdown of parts that machines make for tech devices. Some are pennies.
LG Yep. Oppo nope. Don't confuse your arrogance for knowledge.
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I don't know why everybody is always hating on the plastic. It's honestly a more suitable material for a phone. A device that is always being dropped, scratched, etc. Plus the fact that majority of people (based on personal observation) use a case anyway. And now you also get to throw your own personalized color, without needing to buy a case? Oh and also can make the device up to $100 cheaper? Where do I sign?
WORK for LTTLE money in a fab or die starving on your little FARM! The person horribly ignorant is you.