It's scary that you believe this to be true.
It is scary that you don't. Why would it be Apple fault. FOXCONN employees are not Apple employees. Hence why the post starts with FOXCONN employees
It's scary that you believe this to be true.
So those fools have no problem letting predamaged iPhones full of nicks and scuffs slip past QC and they're striking because they got caught?
I suppose this is Apple's fault/problem, right?![]()
I'm confused. Phil Schiller told us that scratches and chips are normal when dealing with a phone that is painted aluminum![]()
So many questions - did Apple create these demands before complaints or right after people opened up boxes and found theirs with nicks?
That being said - if the workers feel they are being mistreated - good for them for standing up for themselves.
There has been data. The US doesn't have the facilities required, nor the workforce that would be necessary to move all the manufacturing here. This has been gone over so many times...
I guess you still work for $2 an hour? No?
Wow... it looks like Apple is beginning to get hammered for what is arguably one of the more marginal iPhone models in terms of quality since the originals release.
The purple haze that ruins photos. A new problem that didn't exist on earlier models.
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/15972100/
The Apple Maps debacle
ScuffGate, and on and on....
I think they are a big deal considering the amount of money we pay for the iPhone. However, we shouldn't blame the workers for them (and I don't think anyone really does). These issues should be solved at the engineering stage.We take our devices way too seriously. The Foxconn employees are not useless, lazy slobs. Lemons are commonplace in every market, and honestly- a few tiny scuffs are NOT A BIG DEAL. These are fellow human beings we are talking about.
Move the factories out of China to India, Vietnam, Brazil, Taiwan, Korea, or USA.![]()
Does anyone actually know what Foxconn workers get paid and how many hours they work?
Curse those workers get back to work i want my iphone5 quick.
Honestly this has nothing to do with Apple. Foxconn and the upper management is the issue. Apple pays Foxconn x amount of dollars to make said product. Foxconn finds the cheapest labor in the world and puts them to work for pennies. Foxconn gets pissed at the workers if they don't get the product done right cause that comes out of Foxconn bottom line. So then that comes out of the workers pay.(which is not right) Apple uses Foxconn because they have the lowest bid and can pump the product out fast. Not Apples fault at all. IT IS FOXCONN that is the issue.![]()
From a NYT article:
"A typical Foxconn employee on the assembly line makes anywhere from 1,500 renminbi to 2,200 renminbi a month, based on 160 hours of work. At that salary, the wage ranges between $1.50 and $2.20 an hour, based on the exchange rate of 6.3 renminbi to the dollar."
However, it also mentions that most employees work in excess of 36hs in overtime, and work 6 day weeks.
Article
one guy was invited to a german show just recently and i cant recall exactly but he mentioned that the shift starts at 5am and that they r working overtime by like 5 hours each day because there r only 2 shifts and make about 30 Euro (per months i think)
they work in groups of like 10 people plus 2 guys on their back watching them closely.
they sleep in rooms of up to 12 people in stock beds and its work sleep work basically
they r like henns ...
You'd think with all the innovation that goes into smartphones these days, the manufacturing process could be a tad more automated.
I mean really, why do we still need people assembling these things?
//Yes I understand it's a large resource for employment, but clearly working conditions aren't particularly humane.
All the designing, engineering, and brain-storming will go nowhere without the workers actually assembling the phones.
Treat them well.