New Blurry Videos Potentially Show iPhone 8 on Production Line at Factory

[RadioGaGa1984]

Doubling down huh Tim?

That’s about as original as snappier safari.

 

[HallStevenson]

The penalties are pretty harsh if they get caught filming inside the factories. And they are forbidden to carry smart phones or any recording device.

All the more reason to suspect it's not a factory producing Apple devices, but an iPhone clone.

 

[DNichter]

Watching this makes me sad, it looks like an abattoir.
Feel sorry for the workers, with past history, hope they are all Okay.
Polishing bloom'in iPhones all day for a living, not the best for them, deserve better.

These are highly sought jobs in China. Thousands line up daily for a chance to work there as they provide a safe work environment, competitive pay, and steady work. For some, this is a great job. No reason to feel sorry for them, it's their choice.

 

[Danbrown521]

Hard to tell anything. The second video’s quality is so poor you can’t even tell if it’s the iPhone 8 or the iPhone 7s. Could be the difference between the quantity that will be available.

 

[MrGimper]

You had ONE JOB, to record a video that showed with no doubt, the iPhone 8.... and you failed

 

[littyboy]

You had ONE JOB, to record a video that showed with no doubt, the iPhone 8.... and you failed

Actually two jobs, the other is to not get caught and keep the first job.

 

[gaximus]

It seems easy to catch who is recording this video face are visible so they can ask them who was it
does this mean a lot of people will be fired and sued for this video?

Unless it was a sanctioned video for QA or training or something that was supposed to stay internal, and got leaked.

 

[dewski]

The only thing I took from this video is "man, starring at a wall and wiping phones all day. I'm glad I was born in America. People over here are crying about having to work 40 hour weeks to afford a home."

 

[wigby]

Doubling down huh Tim?

Your comment reminds me of people that joke "Global warming, huh?" during freezing days in winter.

In other words, these two seemingly related pieces of data (Tim Cook's promise and leaked videos from China) are actually unrelated. No one ever expected (although some hoped) that millions of low-paid workers could manufacture billions of devices on the other side of the planet and not leak videos or news about Apple.

Cook was only referring to secrecy within Curpertino and NDAs around the world (this includes factories in China but not every worker in those factories). In that regard, some would say he did deliver on his promise while others would not. Albeit the latter ones are conflating videos like this with leaks from within Apple.

 

[zapm]

The only thing I took from this video is "man, starring at a wall and wiping phones all day. I'm glad I was born in America. People over here are crying about having to work 40 hour weeks to afford the iPhone 8."

FTFY

 

[hawkeye_a]

From the image/render, it looks like it was inspired by the iPhone4/S, which is a good thing. however, i really hope the back isn't indented like in that picture.

 

[wol]

New blurry video shows someone assembling something somewhere ...

 

[Rogifan]

Argh.....make it stop!

 

[McTool]

Time says China has more highly skilled workers to build iPhones... LOL all I see are people wiping down casings.

And yet they are still higher qualified.

 

[Tork]

Time says China has more highly skilled workers to build iPhones... LOL all I see are people wiping down casings.

That's, really obviously, a tiny fraction of the jobs required to produce the iPhone. I can't even imagine the number of skilled workers it takes to undertake something so massive as producing millions and millions of such a technical product.

 

[TurboPGT!]

No, those look like iPhone 8 cases being made at some shoddy Chinese manufacturer.

 

[mdelvecchio]

Doubling down huh Tim?

I bet that makes you feel very special. Tell us, what top secret products are you smashing out of the ballpark every. single. year. ??

 

[deany]

These are highly sought jobs in China. Thousands line up daily for a chance to work there as they provide a safe work environment, competitive pay, and steady work. For some, this is a great job. No reason to feel sorry for them, it's their choice.

Not convinced, sorry.

 

[x-evil-x]

The video quality is pathetic. don't really show much of the phone. Even the back shell isn't clearly visible.

What do you expect?

 

[ApostolisApo]

very depressing especially the first video... robots can't come soon enough

 

[x-evil-x]

Yes. A month away from release and nobody have a clear idea of what the final phone will look like and exact spec

Pretty good idea of what it will look like. Every year this happens.

 

[DNichter]

Not convinced, sorry.

Nothing to be sorry about, not my issue.

 

[JPack]

https://twitter.com/OnLeaks/status/897017208529973249

OnLeaks on Twitter seems to think these are more likely iPhone 8 knockoffs.

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Cheap production wouldn't include workers wearing PPE.

Wiping down the chassis before baking and anodization? Do you really think that would happen outside of a multi-million dollar production line?

 

[Michael Scrip]

The mindset is different there. At the end of the day, they’re happy that they can put food on the table for their kids, parents, grandparents. It’s not about work life balance or enjoyment.

Oh I agree. That's what I was saying.

 

[Bistroengine]

Most likely a planned leak to squash all the production delay rumors