It only takes a viral outbreak to throw things pretty far out of whack. More than a week after shutting down all stores and offices in China as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, Apple supplier Foxconn was approved to resume production at its Zhengzhou manufacturing plant. According to an anonymous source with direct knowledge, […]
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Plans are being formed to ensure that the iPhones continue being produced at full-scale production rates by February 10, despite the presence of the coronavirus in China: Foxconn’s Hon Hai, the most important manufacturer for the U.S. company, said Tuesday it still expects to be able to restart facilities throughout China on schedule, according to […]
The supply stream for the iPhone X may be where it needs to be. Per sources close to the story, yield rates for some iPhone X have improved and become more stable, allowing for shipments of the upcoming smartphone to grow substantially after October. The sources also reported that yield rates for key parts such […]
The Foxbots will work alongside and assist their human counterparts and won’t actually replace them… Per Taiwan’s United Daily News, the 10,000 robotic workers deployed by Foxconn will play a limited role alongside the humans. According to industry insiders, the robots will assist in iPhone 6 production by locking down screws, polishing parts and performing […]
Don’t worry…your next-gen iPhone is en route. Or at least being constructed. Per iMore and the Wall Street Journal, Apple has been targeting an August time frame for the next-generation iPhone 5S, and while that may or may not include more recently rumored software scheduling issues, it does sound like the general time frame is […]