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Want iPhone 14 Pro or Max? Then read this
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Want iPhone 14 Pro or Max? Then read this

[ad_1] Apple Inc. is warning customers they'll have to wait longer to get its latest iPhone models after anti-virus restrictions were imposed on a contractor's factory in central China. Apple Inc. is warning customers they'll have to wait longer to get its latest iPhone models after anti-virus restrictions were imposed on a contractor's factory in central China. The company announcement Sunday gave no details but said the factory operated by Foxconn in the central city of Zhengzhou is “operating at significantly reduced capacity.” “We now expect lower iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments than we previously anticipated,” the company said. “Customers will experience longer wait times to receive their new products.” Foxconn Technology Group said earlier it imposed anti-vi...
iPhone factory lockdown shows risks of China dependence, analysts say
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iPhone factory lockdown shows risks of China dependence, analysts say

[ad_1] Foxconn, Apple's principal subcontractor, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases at its Zhengzhou site. The lockdown of Foxconn's Zhengzhou factory, the world's biggest producer of iPhones, has highlighted some of the risks of relying on zero-Covid China's manufacturing sector, analysts told AFP.Foxconn, Apple's principal subcontractor, has seen a surge in Covid-19 cases at its Zhengzhou site, leading the company to lock down the vast complex in a bid to keep the virus in check. Images then emerged of panicking workers fleeing the site on foot in the wake of allegations of poor conditions at the facility, which employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Foxconn is China's biggest private sector employer, with over a million people working across the country in its around thirty fact...
Five things to know about Taiwan tech giant Foxconn
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Five things to know about Taiwan tech giant Foxconn

[ad_1] China has imposed a strict lockdown on an area of central China housing a vast iPhone factory operated by Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn. The company, also known as Hon Hai Technology Group, is the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, including producing 70 percent of all iPhone shipments globally. The firm is also one of the world's biggest employers, with nearly 1.3 million working in factories mostly in China but also across Asia, eastern Europe, Latin America and the United States. Here are five things to know about the tech behemoth, the latest victim of China's no-compromise zero-Covid strategy: - Maverick founder - Terry Gou, once Taiwan's richest man (he ranked 6th this year), started his business in 1974 making television parts. And the rise of ...
China iPhone factory under lockdown quadruples bonuses for workers who stay
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China iPhone factory under lockdown quadruples bonuses for workers who stay

[ad_1] The world's largest iPhone factory in central China told staff Tuesday it would quadruple their bonuses if they remained at the plant. The world's largest iPhone factory in central China told staff Tuesday it would quadruple their bonuses if they remained at the plant after scores of workers fled a Covid outbreak at the facility. China is the last major economy committed to a zero-Covid strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines in a bid to stamp out emerging outbreaks. But new variants have tested local officials' ability to snuff out flare-ups faster than they can spread, causing much of the country to live under an ever-changing mosaic of Covid curbs. Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn's plant in Zhengzhou has been under lockdown since mi...
Foxconn says production normal at iPhone plant in China despite COVID curbs
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Foxconn says production normal at iPhone plant in China despite COVID curbs

[ad_1] Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said on Friday production at its largest iPhone factory remains normal. Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn said on Friday production at its largest iPhone factory remains normal, despite tightening COVID-19 restrictions at the plant in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou this week. The Zhengzhou campus, which assembles Apple Inc's iPhone and has about 300,000 workers, banned all dining in and required workers to take their meals back to their dormitories beginning on Wednesday, a notice posted on the factory's official WeChat account showed. "Zhengzhou (plant) still maintains normal production and has little impact (from the situation)," Foxconn told Reuters. The new measures follow Zhengzhou's latest outbreak recording a total of 1...