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A $12 billion expansion of Foxconn in Brazil arrives with caveats

Published on: 12th May, 2011

Reports about Apple’s plans to expand its production facilities in Brazil with an investment of $12 billion have been followed by a new report detailing the proposal. As Forbes revealed, news from Brazilian media show a number of conditions accompanying the investment. Foxconn, which produces motherboards and other hardware for Dell and Sony among other [...]

The 14th suicide reported by Foxconn in 2010

Published on: 8th November, 2010

Reuters says the electronics producer Foxconn has already reported fourteen worker suicides this year. The most recent is that of a person not yet identified by name, aged 23 and found outside one of the dormitories in Foxconn’s campus in Shenzen. An investigation is carried out by police and Foxconn claims to fully cooperate with [...]

Citibank analyst says Foxconn raises prices for Apple, Nokia

Published on: 18th October, 2010

Analyst Chang Kaiwei from Citibank said that Foxconn would raise the prices it charges Microsoft, Apple and Nokia as a compensation for its workers’ second pay raise. Effective this month, the unspecified charges would keep up Foxconn’s profits and would at the same time improve its workers’ welfare. However, neither Foxconn nor its parent company [...]

Tegra 2 tablet of Foxconn more advanced than iPad

Published on: 22nd May, 2010

NVIDIA has presented a reference tablet design showing the potential of its own dual-core Tegra 250 chipset. The design, which is made by Foxconn, is considered to be “a generation ahead” of the iPad. It has the same 1GHz clock speed but its newer ARM Cortex-A9 architecture is, at least theoretically, 25 percent more powerful [...]

Wi-Fi model of the iPhone for China Unicom, Foxconn-made

Published on: 3rd February, 2010

Foxconn is expected to make ready a WAPI-based iPhone model intended for China Unicom, the PCPOP Chinese site claims. WAPI is a local wireless standard compatible with Wi-Fi, which is not the case with the current iPhone model missing Wi-Fi due to governmental regulations. In fact, the missing Wi-Fi functionality is considered to be the [...]