Following previous reports of student interns working illegal overtime hours on the iPhone X production line, Foxconn says it has immediately put an end to the practice.
Foxconn says it ended interns’ illegal overtime at iPhone X factory
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Foxconn will join Inventec as a HomePod manufacturer
HomePod's unexpected delay is expected to help contract manufacturer Foxconn, which is now said to be joining the supply chain in order to help assemble Apple’s Siri-powered smart speaker for 2018.
Apple confirms students worked illegal overtime assembling iPhone X
Apple has confirmed a new report coming out of the Financial Times newspaper that alleged students had worked illegal overtime assembling the new iPhone X.
Foxconn has begun shipping first batch of iPhone X units
Apple's favorite contract manufacturer Foxconn has started shipping the first batch of iPhone X units from Zhengzhou and Shanghai to the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates.
Apple estimated to build only 500,000 HomePods for December launch
David Ho, president of Taiwanese contract manufacturer Inventec Appliances, suggested during an earnings conference today that a high-profile smart home device his company has received orders for would be faced with constrained launch supply in December.
Foxconn executive claims 40 percent defect rate for iPhone 8 OLED screens
OLED screens for iPhone 8 are proving significantly more difficult to mass-manufacture than Apple's suppliers may have anticipated, with a Foxconn executive claiming high rejection rate for the sophisticated display panels due to “a special cutting” in them.
Foxconn announces $10 billion LCD factory in Wisconsin
Foxconn Technology Group, the world's top contract manufacturer that counts Apple and other major Silicon Valley giants as its clients, has officially confirmed it would invest $10 billion into a new 20-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Wisconsin to churn out high-resolution 8K LCD display panels used in smartphones, car dashboards and TVs.
Major suppliers join Apple in its legal battle against Qualcomm
Apple's legal battle with Qualcomm over excessive smartphone royalties has taken a turn for the worse as several Apple suppliers have officially sided with their key client to allege that Qualcomm has violated two sections of the U.S. antitrust law.
Foxconn and Sharp buying a stake in micro-LED startup eLux
Apple's favorite contract manufacturer Foxconn Electronics is teaming up with its display-making subsidiary Sharp to acquire a 31.82 percent stake in eLux, a Delaware-based startup engaged in research and development of micro-LED technology and its application to virtual reality and augmented reality devices.
The American startup was established in October 2016 by researchers formerly employed at Sharp's research facilities across the United States.
Sharp says it will team with CyberNet Venture Capital, panel maker Innolux and Advanced Optoelectronic Technology (all affiliated with Foxconn) to buy eLux in October.
Nikkei said earlier this week that Sharp will take a stake of just over 30 percent in eLux, valued at $7 million, in exchange for related patents. Additionally, the Japanese giant will transfer 21 patents regarding micro-LED technology to eLux, said DigiTimes.
Apple is apparently serious about this promising new display technology.
Aside from acquiring micro-LED specialists LuxVue back in 2014, the Cupertino company could kick off trial production of micro-LEDs by the end of 2017, with Apple Watch Series 3 likely switching from OLED to micro-LED display technology.
Power-conserving micro-LEDs consist of small, light-emitting diodes that render images.
They're capable of boosting battery life by as much as 300 percent versus LCDs. The technology allows for improved color gamut and up to two to three times the brightness of OLED-based screens under the same power consumption.
Foxconn still in talks with US government regarding LCD panel factory
iPhone manufacturer Foxconn Electronics is still in talks with the US federal government and state governments over a sixth-generation factory dedicated to churning out thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD panels for smaller devices like iPhones, iPads and MacBooks.
Foxconn says it’s planning a number of investments in America
iPhone manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co, also known as Foxconn, is planning several investments in the United States, its Chairman Terry Gou said as he exited the White House on Friday.
Reuters cautioned that Foxconn has yet to finalize any plans, but it could be easily looking to build expensive factories in the U.S. and invest in other capital-intensive projects.
Three major Apple suppliers have submitted preliminary bids for Toshiba’s flash chip business
In the coming weeks, Toshiba will unveil a final decision concerning selling a majority stake in its lucrative memory business. Bloomberg reported this morning that iPhone manufacturer Foxconn's preliminary bid for Toshiba's semiconductor unit is valued at a whopping $26.93 billion. According to Bloomberg's sources, that amount is in part to force negotiations, using a bid that's too high to ignore.