After months of negotiating, Foxconn has agreed to acquire Sharp for ¥389bn (£2.5bn) despite Sharp’s debt of over 300 billion yen (£1.85bn). Foxconn, a Taiwanese company, will acquire a controlling stake of 66 percent…
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Nokia N1 sells out in China in just 4 minutes
Nokia’s newest Android tablet offering ‘N1’, which went on sale in China on Thursday, took just four minutes and two seconds to get sold out. Developed by Nokia and manufactured by Foxconn,…
Foxconn CEO: Foxbots failed in proficiency & flexibility
With the failure of Foxbots, Foxconn resorted to employing 20,000 people last month at the Shanxi factory.
Foxconn worker held for stealing, selling iPhone 6 shells
A 40 year old Foxconn worker has been accused of stealing iPhone 6 shells and selling them over to a local electronic gadget market in Shenzhen, China, a new report claims. According…
Apple places biggest-ever initial production order of 70M – 80M iPhone 6 units
Cupertino is reportedly gearing up to meet the anticipated high demands of the iPhone 6, with an order to manufacturer 70 to 80 million units before December 30, 2014.
Apple’s 4.7 inch iPhone 6 to hit assembly lines next week
The 4.7-inch variant is expected to enter production stage next week, while the 5.5-inch model is scheduled to hit assembly lines in second week of August.
Foxconn to deploy 10000 Foxbots robots on iPhone 6 production lines
The company has shelled out $20,000 to $25,000 for each robot, which is estimated to assemble at least 300,000 devices per year!
Foxconn not be blamed for workers’ suicides, says CEO Terry Gou
Don’t blame us, blame workers’ personal relationships or family disputes!
Foxconn, Pegatron on a recruitment spree for iPhone 6 production
Apple’s iPhone 6 has reportedly paved for more than 100,000 jobs in China, with Foxconn and Pegatron bringing in fresh blood for production to meet high demands.
Pegatron gears up for iPhone 6 production in Q2 2014
Taiwan-based Apple supplier Pegatron, the assembler of the iPhone and iPad, is gearing up for the iPhone 6 production, a recent report from The Commercial Times claims. Pegatron is opening up new…
Foxconn expects to manufacture 90 million iPhone 6 units this year
Foxconn on Wednesday said it expects to manufacture around 90 million units of Apple’s next iPhone – iPhone 6 – in 2014 with all the orders expected to land across the year….
BlackBerry, Foxconn to show off Jakarta, other phones at MWC 2014
BlackBerry and Foxconn signed a 5-year contract at the end of December last year under which the latter will be designing, producing and take care of the logistics for a range of…
First Firefox OS powered tablet detailed
Mozilla’s Asa Dotzle has detailed the specifications of the first Firefox OS powered tablet and from the looks of it the tablet is definitely a low-end model aimed at highly budget-conscious markets….
BlackBerry to concentrate on software, will offload hardware on Foxconn
BlackBerry has decided that the company will be concentrating on its core strength of enterprise level software and secure mobile operating system and will offload almost all of its hardware production on…
Apple asks Pegtron, Foxconn to reduce iPhone 5C production
Apple is up with plans to cut down orders of its colourful iPhone 5C handset this quarter due to lower than expected sales and increasing popularity of its iPhone 5S. According to…