Is Apple going to release only an updated iPhone 4 at its media event Tuesday? Tech news website Gizmodo has reported that it has come across a new version of the iPhone 4 in Brazil, where a factory of Foxconn, one of Apple’s suppliers, is located. The website reported that Foxconn’s Brazilian staff gained access to photos of the new Apple smartphone that will...

Industry watchers are now looking to see what Amazon is planning for its rumored 10.1-inch tablet, after just releasing the 7-inch Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet PC. The rumored 10.1-inch version of the Kindle Fire is expected to be released in 2012. According to a report by DigiTimes, Amazon is likely to tap Foxconn, the maker of the world’s top tablet the iPad,...

With the release date of Apple’s iPhone 5 expected to be just a few weeks away, it is not surprising that the company’s supply and production partners to increase their workload building the much-awaited fifth-generation iPhone. A report from Taiwanese tech news outlet DigiTimes claim that Foxconn, one of Apple’s OEMs, is producing 150,000 iPhones per...

Foxconn, the manufacturer who makes a wide range of Apple products, including the iPod Touch and iPhone, currently employs 1.2 million workers in China. The company has announced that they will be replacing a large portion of their workforce with robots. Foxconn already has over 10,000 robots working on the production line, and have said that it will expand to more than...

It was reported this week that Apple will get a second manufacturer for its upcoming iPad tablet. Now, reports say that Foxconn is negotiating with the tech giant to sign a new deal that will make the company the sole builder of the upcoming iPad 3. According to DigiTimes, Pegatron, being the manufacturer of Apple iPhones, will unlikely share Apple’s order for the...

The Chinese factory used by Apple to makes their iPad 2 devices has not been shortof problems in the past. Suicides apparently linked to alleged tough working conditions have seen it named Suicide Express in some quarters. Now the latest incident to hit is a massive fire which has left two workers  dead with a number of others fleeing from the flames. 16 workers are said...