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  1. Maura

    First iPhone X Units Shipped By Foxconn

    9to5 Mac reports today on the exciting news that Foxconn has begun shipping the first iPhone X models out of China. The information comes via Chinese website Xinhuanet.com and Digitimes. According to the report, the first batch of 46,500 units has been shipped from Zhengzhou and Shanghai to the...
  2. Maura

    New Photos Claim to Show Pallets of iPhone 8 Units Being Shipped by Foxconn to US

    We’re just days away from Apple announcing the new iPhone line-up on September 12, and it looks like the new iPhones are already on their way judging by some new photos that have just been leaked on MyDrivers, according to AppleInsider. The new images were taken at Foxconn’s Zhengzhou...
  3. Maura

    Videos Claiming to Show Foxconn iPhone 8 Production Line Apparently Leak

    9to5 Mac reports on a couple of videos that have leaked that are claimed to have been shot behind the scenes at Foxconn’s iPhone 8 production line. 9to5 Mac is sceptical about whether or not the videos are genuine, and there certainly do seem to be several things wrong with them, aside from the...
  4. Maura

    WSJ: Wisconsin Foxconn Plant Will be Making iPhone Displays

    9to5 Mac reports that the Wall Street Journal is claiming that despite previous reports that Foxconn’s new U.S. display factory will only be making large panels for TVs and monitors, it will in fact be making LCD displays for iPhones. This would make the factory the first of its kind in the US...
  5. Maura

    Foxconn VP Reveals 40% Defect Rate for iPhone 8 OLED Screens

    AppleInsider reports that Foxconn vice president Luo Zhongsheng has revealed in a now-deleted post on Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo that the iPhone 8 will be more expensive to buy as a direct result of low yields of the OLED display. Apparently, difficulties with cutting the OLED material...
  6. Maura

    Foxconn to Create “Tens of Thousands” of U.S. Jobs With Investment Worth $10B

    9to5 Mac reports that Foxconn is to set up U.S.-based manufacturing plants in “several” states as part of a deal said to be worth $10B, $7B of which is marked for display production, with the rest set aside for various other products. According to the original report in Bloomberg, Foxconn...
  7. Maura

    Apple, Dell, and Kingston Team Up With Foxconn to Bid For Toshiba’s Memory Unit

    Foxconn chairman Terry Gou has told Reuters, via AppleInsider, that Apple, Dell, and Kingston are among the many companies that are teaming up with Foxconn to bid for Toshiba’s memory unit. Gou said that Apple CEO and the Apple board of directors approved the bid. According to Gou, Amazon is...
  8. Maura

    Foxconn Planning Investment in the US

    Reuters reports that Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn is planning significant investment in the US. Foxconn’s chairman, Terry Gou, made the announcement when he left the White House after a meeting on Friday, saying, “We are planning a number of investments in America. This project will...
  9. Maura

    Foxconn Chairman Casts Doubt on US Apple Factory

    AppleInsider reports that comments from Foxconn chairman Terry Gou have cast doubt on the prospect of Apple and Foxconn partnering to build a factory in the US. Talking at an event to open a new display panel production factory in southern China, Gou said that he had recently returned from...
  10. Maura

    Foxconn Considering Investing $7 Billion in U.S. Display Plant With Apple

    MacRumors reports that Taiwan’s Foxconn is looking into the possibility of investing $7 billion in a partnership with Apple to build a U.S. display manufacturing plant. Nikkei Asian Review reported that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou told journalists at Foxconn’s annual end-of-year party that Apple...
  11. Maura

    Rumour: Sharp Will be Manufacturing OLED Displays for the iPhone

    9to5 Mac reports that after being acquired by Foxconn, Sharp looks set to be one of the manufacturers of OLED displays for forthcoming iPhones. According to a Nikkei report, Sharp is in the process of setting up an OLED production line at one of Foxconn’s iPhone assembly factories, with all of...
  12. Maura

    Foxconn Said to be Working on Wireless Charging Modules for iPhone 8

    Wireless charging could be coming to the iPhone next year according to a new report from Nikkei via 9to5 Mac, as Foxconn is said to be currently testing wireless charging modules for the 2017 iPhone. Nikkei says that the module that Foxconn is testing is actually integrated into the iPhone...
  13. Maura

    Foxconn Fuels All-Glass iPhone Rumours With Glass Casing Development

    9to5 Mac reports that following on from reports back in March and April from KGI that said that Apple would be releasing an all-glass-casing iPhone in 2017, Nikkei has heard from a source that Foxconn is currently developing a glass casing for smartphones, prompted by Apple’s plans to completely...
  14. Maura

    Rumour: New Leak Reveals Only Single-Lens Camera for iPhone 7

    While Apple has yet to even confirm the existence of the forthcoming iPhone 7, it seems that many of the rumours about the next iPhone will prove to have been accurate when Apple finally announces it this fall. However, according to Tech Radar, one of the rumours has today been called into...
  15. Maura

    Foxconn Planning to Build an Apple Products Factory in India

    AppleInsider reports that according to The Economic Times of India, Foxconn is currently negotiating with the Indian government to build a manufacturing plant solely for Apple products in India. Apparently the deal is progressing well, and Foxconn is on the verge of signing the deeds for a...
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