Worker Commits Suicide Over Missing 4th Gen. iPhone Prototype

jtfishbein · 07/22/2009, 07:57 AM

This is pretty interesting. I bet you won't find this all over the iPhone forums. Even though they say they didn't beat this poor guy, I don't know if I would believe if or not because the security official admits how agitated he was, and how he did not believe this poor guy.

All because of a darn iPhone...

Check it out... here's the link

cashen · 07/22/2009, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by jtfishbein

This is pretty interesting. I bet you won't find this all over the iPhone forums. Even though they say they didn't beat this poor guy, I don't know if I would believe if or not because the security official admits how agitated he was, and how he did not believe this poor guy.

All because of a darn iPhone...

Check it out... here's the link

Its their culture. He was only 25.

MikeyBeeb · 07/22/2009, 09:51 AM

Foxconn factory in Asia... I'm sure its not the first time. Nothing against the company or the region, but things are done differently over there.

zacarias · 07/22/2009, 09:55 AM

http://forums.precentral.net/cross-p...g-its-way.html

Already exists...

jtfishbein · 07/22/2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by zacarias

http://forums.precentral.net/cross-p...g-its-way.html

Already exists...

Yeah, I realized it after the fact, due to the fact that it only said something about the iPhone 4g in the title, and that I'm not up at 3am reading posts.

Plus, the reason I posted it wasn't b/c of the next gen phone in production (which if you read that post is what just about everyone replied about), but b/c someone committed suicide b/c he lost a phone.

jhoff80 · 07/22/2009, 11:15 AM

Yeah, sure. It was 'suicide'. Jobs probably hunted him down himself.

In all seriousness though, it's a terrible thing to happen and it's unfortunate he was apparently wound so tightly for this to be the result.

bclinger · 07/22/2009, 12:45 PM

Freedom reigns in Communist China.

dj ozone · 07/22/2009, 02:55 PM

wow the ultimate apple ******....he lived, worked, and died for apple...

bluenote · 06/01/2010, 08:43 AM

CNN running a video story today "inside the foxconn factory" after yet another person committed suicide (that makes 7 or 8 in a short time period?). You see the workers diligently putting pieces together. A box with an apple logo is shown beside each worker. CNN puts up a graphic later in the piece that names HP and a few others that also use the factory to assemble electronics. Outside the factory, there are huge lines as people line up to apply for this factory "job in the city."
This part of the city seems to be a foxconn compound with restaurants and grocery stores but no recreation activity. CNN points out that the workers don't have a sense of community as they run home and sleep before getting up early the next morning to work again. Also some of the managers are deemed "critical" of work habits, whatever that means.

Doesn't seem like industry here has a great solution. Outside pressure seems to be needed. Its a little creepy to think our devices may be assembled by people in such harsh conditions.

07/22/2009, 07:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
jtfishbein Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 36 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Worker Commits Suicide Over Missing 4th Gen. iPhone Prototype This is pretty interesting. I bet you won't find this all over the iPhone forums. Even though they say they didn't beat this poor guy, I don't know if I would believe if or not because the security official admits how agitated he was, and how he did not believe this poor guy. All because of a darn iPhone... Check it out... here's the link
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MikeyBeeb Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 34 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 7 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Foxconn factory in Asia... I'm sure its not the first time. Nothing against the company or the region, but things are done differently over there.
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jhoff80 Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Boston-area Posts: 6,973 Likes Received: 116 Thanks: 418 Thanked 1,252 Times in 710 Posts	Yeah, sure. It was 'suicide'. Jobs probably hunted him down himself. In all seriousness though, it's a terrible thing to happen and it's unfortunate he was apparently wound so tightly for this to be the result.
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bclinger Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,043 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 1 Thanked 33 Times in 29 Posts	Freedom reigns in Communist China.
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dj ozone Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 638 Likes Received: 27 Thanks: 344 Thanked 109 Times in 71 Posts	wow the ultimate apple ******....he lived, worked, and died for apple...
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06/01/2010, 08:43 AM	#9 (permalink)
bluenote Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 3,220 Likes Received: 306 Thanks: 391 Thanked 579 Times in 357 Posts	CNN running a video story today "inside the foxconn factory" after yet another person committed suicide (that makes 7 or 8 in a short time period?). You see the workers diligently putting pieces together. A box with an apple logo is shown beside each worker. CNN puts up a graphic later in the piece that names HP and a few others that also use the factory to assemble electronics. Outside the factory, there are huge lines as people line up to apply for this factory "job in the city." This part of the city seems to be a foxconn compound with restaurants and grocery stores but no recreation activity. CNN points out that the workers don't have a sense of community as they run home and sleep before getting up early the next morning to work again. Also some of the managers are deemed "critical" of work habits, whatever that means. Doesn't seem like industry here has a great solution. Outside pressure seems to be needed. Its a little creepy to think our devices may be assembled by people in such harsh conditions.
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