Human cost of an iPhone – Bend Bulletin

Silicon.com Human cost of an iPhoneBend BulletinTwo years ago, 137 workers at an Apple supplier in eastern China were injured after they were ordered to use a poisonous chemical to clean iPhone screens. Within seven months last year, two explosions at iPad factories, including in Chengdu, …iPhone 5 rumors will remain rumors for another five […]

The human cost built into making an Apple iPad – Times of India

International Business Times The human cost built into making an Apple iPadTimes of IndiaIt came from the area where employees polished thousands of iPad cases a day. Two people were killed immediately, and over a dozen others hurt. As the injured were rushed into ambulances, one in particular stood out. His features had been smeared […]

Insight: Dreaded “Brazil cost” may dim Foxconn’s iPad dreams – Reuters

Insight: Dreaded “Brazil cost” may dim Foxconn’s iPad dreamsReutersBut the “Brazil cost” raises doubts over whether Apple will be able to make the iPad cheaply enough for the Brazilian market and use it as a major base to export to the United States and Latin America. Brazil’s consumer market is a huge draw for …Insight: […]

Amazon’s tablet computer rumored to cost $250 – Los Angeles Times

Chic Dish Amazon’s tablet computer rumored to cost $250Los Angeles TimesThe 7-inch tablet, reportedly to be called the Amazon Kindle, will be backlit and cost $250, half the price of an entry-level iPad. “Not only have I heard about the device, I’ve seen it and used it,” TechCrunch’s MG Siegler wrote in a Friday blog […]

Motorola Xoom’s speedy parts top iPad in cost – CNET

PC Magazine (blog) Motorola Xoom’s speedy parts top iPad in costCNETQuestions about the Xoom’s higher price vis-a-vis the iPad have been dogging Motorola as the world waits on the imminent iPad 2. IHS iSuppli has provided at least one answer: the underlying cost of the Xoom is higher due to, …Teardown shows Xoom costs more […]

Verizon iPhone 4: the hidden triple cost of switching midstream – Beatweek Magazine

TFTS (blog) Verizon iPhone 4: the hidden triple cost of switching midstreamBeatweek MagazineThe Verizon iPhone 4 is here but it doesn’t come cheap for those who switch over from their current AT&T iPhone. Apple once ran “Switch” television ads …It’s Not Too Late for the Verizon iPhonemsnbc.comWhat Does AT&T Do When Verizon Starts Selling iPhones?PC […]

IPhone May Cost Verizon $5 Billion in Subsidies in First Year – BusinessWeek

New York Times (blog) IPhone May Cost Verizon $5 Billion in Subsidies in First YearBusinessWeek10 (Bloomberg) — Verizon Wireless, set to get Apple Inc.’s iPhone this month after four years of waiting, may spend $3 billion to $5 billion to subsidize …Verizon iPhone: The big questionsCNNMoneyVerizon iPhone Buzz Adds to Apple’s SharesNew York Times (blog)Verizon […]

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