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Three dead in explosion at Chinese Ipad 2 factory
CHINESE MANUFACTURING OUTFIT Foxconn has verified that three workers died after an explosion in its Ipad 2 factory.
Officials at the Taiwanese company Hon Hai Precision Industries, otherwise known as Foxconn, said that three people died in the explosion. The tragedy took place in its plant in southwest China where the company is contracted to make electronics gadgets for western vendors including Apple, Dell, and HP.
According to Reuters, the explosion took place in the factory that manufactures Apple's Ipad 2 and initial findings suggest it was caused by dust particles caught in a duct that ignited.
In addition to the three people killed in the accident, 15 more were injured and six were sent to the hospital but have since been released.
Foxconn has shut down the factory where the explosion took place and suspended work at other factories where the same kind of hardware is being manufactured. However, Foxconn hasn't shut down any of its other plants in China, which remain fully operational.
Apple hasn't commented on the tragic news. This terrible incident happened almost exactly one year after western vendors distanced themselves from previous suicide deaths at Foxconn, which had a reputation as a sweatshop with awful working and living conditions for its employees.
An undercover investigation found that the suicide rate of workers at the company was extremely high, with workers living in oppressive conditions for little pay. The firm has since claimed to have increased wages and improved working conditions. µ
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Isee, "The exclusive Apple reference suggests an anti-Apple prejudice."
Iconsider all junket toys Ifads, wether it's an Ipple, Dellusion, Cisconsperocy, Idroid, it's all fad junk in the end. My igun was aimed at the comment that (my Itoy might be late becouse somebody died) which Ithink is justIfied. Yes Iam Ixpressive, not an Isheep.
To me all gizmoes that are fads fit under Ifad no matter who makes it. But don't let that stop you from feeling offended, it makes for fun conversation here :)
Well lets have a look at some of your words.
Ifad - either nonsense or a reference to iPad and iThingse. Foxconn manufacture devices for many more companies than Apple. The exclusive Apple reference suggests an anti-Apple prejudice.
"I hope you suffer (death of a loved one/job loss/ natural disaster/stress/cancer) to the point of suicide" not very nice even if targeted to "bad people", and who are you to define what is "bad" and what is "good".
The fact is, in a drive to delivery (relatively) low cost devices to Western consumers, companies have to use very low labour costs. The modern consumer society is built almost entirety on the exploitation of low cost labour.
That's evolution for you. The strongest survive, the weak die. There is no compassion in evolution, it's all about survival. If people die, they die.
lol what did you smoke to come up with the idea that I would be prejudiced from that? and prejudic agianst who? asshats?
I am a nice guy to good people, to bad people,, I just return their karma.
Apart from being completely prejudiced, you're obviously not a very nice person.
It's evolution! The strong survive and the weak die.
So Foxconn has done some manufacturering for pretty much every major tech company on the planet at one point or another yet it wasn't until they started making the iPad 2 that people started getting blown up. Makes you wonder if it's just their plants breaking down or if Apple is so cheap that it's forcing them to use substandard materials that explode more easily. Given the rather drastic profit margin on most of Apples products it might be a bit of column A and bit of column B even with Apples standard practice of price gouging.
Regardless hopefully this will prompt more people to buy the Motorola Xoom, the Acer Iconia A500, the Asus Transformer or the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. All four are overall better units for around the same price, even in the case of those that are more expensive they're still better value for money.
Pathetic Ifad asshats more concerned with gizmos that life. I hope you suffer (death of a loved one/job loss/ natural disaster/stress/cancer) to the point of sucide.
Every single site I visit says something different about the affect the explosion will have on iPad 2 availability. It seems to vary from no delay all the way to a drop of about 25%. I really wonder If anyone is even close to accurate.
For those of us without iPad 2s, has anyone had success anywhere besides the Apple Store and iPad2Tracker.com. I haven't had much luck, but I don't think there are any better options, and It seems it might become even more difficult to find one in the short term.
It's no where near enough!
So are Dell and HP prepared to pay the price (and others). Why did you focus on Steve Jobs? Prejudiced?
Now we can expect even more delays.
3 dead is a high price, but $teve Jobs is prepared to pay it.