| | | Maybe you missed this - but iPhones are already assembled by robots in china now.
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iPhone manufacturer Foxconn is replacing 60,000 workers with robots
The next time you buy a new iPhone, it’s possible that it will have been made by a robot.
Foxconn, the manufacturing company that builds electronic devices for a range of companies including Apple, Samsung and Microsoft, has reportedly replaced 60,000 human workers from one of its factories in China with robots, according to the South China Morning Post.
In an article describing the growth strategies in the country’s Kunshan county, Xu Yulian, a department head at Foxconn’s factory there, told the paper:
“The Foxconn factory has reduced its employee strength from 110,000 to 50,000, thanks to the introduction of robots. It has tasted success in reduction of labour costs.”
A representative for Foxconn told the BBC that it was indeed |
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