Apple Gives Free Micro-USB adapter for Lightning in China

Star Chang, Dec 11, 2012 6:54 PM, 1,624 views, 2 Comments »,

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New iPhone 5 owners in China can use existing Micro-USB cables to power and sync their phones via the new adapter, and this will be absolutely free of charged. Available in Apple’s online store, the new Lightning to Micro-USB adapter will let user charge and sync their new iPhone 5, iPod Touch, iPod Nano and iPad mini. The Lightning to Micro-USB adapter offers a handy alternative to people who already have a stock of Micro-USB cables, thereby eliminating the need to shell out money for additional accessories. The adapter will cost for US$24, and now Chinese user will get it for free when the purchase the official iPhone 5 Chinese version this week …

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The Undercover Report on How the New iPhone 5 is Made Inside Foxconn Factory

Cyril Chang, Sep 11, 2012 8:27 PM, 277,488 views, 201 Comments »,

A Chinese news agency, Shanghai Evening Post, has sent an experienced journalist to slip into the Foxconn Tai Yuan factory and pretended as a new worker, his mission is to find out how the new iPhone 5 is produced. The Chinese journalist precisely recorded his 10 days of working experience in the factory and published a dairy to disclose the inside story of manufacturing the iPhone 5. The Tai Yuan Foxconn factory is recently well-known for it’s large-scale workers strike which took place during March. Back then the factory urgently needs 20,000 more workers because Foxconn has received orders for the production of iPhone 5. The plants needs to produce 57 million iPhone 5 for each year. Apparently, the journalist only stayed inside the Foxconn factory for 10 days due to the undesirable working conditions. He has undergone mean training during the first 7 days and finally got the chance to take part the producing of iPhone 5 on the 8th day …

UPDATE SEPT 24 – Part 1: Taiyuan Foxconn has gone strike !
UPDATE SEPT 24 – Part 2: We have got in touch with the undercover journalist.

iPhone 5 Bumper and Cases Available in China Ahead of iPhone 5 Launch (video)

Chris Chang, Sep 7, 2012 8:08 AM, 46,546 views, Got something to say ?,

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New iPhone 5 cases have started flooding the Chinese mobile accessories market ahead of the new iPhone’s expected launch. We bought some of the cases, including the bumper, and then we purchased a cheap iPhone 5 mockup. We have a good time fitting our iPhone 5 mockup into the cases, check out our hands-on video after the break, and a whole gallery of iPhone 5 cases!

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