Filed under: iPhone
Inside the Phone Factory
Here's a sweet little treat. Over at ReMoveTheLabels.com, a poster's mom apparently bought an iPhone and found a surprise waiting for her on the onboard camera roll: three pictures. Two were blurry but the third is a real surprise: a picture straight from the iPhone production line. Look at all those luscious phones, waiting to be packed up and to go to good homes. These days, seeing that many iPhones at once is getting rarer and rarer, as they continue to sell out in US stores.
Thanks, Guillermo
Written by Erica Sadun
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Isaac said 1:05PM on 7-28-2008
Its actually called the iFactory.
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Rob said 1:11PM on 7-28-2008
Looks like the iPhone nursery. How precious! ;-)
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dan workman said 1:26PM on 7-28-2008
premies!
Aron T said 1:16PM on 7-28-2008
What's the deal with a post being "by TUAW Blogger"
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Lee said 1:26PM on 7-28-2008
Maybe Erica is tired of people yelling at her, so she's posting anonymously :p
Ryan Trevisol said 1:51PM on 7-28-2008
Apparently something secret. :-P
Maxwell Ash said 3:09PM on 7-28-2008
AOL are making cutbacks on their blog network, and bloggers are now only allowed to make one named post per day, any others have to be called TUAW Blogger, or Joystiq Blogger, or whatever.
Johnny said 3:15PM on 7-28-2008
Maxwell: Do you really know this or are you being sarcastic? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of. I am curious as to the real reason for this.
Matt said 1:25PM on 7-28-2008
How can you take a picture when the phone is not activated?
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Gregg said 2:21PM on 7-28-2008
I agree. I call bogus. You can't take a photo on a non-activated iPhone
shaun said 1:30PM on 7-28-2008
If you look really carefully at the reflection off the screen of the phone on the far left you can see an oompa loompa
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d said 1:36PM on 7-28-2008
...and all I got on my new iPhone was porn.
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tcl said 8:05PM on 7-28-2008
Hopefully not a high tech attempt at a "message in a bottle."
"Help, I'm being help captive in a Chinese iPhone factory ;)
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Brian said 2:00PM on 7-28-2008
What about geo tagging?
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c said 2:12PM on 7-28-2008
Looks like some of the ones on the bottom half of the screen are actually iPod touches, I could be wrong though...
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austin said 5:53PM on 7-28-2008
yep. youre wrong.
steve said 2:54PM on 7-28-2008
I say fake! The devices at the top of the image have silver backs, so are 1st gen, surely.
Mainly tho, it has to be activated to use - and I really doubt if someone's going to pull one out of the production line to snap with...
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superjeff said 3:10PM on 7-28-2008
Yes... I'm sure QC at the factory sits down and activates each one it tests.
Really, I'm sure there is a work-around (different SIM) to test the phones at the factory, and I'm sure that's how these pictures got on there.
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Bertil Holmberg said 3:14PM on 7-28-2008
I find it unlikely that brand new 3G phones would be collected in such a haphazard fashion with bits of tape stuck on some of them. Looks more like a bunch of rejects waiting for diagnosis or destruction...
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Brian said 3:44PM on 7-28-2008
I've been in a Quanta factory is it surprises me that these phones are in such good condition. Those guys have less concern for their goods than they do for their workers.