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Filed under: Apple Corporate, Hardware, Apple Financial, Apple

Apple looking into iPod factory conditions

My previous post about the conditions in iPod factories was construed by some as an attack on Apple. The sensibly that Apple, as a faceless multinational corporation, can do no wrong boggles my mind. Apple has one goal as a company, and one responsibility to its shareholders: make money. They make iPods (and Macs) in China because there is lots of cheap labor there. Not too shocking.

With that out of the way, Macworld UK is reporting that Apple is now looking into these reports about the iPod factory conditions. Apple points to their supplier code of conduct (PDF link) which outlines what Apple expects from their suppliers.

[via iLounge]

Filed under: Apple Corporate, iPod Family, Apple Financial, Apple

Peek inside an iPod factory


I've always thought that iPods are produced in a Willy Wonka-esque factory where the impossible is everyday, and the candy is always free. According to MacWorld UK that isn't the case. The iPod is made in Chinese factories, mostly by women, who live and work at the factory. They make anywhere from $50 to $100 a month (some have their housing and food costs covered, and others don't).

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