Chinese youth clamor to join Foxconn’s iPhone 5 assembly line

are there any cell phones manufactured in the U.S? My motorola droid was made in China, as well as the battery it uses. I would spend $100 dollars more for a phone made in the USA, but they don't believe any exist:(

"..do Chinese youth have a different opinion of the embattled electronics giant?"Is this author a #$%$ Years ago in the US when factory conditions were horrendous guess what, people still lined up around the block to get the work because it still paid better than other places. Why do Chinese youth line up for jobs at this plant? Where else are they going to get work?

Good or bad we want these jobs back in America because many of us are willing to do it.

Regardless of conditions, you do what you have to do in order to eat. Besides, they've erected suicide nets on the buildings now, so conditions have improved! At least that is what Apple is going to say.

I wish the media and people would STOP converting the currency !! The cost of living in China is totally different. This is a GREAT job for the youth especially. A nurse makes 3,000 and they have skills, most don't get housing and food. If they want to change it then THEY can. It's NOT our country !!

seem just like the "illegal" aliens in the US..work in any conditions just to have a job...

So is the solution to demand reforms in China (good luck) or should we simply vote with our dollars, and choose a different product? Hmm.

They're not clamoring to work there, they're clamoring to get a paycheck to fed their families and possibly leave China.

Knowing this and reading the linked atricle, why would you buy an iphone? Or for that matter any foxconn product? Or a computer that contains foxconn peripherals?

we as consumers of these electronic products should try to do something about this even though this is not happening in our own back yard.

So they are clamoring to work for a company whose owner wants to get animal trainers from the Taipei Zoo to help manage the employees. Doesn't say much for how they think of themselves, in this case.

This resembles the United States during the industrial revolution, pre unions.

This is the end result of a completely union-less environment. I wonder how the pension and health care benefits are structured?

If the consuming public would let Apple's next launch fail...maybe the conditions at Fox Conn can be bettered. Apple needs a message.

what a stupid, pro-apple, article. who cares about terrible work conditions and underage workers and all those suicides at that plant that makes apple's products.
you know, in north korea people fight over kernels of corn in animal feces, so if you dropped off a truckload of poo, the people will come and eat, therefore making you a hero by this apple fan boy's logic.

This article is yet another ridiculous argument that promotes the fallacy of applying US standards to the rest of the world.

I still love my iphone. How much would it cost if it was made in the US of A?

See... Industry 'self-regulation' does 'work'...
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Wages and conditions coming soon to a factory opening near you...
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because anything more is a 'burden on business'...
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and restricts unlimited growth of margins...
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and anyone poor will tell you it's better than starving...

Hope this news makes ya think of Steve Jobs and realize he was not a god , but SATAN !! America should be TAXING the crap out of all imports !! Add $50.00 to every iphone in tax , make some incentives for things to be made in the USA !! Steve Jobs and Bill Gates sold there souls , screwed anyone and everyone to make themselves RICH !!

The sad part is that apple enables the horrible Mega conglomerates by ignoring the plight of people making their products! If apple is suck a pro people then they would be pulling their products and finding other manufacturers! Oh but then they couldn't make an Iphone for 10 dollars!