Foxconn employees arrested for leaking Apple iPad 2 specs

By on Apr 28, 2011 at 12:09 PM
mobile April 28, 2011

DigiTimes is citing a report from sznews.com today that three Foxconn employees have been arrested in Shenzhen, China for leaking the design specs of the iPad 2 to third-party case manufacturers ahead of the device’s launch. The three were allegedly arrested in December of last year and were charged in late March for the leaks. Foxconn grew suspicious of its own employees after accurate third-party iPad 2 cases began popping up on the market; the firm then asked local authorities to investigate. Foxconn manufacturers electronics for a number of major companies including Apple, HP, Palm, and Sony, and it has been called out in the past for the harsh treatment of its employees. [Via AppleInsider]

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  • Anonymous

    So they leaked physical design measurements? Who really cares? Damn, Apple.

    • randy

      don’t blame apple for this one. foxconn requested the investigation of foxconn employees.

      • Anonymous

        Naive, table of 1.

        Yea, Apple didn’t force them to do it, but you’d be a fool to imagine it wasn’t their pressure to cause it.

      • Idiot

        Idiot, table of one.

        You are a fucking moron if you don’t think that Foxconn is trying to protect its MASSIVVEE contract with Apple. There are other manufacturers out there that all compete based on quality and price, and this was a REALLY big leak.

    • Anonymous

      Foxxconn wants to keep Apple’s business, and employee behavior such as this doesn’t help. This isn’t Apple; this is Foxxconn looking out for itself. It’s how business works.

      • Yes_iHave_a_iPhone

        Its the only way Foxxconn employees can make money.. Foxxonn doesn’t pay them a decent amount, because for every Apple product they make they end up owing Apple $20.

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      They gave up the secret ingredients: unicorn blood and 4 leaf clovers.

      • Anonymous

        thankfully they kept $3 bills a secret

  • Jedivulcan

    May they die honorably when they’re thrown into the Sarlacc Pit.

  • Jedivulcan

    May they die honorably when they’re thrown into the Sarlacc Pit.

  • John

    Crappy predictable specs anyway. If anything, they did Apple a favor.

  • Jayanthi Rangarajan

    Chinese employees acting unethically?!?!?!? Say it isn’t so!!!!

    Next thing you’re going to tell me – the sky is blue.

  • Anonymous

    Wow. This is silly

  • Commie

    Off with their heads!!!

  • Anonymous

    If it is true, they did crApple a favor; we all knew the specs’ on that tAmpon was going to be sub-standard, anyway!! Just proves how easily that crAppPad can be copied; I bet the counterfeit is waaaay better than the original.

    • http://www.section303.com codeyh

      You’re trying too hard.

      • Anonymous

        Wa-wa-wa ……..

        (Is that you Fidel?)

      • Anonymous

        Oye no jodas a PAPITO!

  • Anonymous

    Geez, is that necessary, they leaked out size dimensions over a product that didnt change much. A criminal record, jail time and losing your job and probably fines for pre released cases for a tablet. wow!

  • MaxPayne79

    who cares about ipad 1.5 with its crappy cameras and Nazi software. give me the playbook instead.

  • Wildspin

    Amen, they were not forced to jump off the building!

  • Joebutler85

    Wasn’t too much specs to leak from what I’ve seen. Little thinner, dual-core processor, and two rather pathetic 2005 era flip phone cameras.

  • Joebutler85

    Wasn’t too much specs to leak from what I’ve seen. Little thinner, dual-core processor, and two rather pathetic 2005 era flip phone cameras.

  • http://www.bignerdblog.com BigNerd

    3rd party case manufacturer leaks are small fry… Jobs needs to figure out that Vietnamese website connection.

    How they get their hands on Apple’s hardware is “magical”.

  • Alexander530

    A policy is a policy no matter how overboard, and if a policy is strictly enforced, then violators will be charged.

  • Senor Chang

    Who did they leak it to?

    Gizmodo?

  • Drew

    What a wasted effort that was. The specs are garbage. I’m sure these workers are about fed up putting these iPods, iPads and iPhones together and never being able to own one… So they make a deal leaking specs in hopes of getting pa$d. You gotta feel sorry for them….

  • Abra101

    Oh wow!

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