Apple is expected to release the new iPhone 17 series on September 9th (US time). Foxconn in China is the main contract manufacturer.
Foxconn is ramping wages higher to attract workers in order to hit shipment targets:
- media reports indicate that employees at Foxconn's Zhengzhou plant are "working overtime every day."
- factory launched a series of recruitment activities at the end of July
- regular workers have received a personal bonus of RMB 5,400
- dispatched workers an "unprecedented" rebate of RMB 8,000
- after working for three months, the maximum can be hiked further
