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In a bit of sad and bizarre news, an employee of Foxconn, the factory in China where iPhones are made, apparently committed suicide after being accused of losing one of the 16 prototypes he was supposed to send to Apple.

The 25 year-old man was interrogated, his apartment illegally searched, without really finding any evidence. Of course at that point he was probably fired as well. On July 16, the man jumped off a 12-story building and killed himself.

Whether or not his death was directly linked to the missing iPhone prototype, it’ll definitely raise some flags on Apple’s secrecy when it comes to product releases. Many human rights organizations might boycott Apple and the iPhone but we all know how those things usually work out. I wonder if Foxconn ever found the missing prototype, imagine it just feel into a trash bin by mistake or is on someone else’s desk? Oh man that ish would suck. Either way this is very sad news, one that’ll definitely be ignored by Apple and the masses, when in reality, these practices should definitely be investigated.

( Via Crunchgear and Shanghaiist)



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35 Comments

Thats why they build in China… so the investigation can be “handled”.

One wonders if he really jumped, or if he had a little help.

this is so tragic wow. =[

He actually suicided..

that is some pretty drastic decisions…

Really?
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