Apple is likely to unveil the iPhone 16 lineup in September and has reportedly set a shipment target of 90 million iPhone 16 units. To meet the target, Apple’s manufacturing partner Foxconn has hired 50,000 new workers at its Zhengzhou factory in China, the report says. Business in Korea.
The peak iPhone production season typically runs from August to December, and in an effort to boost iPhone 16 production by hiring new workers, Foxconn began offering an hourly wage increase of up to 25 yuan (about 4,800 won) in late July.
The Taiwanese manufacturer also raised the hiring bonus from 6,000 yuan to 7,500 yuan at the Zhengzhou factory, which is the world’s largest iPhone production base.
We recently heard that Samsung and LG have also started mass producing the display for the iPhone 16 line.Apple has reportedly ordered 80 million display panels from Samsung and 43 million from LG.