Feb 28 2010
The true cost of your iPhone
This isn’t surprising, but still sad. When you buy your next cheap gadget, think about this.
It turns out that Apple’s ‘overseas’ suppliers are cutting corners ab it. 54% of these factories have failed to meet Apple’s maximum-hour work week. And this is a 60-hours (!) work week we’re talking about – over half of these factories have longer weeks that that!
The are also paying below-minimum wages, employing people younger than 16 and failing to respect anti-discrimination rules.
Apple are obviously ‘very upset’ – but what can you expect when you want to be cheap and ‘competitive’?
It’s time we started thinking about the true-cost of our consumer goods…
More info over at Engadget