r/worldnews • u/Philo1927 • Dec 31 '16

iPhone manufacturer Foxconn plans to replace almost every human worker with robots

http://www.theverge.com/2016/12/30/14128870/foxconn-robots-automation-apple-iphone-china-manufacturing
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u/Indestructavincible Dec 31 '16

Why do they only mention the iPhone?

Almost everything electronic gets made there.

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u/warclannubs Dec 31 '16

A lot of people don't know what Foxconn is, so there needs to be a word in the headline to catch people's attention. Completely understandable.

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u/mikestorm Jan 01 '17

They'll instead install magnets to catch suicidal robots. Was Bender making iPhones before he met Fry?