Foxconn hires 50,000 more workers in China to ramp up iPhone 16 production

Apple will likely unveil the iPhone 16 lineup in September, and it 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, reports BusinessKorea.

The peak iPhone production season usually begins in August and ends in December, and in an effort to ramp up the iPhone 16 production by hiring new workers, Foxconn started offering an increased hourly wage of up to 25 Yuan (about 4,800 Won) in late July.

The Taiwanese manufacturer also increased the hiring bonus from 6,000 Yuan to up 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 iPhone 16 lineup's display. Apple has reportedly ordered 80 million display panels from Samsung and 43 million from LG.

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