Apple plans to give plastic casing for budget iphone

Rumblings of a low-cost, plastic
iPhone have been popping up on a
fairly frequent basis throughout
2013, and today the rumored
device is making headlines once
again.

Apple’s future plan to introduce a
plastic device is confirmed within
this morning’s shocking report into
labor abuses at manufacturing
partner, Pegatron.

As part of the investigation , China
Labor Watch inserted people inside
three of Pegatron’s factories. In
one of these reports it confirms the
future debut of a plastic iPhone:
“Today’s
work is to
paste
protective
film on the
iPhone’s
plastic
back cover
to prevent
it from
being
scratched
on
assembly
lines. This
iPhone
model with
a plastic
cover will
soon be
released on
the market
by
Apple,”the
report
explains.

“The new cell phone has not yet
been put into mass production, so
quantity is not as important,” a
worker wrote. “This makes our job
more slow paced than in
departments that have begun mass
production schedules.”
In addition, China Labor Watch’s
company profile notes that
Pegatron is responsible for
building “low-priced plastic
iPhones” for Apple, in addition to
the iPhone 4, 4S and the 5.

The report accuses Pegatron of
violating labor regulations in
China, as well as international
labor laws and Apple’s own
standards.

Photographs allegedly detailing
the new iPhone’s packaging were
uploaded to the Chinese
forum WeiPhone over the weekend.
The name iPhone 5C is printed on
the side of the box, possibly
leaking the name of the device.