Terry Gou is the name of the CEO of the company Foxconn, the main partner of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), which assembles the terminals iPhone and some tablets iPad sold worldwide. Since the beginning of this month, those from Foxconn they made preparations for the start of the production process of iPhone 6, and the CEO of the company closely supervised the actions, including the installation of the new robots purchased by his company.
Foxconn Electronics has been actively preparing for production of 4.7- and 5.5-inch new iPhones at its factories in China since July and chairman Terry Guo has been supervising the preparation on the spot to make sure that production lines are in optimal condition, according to industry sources. In comparison with the iPhone 5, the new iPhones are thinner and therefore more difficult to assemble, the sources said. Foxconn has landed orders to initially produce 70% of the 4.7-inch iPhones and 100% of the 5.5-inch models, the sources noted.
According to information that appeared today, the new iPhone 6 models are thinner than the iPhone 5S, and this creates problems in producing a large number of units in a short period of time. Foxconn would have received from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), orders to produce 70% of the terminals iPhone 6 with 4.7 inch screen and 100% of the terminals iPhone 6 with 5.5 inch screen, in total up to 80 million units of both models to be produced.
