Mac OS Ken: 10.11.2012

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 995 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2012

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Bloomberg: Fragility of Aluminum Casing May Be Source of iPhone 5 BottleneckPacific Crest Analyst Says iPhone 5 Putting Sizable Dent in CompetitionUN Telecoms Group Hosts Patent Roundtable to Discuss Effectiveness of FRAND-Based LicensingConsumer Advocacy Groups in Italy Announce Class-Action Suit Against Apple Over AppleCareIHS iSuppli: Yearly PC Shipments Likely to Fall for First Time Since 2001IDC and Gartner: Apple Share Grows in Shrinking 3Q PC Sales NumbersGartner Gives Top-Spot in Worldwide PC Sales to Lenovo for 3Q While IDC Gives it to HP

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:09.4	One part may be slowing down iPhone 5 sales, though Apple's phone still takes
0:17.8	a bite out of the competition, and the UN tries to settle the patent wars. It's Thursday October 11, 2012.
0:25.0	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacoS Ken.
0:30.0	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by listeners like you
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0:40.7	dot com this show is also supported by the Mac OS Can Podcast App for the iPhone,
0:47.0	iPad, and iPod Touch, available in the App Store now for $2.99. The bottleneck in iPhone 5 production may not be a
0:56.8	shortage of components and it may not be the complexity of the phone's
1:00.3	insides. A Bloomberg piece says the bottleneck may in fact be caused by the iPhone
1:05.6	five's anodized aluminum casing and how easily it can be scratched or dinged.
1:11.4	Apple went with the aluminum casing to make the phone thinner and lighter, which most people love.
1:16.7	However, the day iPhone fives started showing up at consumers' homes, reports started showing up online
1:22.3	of devices coming out of the box with
1:24.2	scratches and dings. This the report says led to Apple leaning on FoxCon for
1:29.0	stricter quality control. That led to a slowdown in production. It also led to friction between
1:34.8	quality assurance personnel and iPhone assemblers. That friction led to some
1:39.4	sort of altercation at Fox Khan's Chengju iPhone plant, which led to a couple of fights with a couple of people,
1:46.2	or beatings that shut down production for an hour or two, or a strike by quality
1:50.8	inspectors that led to a full day of work stoppage, depending on which story
1:54.8	one chooses to believe.
1:57.0	Hard to know how the whole thing gets better, though.
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