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New Sticker For New iPhones?

I opened the news this morning to find out that there is a new prototype for the iPhone in development. That makes sense, I thought. They just released their latest version not too long ago, but it makes perfect sense that a newer model is already in development for either next year or the year after that.

But this model must be totally awesome.

Business Week is reporting that an employee of Foxconn, the majority manufacturer for the iPhone, killed himself over a missing prototype of the latest handheld device.

Business Week: Employee Kills Himself Over Missing iPhone Prototype

Wow. Talk about separation anxiety.

That, or these people at Foxconn take their work very seriously. Usually, when I screw up at work, I just try to hide it or blame one of the interns, sunspots, or my dog. I’ve lost a couple of items over the years. Work related and other personal items will often go missing. But to kill yourself over something like this?

There’s mention in the article that Foxconn might have used physical and/or drastic methods in dealing with the employee held responsible for the missing prototype. Sounds like a stereotypical scene in a movie about Asian business culture where ritualistic suicide is the only answer to poor performance.

Speaking of poor performance, it is also quoted in the article that Foxconn Commercial Chief Li Jinming admitted “the inadequacies of Foxconn internal management.”

Was that due to their poor handling of the situation or another stereotypical statement regarding the Asian nether-regions? Maybe they should talk to Smiling Bob:

www.Enzyte.com

I’m just sayin’.