Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped by an iPhone factory in Zhengzhou yesterday during a trip in China, and not only did he spend a few minutes having a laugh with an assembly line worker, he even tweeted a picture about it.
According to a tweet posted to Cook’s official Twitter account, the Apple CEO learned how to make a new iPhone 6 thanks to a Foxconn assembly line worker named Zhang Fan.
Great to meet talented people like Zhang Fan, who helps make iPhone 6 in Zhengzhou. An early highlight of this trip. pic.twitter.com/ALo5d3SiSZ
— Tim Cook (@tim_cook) October 23, 2014
Tim Cook won’t just be talking to Zhang Fan while he’s in the country. He’s on a cross-country trip across the country, and will be meeting a number of Chinese Apple employees for a Q&A.
He’s also there on more serious business: Apple CEO Tim Cook is currently in the country to discuss iCloud Security Attacks with China’s Vice Premier Ma Kai. Given what an important market China is to Apple, it appears that Cook is there to maintain relations with its largest growing customer base.
Source: Twitter
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8 responses to “Tim Cook tweets a picture of himself building an iPhone 6 at Foxconn”
TIM! Put a damn hat on, you’re gonna get hair in the product!!! Sheesh, who let this guy in!?
I wonder how many people would buy a limited edition iPhone 6 featuring Tim Cook’s hair in the internals
From the looks of it, one or two lucky iPhone owners might just get some original Tim Cook hair inside their device.
building is a big word, laughing at-while looking what a worker does :p
He tweeted this…yeah. His publicist did it.
BTW, I actually tweeted the picture I got with him at WWDC 2014. I don’t have a publicist.
Show me the building part…
“Tim Cook tweets a picture of himself building an iPhone 6 at Foxconn”
Guess it’s just me, but it •kinda• looks like Tim is watching a Chinese worker build the phone.
http://uproxx.com/technology/2012/01/ny-times-investigation-confirms-that-apples-factories-in-china-are-basically-slave-labor-camps/