Former iPhone Factory Worker Explains How They Keep New iPhones A Secret
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- Опубликовано: 7 май 2017
- While the US media scrambles to find out any minor details about future iPhone models, workers in China already know a lot about the device. Dejian Zeng, an NYU grad student who spent 6 weeks working undercover in a Pegatron iPhone factory in Shanghai, explains what the factory would do to prevent leaks as they transitioned into working on the iPhone 7.
Following is a transcript of the video:
"It’s impossible for workers to take photos or even carry some components out."
Dejian Zeng spent 6 weeks working at a Pegatron iPhone factory in China.
Here’s how they kept the iPhone 7 a secret.
"Workers know how popular the iPhone is in China.
And typically when we started producing the iPhone 7, a lot of workers think it’s very cool that they see the products that have not yet been published.
In the workshop, we were originally producing the iPhone 6s, and during that time that we were in the workshop, they were already building up some facilities or infrastructure to build the assembly line for iPhone 7.
And they had this big curtain that blocked everything.
So even though we were in the same workshop, we saw nothing.
And later on, we were moved to another sub-factory building to do work there for a while, because they need to rebuild the assembly line that we are working on also.
After a while, we were moved back to the factory, and we had the new assembly line producing iPhone 7.
We have a locker room. That’s where workers changed their clothes, put their phones, their keys, all their metals.
We need to swipe our card, and they have facial recognition.
After you get in, you wait in line to go through a metal detector.
But that was during the time that I was producing iPhone 6s.
When I was producing iPhone 7, they increased their security level.
There were two metal detectors in the factories, and they also increased the sensitivity of it.
Like, for example, some girls have some bras that have metals in it.
All of a sudden, on that specific day, they couldn’t pass the security door, and they needed to go back and change everything.
Inside the factories, any kind of metal is not allowed.
So I don’t think anybody can bring a camera or something like that inside of the factories.
But high-level managers - they’re able to bring their phone.
So I’m not sure whether photos can get leaked by that.
But every time when they need to go through the metal detectors, the security will ask those managers to press the button on their phone, so that they can see the screen.
Because I think there are some cases where they bring an iPhone and put it in a case of a fake phone and just carried it out.
A lot of the workers, on the first day they start producing it, we can tell that there’s no headphone jack there.
And then we can see that they have two cameras.
So those are some things that we can see and we can remember and we can tell the media later on.
There are cameras in the workshop, in every assembly line.
During the training, they told us that there are some cases where workers were trying to carry iPhones out of the factories and got caught, and they were being sent to the police.
So when I was producing iPhone 6, I did see Apple come for audits.
I think it was 2 or 3 times.
And every time when they come, the manger in the factories got very nervous.
They would tell us you need to follow the procedure and sit straight, and don’t talk.
Later on, when we started producing iPhone 7, you could see Apple staff there every single day."
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All of those security measures cannot match KFC's measures to protect their secret recipe.
Pfft. What about the recipe for the Krabby Patty
Bruh, it's just in a safe in Mr Krabs' office.
2 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 tablespoon salt
1/2 tablespoon dried thyme leaves
1/2 tablespoon dried basil leaves
1/3 tablespoon dried oregano leaves
1 tablespoon celery salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon dried mustard
4 tablespoons paprika
2 tablespoons garlic salt
1 tablespoon ground ginger
3 tablespoons ground white pepper
strawberrywithmilk is fantastic Someone call the CIA.
Pid Cite please?
What if you moved the curtain...
You get executed after being tortured for not following orders.
JacobJuker I. You find Narnia
JacobJuker I. In soviet Russia the curtain moves you
😂😂 I liked the comment and every single one of the replies
you get your ass sent to the moon
Is this a factory or a prison? I'm a bit confused.
if you are trying to prevent leakage wouldn't you do the same thing? in face alot of companies have metal detectors
Mark Sarong first off these people are dumb asf amazon doesn't allow phones during work and they have metal detectors and robots with cameras runnin around not much different
well considering they get paid to be there and can leave any time they want its probably a factory. moron.
It's a factory. They get paid and they can quit
You should know better. You're used to a bad working moral where you can use your phone and other electronics to play while working. But you're there to fucking work. Get over it, it's alright, they get paid like they should, and with the curtains? Why is it of your interest what's on the other side. It's completely irrelevant to your work. Do your work or leave.
Regardless of no cameras in the factory, the workers at least have memory of what the new iPhone looks like so they can sketch it out on a piece of paper.
but no one would trust them
they'd still probably look like an old iPhone anyways
They probably can’t even draw 😂
Apple formats the employees regularly
Exactly what i was thinking about
Sounds like their running that place as if it was Area 51
47.
Sean Rubin I worked at a Samsung facility in Plano Texas for 4 years. It's the same procedures and policies there too.
MFXdump the big difference is asian company doing some manufacturing in usa _vs_ usa company outsourcing all manufacturing to asia.
I bet you at least got paid better than those Chinese workers.
The economic structure is totally different thus you see a major difference is salaries. Not saying that Chinese workers were highly paid but they aren't slaves like some claimed.
Sean Rubin lol yep
I bet you Michael Scofield can break out undetected with the new iPhone 8 in his hand.
whose that?
Lmfao
Nigga with a Rocket Launcher Love that comment
Nigga with a Rocket Launcher I wouldn't be suprised if Sucre was there to do him a favour
Throw it out the window or slip it threw it.
The Krusty krab secret formula is better protected
In a bottle locked in a safe
Hey, what about the private keys used to digitally sign code?
@@SylveonMujigae no
Just wanted to say your english is extraordinary for a presumably non-native speaker. You pronounce your R's and L's really clearly, and you're very easy to understand :)
I don't mean to sound condescending, I'm just wanting to compliment you
Japenese have the issue with the pronunciation of R and L. As far as I know it is not a problem for most of Chinese.
I did not know that, that you for letting me know :)
Kôkaku Kidôtai I presume the subtitles are for people who are hard of hearing. Makes the video accessible to a wider audience.
stomedy That is what he just said.
Stephen knight I wouldn't go to far to say extreme but is cool
My dad works at apple and controlled the factories at pegatron, we used to live in China and now live in the US. Dejian is a human rights investigator and went undercover in the factory.
well obviously it's not working. have you seen EverythingApplePro?
Ishan Kumar yes
Hahahahhahaahah
What is up guys EverythingApplePro here, this is a leak of the iPhone 12.
Have you seen Front Page Tech
that channel already leaked the iphone 13 lol
Damn he sweating like he talking to Kim jong Un
Ikr
They dont need to keep secret. Every year they produce same thing 🤣
💀😂
@@sisis-qt4oc yeah they just delete things like connectors.
next time iPhone 20 , they would give you scale model box and would assemble your own iPhone now 👍
i(kea)phone 20.
Admiral Ackbar and then when the other replies have no likes at all🙃
that would never happen with a company like Apple
You made me think: would apple ever go in a direction to allow customers to create their own iphone with an online or in-store tool, a build a bear kind of concept, so customer could choose what size and power they want to fit a price point.
This way they can get the phone they want at the price they want and it would truly be an "i"phone in the sense that it's somewhat unique to the customer.
Of course technologies would have to change for this, apple would need to make interchangable parts for such a thing to exist. But we've seen that already in the iPhone SE and 6s, which share the same chipset.
true customizability..... I like that...
reupload of one segment of a previous video
jay folk exactly. Lazy as fuck RUclips channel.
Lol
I know
Pronounced as JURING (During) not DU
jay folk
Ed Zachary
I litterally have this in my recommendation twice
I find myself amazed by how much u can tell from 6 weeks working experience
Insanely interesting. I'd watch much more like this. Manufacturing in general is just a thing for me. Would love some more resources about it.
Lol 0:42 it says "we saw nothing" but the guy actually says "we see nothing"
Latouth He is not working there anymore. So the subtitles corrected him.
Whom ever did the caption just corrected his present tense to past tense; he's speaking of something in the past so that's why "saw" replaced "see."
Past tense mistake, big deal!
Latouth It also says "bras" but the guy said "bars"
Anyway, wercom to shity wok. Can-a take ya orda prease?
Latouth one shity chow mein pls
Is this a re-upload? I remember watching this a few weeks ago.
Informative video.
Well just about a month before the iPhone 7 and 7 plus were launched a guy who usually makes videos related to Asia made a video related to iPhones. In his video he said that there are some pictures of new iPhone that are rumoured to be leaked by factory workers in China. He showed the pictures in his video which were of the biggest changes made to the iPhone. That was dual camera, no earphone jack and a picture of earphones which can be connected to the charging port. Since Apple already gave some hints about these features he said that those pictures were probably fake and some chinese person was just trying to get famous by circulating fake pictures of the features people are already expecting. Later when the iPhones were launched it turned out that those changes were actually there in the new iPhone and pictures were true. So I guess even after all this security someone still succeeded to sneak past them.
Imagine a guy going through the metal detector door and the security says pull your phone out and he pulls an iPhone 7!
That's cool thanks for sharing
Protect this man!
Lmao did they get rid of all these measures in 2019? We know everything about the iPhone 11.
TerriblyMundane haha you cant say that until the IPhone 11 is released
Bodi Games true , every time people though they knew what will the new iPhone looks like , actually they doesn’t , every time lol
Yeah I’m kinda hoping they did dat in purpose to surprise us with the real one
please apple probably has the iphone 10 already they just adding a small feature each year, and charge 700 for something that's been already available on android.
Todd Medium Wellington lol true
the thing is if they dont change the hardware but iphone 10 has already been made, the hardware will be far out of date. if they do change the hardware, it might be too slim to fit in the body (which, weights may be added because a phone too slim can be a bad thing)
That's the point of making 💰
Todd Medium Wellington 700? 1600 in Canada boi
$1400 in New Zealand
Good video. Ive always wondered how it is.
@1:38
When Apple says “this changes everything” finally makes sense 😂
Wow, its just a phone, don't need to hype it up so much.
It's more than just a phone. It's has an alarm, notepad, phone, camera, gaming device, GPS, weather, music player, internet browser, email client, and these aren't even half of it.
with an i
yeah, its not like it makes the company billions of dollars or anything. just a phone.
If it gets leaked they can lose money too the Competing Companys will Prob try to make there phone twice as better
TheTechPerson espionage? If a chimese company releases your exact phone 2 weeks before you do for A LOT cheaper, your company can go bankrupt.
I didn't need the subtiitles
Well u don’t but if people are deaf they might need it
I need one since I don't turn my volume on, the captions still do the job though. I hate it when there are subtitles and captions on the same part of the screen because I won't be able to read anything :/
it didn't need the music
@@user-fl9fp5vi7d why don’t you turn the volume on
but i do need it , i'm not a native english speaker , as you can see my grammar , so it help me so much to understand what he's saying
What software you used in editing this kind of video
thank god for subtitles
Sounds like a prison to me. Apple should give every single one of those employees a free iPhone every year to show some kind of appreciation.
Travis Edmiston
exactly omg. ...talk about slavery lol
Travis Edmiston it is a prison. have you researched how the assembly line workers are treated (or were treated)? they have nets around the outside of the building because people started committing suicide. the employers would take the victims identity ( all forms of id) and destroy it so they are forced to work there. hence the suicide attempts. they work almost 16 to 18 hours a day and fall asleep assemblong phones. not sure if its a real article but i wouldnt be surprised
+EatLifeGameRepeat Source? Also, 'not sure if it's a real article'.... really? I love how you spout a bunch of random bullshit while at the same time covering your ass by basically saying 'well this article said so'.
yeah slavery for which you recive money and home and which you can stop anytime... i think thats called a job.
Because stupid people think a job is where you can play on the phone. The thing is, those factories are actually a real job, and not some place where people can just chill around and do nothing like the average worker.
Sounds like apple has there own jail! I-Jail
Ok
First of All it's Pegatron/Vistron/Foxconn, and you get paid for it.. If you feel like you're in jail then you can leave the factory it's not a jail
*their
@@jepbarhalmyradov9135 but if you leave you might not have a job
@@ILikeBirds it's up to you mate, your life your decision..
If you're so concerned about ur life you would've learnt some skills and would've just study to get better job/business and better life
Everything in your life is up to you
And
EVERYTHING happens for a reason
What about those spectacles that have a built in camera ?
My iPhone 6 is almost falling apart. Thank you for that!
They say that no one can take photo's and People are leaking Iphone 8's design!! hahahah
BitGamer no official leaks, those are just mock up designs based off rumors .
BitGamer most are just mock ups made from supposed Leak specs.
BitGamer metal detectors dont pick up paper. So yeah, the specs were leaked.
They have facial recognition🤣
Thank god youtube recommended this to me. I was thinking about the exact same thing.
Hey which software do u use to make animated cartoon videos?
"We could tell there was no headphone jack and there was two cameras" bro 😂 what was the point of all that security the employees already figured out literally the only things different about the seven
I saw many stupid racist saying asian looks same, but the thing is when I first came to the States, all the white guys looks all the same for me, and sometimes it took me very long time to remember their face. See the point?
The point is, the environment you grow up and live with same color of people, you will be more easy to recognize them; otherwise, it takes longer time for you to remember the other races face. FUCK EVERY RACIST AND STEREOTYPE PEOPLE IN THEIR ASS BY 1000000 times.
Jason funk_ I'm asian and I do not find this offensive because it's true I don't understand why you have to get so mad about it because it's just a joke. Anyone who gets mad or takes it seriously is why racism and stereotypes still exit so STFU
There's actually a reason for that! When you look at someone of your own race, it's familiar and normal, so you don't subcinsiously think of their race to identify them. All you an use to identify them are physical features such as "big nose" or "long hair."
When you look at someone of a different race, the most obvious thing is how they're a different race, so that's one way you identify them on your head when you see them.
It's because if something's normal to you, such as what race you are, you get used to it so it doesn't stand out. It's not racism, just how our brains work to identify other people
Jason funk_
What? How do white people all the look the same? We can have different hair colour
Canadian Gold familiarity
his english is really good for someone that work in a iphone factory
Didn't you guys release the same video with the same guy a few weeks ago?
Spent 6 weeks in a factory, managed to make iPhone 7's iPhone6s' and iPhone 6's....? Cool?
There is no secret to reveal, they are giving same iphone from 4 years 😂😂😂
Jon Prosser: “Gotta do better Timmy” 😂
I have always wondered about how they do this
Poorly. That's how
Offroad circus Android fanboy trolling as usual
Offroad circus Thats why you are a broke teen eating cheehtoes and browsing youtube, and Apple is a Multi billion dollar international company that leads the world in phones.
Why am I just seeing this?
how dose the face recognition work if they all look the same?
The iPhone 7+ jet black was the best iPhone to date. Still have mine but for music only
Lmao they don't keep anything a secret. The next iPhone's square camera glass and triple camera setup has been known for a long time now.
The camera is bigger than the aoole watch
SWEATSHOPS! YOU CAN BUILD MY SHIT FOR NO PAY AT ALL!
Derek Gaming At Samsung in Plano Texas they get a whole $8/hr! And yes, it's still ran like a sweat shop.
MFXdump $8 an hr? I get more in tips in a single day than they make in an 8hr shift ... Jesus Christ thats cheap... poor guys
Derek Gaming thats texas what about in korea
XxKazxX xoxo how much you make a year?
Hey Nick here in Korea in those factories they don't pay to little so I'm assuming 5-7 dollars. Ps I'm Korean
How long time before launch a new iPhone they start the Manufacturing?
a Big Curtain ? Woow, mind blown !
Apple: Our secret is always protected
Coco-Cola: well that’s *CUITE*
As an iPhone user and an electronic repair tech I have to say the iPhone 7 and 7 plus were garbage wastes of money
Why so?
Do the workers make cases for iPhone as well as the actual phones 📱
The Chinese are very hard workers. They have my respect!!!
what about braces? what would they so then? you said ( 1:39 ) that any type of metal cannot go through. that would suck if someone had braces there......
1:39
Anna Banana not a lot of Asians have braces I doubted that would be a problem, and mostly are the wealthy Asians have it because it's pretty expensive and if they were rich they wouldn't be working at the factory
Anna Banana I bet they'll make you take all your clothes off then you can get through 😇😇😇
Anna Banana ....and I guess all of the women go bra less because they have to surrender their underwire at the security check! So much for Apple support! 😆
Angela Bras without metal components exist
Wait iPhone tech& design is a secret 😂😂😂. Apple uses the same design every year
🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
so yeah diz proves it , they decided what feature will be in the upcoming gen n wat will be reserve for the next
Re-upload? Seen ts video before from a few weeks ago ._.
I bet the face detection works on every asian
SuDdEnKWiKZ :/
No Ling Ling, no rice until break time
charlie boy your twerking show is coming up......
SuDdEnKWiKZ - tell him to get back to work and build my iPhone 8!
At least Asian faces can be detected, unlike yours.
Can't wait for the apple shoe to come out
Fast forward to the upcoming iPhone XI where everyone know what the insides and outsides look like
What if the person gets out of that area and starts telling other people about it from their memory? or draw it? Unless you try to erase their memory
It's highest security
Very high
first time i’ve seen one of your comments under 1000 likes, let alone 1
Only 4 likes? ;_;
@Dhruv Kataria there aren't any liking bots, he's just popular. that's all.
I thought secrets were supposed to be new news?
Now thats called a nice video
At Samsung we would check the upper managements devices on a pre-registered database with the employees device IMEI number. No other devices were allowed in or out without e-mail approval from security management, and their boss in advance.
1 like = 1 prayer for the dead pepe
pepe the frog?
Pepe is a shit meme
BlueXCross don't you dare say that pepe is a shit meme. he changed my life.
pepe has enlightened me i am now the buddha
Lyzone Where do you get your memes from then?
I srsy must wonder what memes the iphone 8 will create...
Some iPhone 7 user:My iPhone screen broke
Some iPhone 8 user: well at least the back of your phone isn’t mine shattered
0:43 in the captions it said “saw” but he said “see”
0:32 That guy in the advert goes to my school lol
How can it be secret if the secret is out? So now that the secret is revealed, its no longer a secret. A secret must be kept a secret.
Mera Mera secret secrets are no fun. secret secrets hurt someone
EatLiftGameRepeat don't remember where that's from but I remember hearing it
Andrew Franco the office. the stripper says it to michael scott
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Can you guys get an actual gray background for Dejian? There's a slight green glow by his hands when he moves them...
Which phone i should buy?
samsung gs8+ > iphone 7+
issa fact
Punk Tattoo Guy ya it's not like the iPhone is 6 months old or anything or like they are trying to hold back features so that iPhone 8 will seem better...
comparing old model to a new model. That's how Samsung fans stay happy
Punk Tattoo Guy nigga this shit aint even oit
Too bad you can't afford any one of them.
it is a fact, the s8 is newer than the 7plus
Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
This comment
is so Overused.
And how did he take these pictures btw?
Yet consistent reliable leaks
How depressing it is to work building an iphone 7... Not only an overdated piece of tech, but a useless one
HAAAAAAAA lol that was good
1.379.728 vistas better than any shitdroid
Aré you shitting me?
Lets put only one thing Stevie wanted: Fonts. At least you can change Fonts. Good luck not loosing those rechargable ear tampons.
stfu and get an iphone.. oh WAIT YOU CANT AFFORD IT!!! XDD
1.379.728 vistas lmao. Android? Enjoy the pos
I like how the subtitles are corrected for grammar lol
This was in my suggestion so I'm here lol
They've been making the same phone since the iPhone X, nothing to keep secret.
As your watching iphone8 is on assembly line. and iphone9 as prototype
Damn, chill bro
His English is really good 👍🏼
is that why there was a leak for it that matched the phone for 3 years now
wait soo there a iphone vactorys in chine i think it only have in germany
Why subtitles? How could you not undertstand this man?
when RUclips gives a 'Skip Ad' button on a 5 second ad video. BOI
Every year iPhone is removing something or some features so what are they going to leak
Is apple and Iphone the same brand?
my favorite part is the nets on the windows to stop people from killing themselves
a great artist can remember most of details they have seen(like me), so there is no need to take photo at all : )
you can draw all you want as long as it is not the real photo that brings harm to the company. If you take out a real thing for proof, they have the right to bind you to the law.
There are even fake photos online of guessing how the new phone would be like each time the event comes near
ok da vinci
Quick! Tell me what the iPhone 8 looks like!