WATCH: iPad Assembled At Foxconn Factory

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On February 21, ABC aired a "Nightline" segment featuring Bill Weir's visit to a Chinese Foxconn factory responsible for making some of Apple's popular devices. During a tour of the factory, Weir says he "expected more robots" but in fact most of the gadgets at Foxconn are made the old-fashioned way: The high tech parts are put together by hand. For example, iPhones are assembled by hand in 141 steps. One iPad takes five days to assemble and passes through 325 sets of hands. On February 21, ABC aired a "Nightline" segment featuring Bill Weir's visit to a Chinese Foxconn factory responsible for making some of Apple's popular devices. During a tour of the factory, Weir says he "expected more robots" but in fact most of the gadgets at Foxconn are made the old-fashioned way: The high tech parts are put together by hand. For example, iPhones are assembled by hand in 141 steps. One iPad takes five days to assemble and passes through 325 sets of hands.

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Handmade Gadgets

On February 21, ABC aired a "Nightline" segment featuring Bill Weir's visit to a Chinese Foxconn factory responsible for making some of Apple's popular devices. During a tour of the factory, Weir says he "expected more robots" but in fact most of the gadgets at Foxconn are made the old-fashioned way: The high tech parts are put together by hand. For example, iPhones are assembled by hand in 141 steps. One iPad takes five days to assemble and passes through 325 sets of hands.

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