Foxconn Ramps Up Hiring Ahead of Next iPhone

It looks like mass production for the next iPhone is finally getting under way.

Both Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal report hearing from sources that Foxconn, Apple's Asian manufacturing partner, has begun ramping up hiring to build the next-generation iPhone.

Bloomberg cites a source who says that Apple has requested Foxconn bring on more workers to handle demand for producing the new iPhone model in addition to existing modelsThe Wall Street Journal cites an anonymous Foxconn exec who says the manufacturer "will start mass-producing the the new iPhone soon."

Foxconn had put a freeze on hiring in February, a move that some initially attributed to slower demand for Apple's new products, but which Foxconn later said was due to more employees returning to work after the holidays than usual. Read more...