What exactly does it take to get an Apple product into your hands? This week, ABC’s Nightline took a critical look at the long hours, low pay, and brutal monotony that has driven multiple workers at companies such as China’s Foxconn to suicide. Here, a look inside the world of Apple manufacturing:
$1.78 — Hourly wage of new Foxconn employees
12 — The average shift, in hours, for Foxconn workers
$12.50 to $30 — Approximate cost of labor for a single iPhone
$650 — Approximate revenue each iPhone generates for Apple
37 million — iPhones sold in the last quarter of 2011
$97.6 billion — Apple’s cash on hand
