The extra workers will assemble the new device as well as existing models and have been added at Apple's request to boost capacity, according to the source.
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A new iPhone could help Apple regain market share amid new smartphone models being released globally this quarter by rivals Samsung and HTC. Apple, which posted record shipments of iPhones in the December quarter, may post its slowest sales growth since 2009 for the three months ended March 31, according to analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Foxconn recommenced hiring at Zhengzhou a month ago, with the facility currently employing about 250,000 to 300,000 people, said Foxconn spokesman Liu Kun. He declined to say how many employees were added and did not comment on products or clients.
Carolyn Wu, a Beijing-based spokeswoman for Apple, declined to comment. Foxconn has hired 10,000 assembly-line workers a week since the end of March, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing a person at the company it didn't identify.
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