[asian_XL]

EDIT: sorry...$44,000usd

http://www.theage.com.au/technology/biz-tech/iphone-suicide-workers-family-paid-54000-20090728-dzhh.html

In an interview with The New York Times, Sun’s brother, Sun Danxiong, 28, said Foxconn paid his family $US44,000 compensation and gave Sun’s girlfriend a free Apple laptop computer.

this is fucking wrong

[StylinRed]

rofl wtf

[BNR32_Coupe]

well the guy fucked up anyways. stealing that prototype alone will probably end the future ties between apple and that company

[hotjoint]

wow thats it huh? i woner how they came up with the exact $ amount to give to the family

[Chestnut]

wow thats it huh? i woner how they came up with the exact $ amount to give to the family

Prototype iPhone cost $440.00 USD x 100 = $44,000.00 USD :thumbsup:

[tool001]

thats alot for a chinamen life,, aint it?

[Presto]

wow thats it huh? i woner how they came up with the exact $ amount to give to the family

Well, there was probably the initial lowball offer by Foxconn, and then the family countered with a stupid high amount, and after a few minutes of bartering, they arrived at the final amount. Both parties thought they got a good deal.

[ilvtofu]

that's not bad thats at least a good 2 or 3 years pay in china

[shenmecar]

the man got replaced by a laptop! BURNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

[q0192837465]

There's a price to everything. And sadly, human lives are worth less than most of u guys want to believe.

[CRS]

thats alot for a chinamen life,, aint it?

Someone is going to get banned.

[misteranswer]

that's not bad thats at least a good 2 or 3 years pay in china

That's if you live in the city.

[asian_XL]

actually, you are right 44K usd can buy a pretty decent place in China (in the area where he's living)

[ilvtofu]

^oops i used the 7500CDN ammount
44,000 isn't bad
thats at least a good 12-15 years for a typical factory worker!
Which would've been reasonable had he been in his 40s
But the poor guy was only 28 ;(

[JHuJHu]

thats alot for a chinamen life,, aint it?

you're a tool.

[AzNightmare]

you're a tool.

as a matter of fact, he is a tool...
tool001...

[hongy]

eh that's pretty sad that the companies believed his life was worth 44,000 and a notebook

[impactX]

10 years worth of salary. It's not bad in China.

[twitchyzero]

44,000 usd is a lot

with the 1 child policy selling your baby daughters was commonplace just a decade back in china.

I'm sure people were paying wayyy less than that.

[asian_XL]

I only feel sorry for his gf, actually. I wonder who the fuck came up with the idea giving her a laptop

[JSALES]

wow

[impactX]

I only feel sorry for his gf, actually. I wonder who the fuck came up with the idea giving her a laptop

May be she wanted one so she can go on plentyoffish.com to find replacements. Who knows?

[Culture_Vulture]

monetary compensation is understandable,
but why the fuck a laptop? it's not even like they make good computers.

[Hot Karl]

shouldn't they be considered lucky?

i mean it wasn't too long ago that china would have just brushed this under the rug and the family gets a big fat zero.

[StylinRed]

^^^ if it was a chinese company they would have gotten nothing

but considering this is a foreign corp especially a taiwanese one

im surprised the govt doesnt force them to pay a lot more

[slammer111]

For all of you who think $44k is low, look at how much your current job covers you in terms of life insurance.

One place I worked at (Engineering firm) only covered me $10k.

[Marco911]

$44K is high enough to be considered hush-money in PRC. Unless you're wealthy, your life is worthless there.