The iPhone 5 could see a release date delay this year after an explosion at a Foxconn factory near Chengdu, China happened. Two people who worked at the factory were sadly killed and 16 were left injured.
The Foxconn site is where the iPad is manufactured supposedly and because of the explosion that led to a big fire could halt production of Apple iPad’s, according to Computer World this could also bring the iPhone 5 release delay as well.
WSJ reports that the explosion happened Friday night near the southwestern China facility, halting production. There was a statement sent to Gizmodo mentioning that Foxconn reports that the situation is now under control and such production will be put on hold allowing police to go ahead with their investigations.
You can see the full Foxconn statement via CNET that say’s at approximately 7 p.m. on May 20; there was an explosion at our Chengdu campus. Foxconn always take safety seriously and working very closely with investigations.
There have been a few suggestions on how the explosion occurred and apparently a super-light dust explosion may have caused it, other rumors suggest ventilation system problems and lightning strikes.
We will keep you updated about this tragedy and will let all know if the iPhone 5 will see a delay and of course if iPad productions are put on hold. Please do post all your comments below, do you think the iPhone 5 will see a release date delay and the iPad production will halt?
