In a press conference in Shanghai on Friday, Foxconn chief Terry Gou
reportedly made some revealing — yet puzzling — comments about Apple’s
rumored big-screen television set.
According to a report in the China Daily,
Gou said Foxconn is making preparations for the iTV, but manufacturing
and development has not yet started. The China Daily report also said
that the television set would include Siri and FaceTime, and feature an
aluminum construction.
Foxconn recently made a deal with Sharp in preparation for the
upcoming product, Gou said. (Reading between the lines, Sharp makes
displays for big-screen TVs, a point that lends further credence to
Apple television set rumors.)
It’s important to note that the China Daily report mentions Gou’s iTV
statement in a scant three sentences. The English-language newspaper
based in Beijing didn’t report Gou’s words in a direct quote (let alone
in Chinese), and it’s possible that whatever Gou said was lost in
translation. Indeed, for Foxconn’s principal officer to leak a
confirmation of Apple’s rumored TV would be an egregious gaffe.
