There are vivid, energetic sketches of life on the factory floor, including a gruesomely exact scene in which one of the workers loses three fingers from his left hand.

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It was reported that factory management and Apple, despite design defects, raised strict quality demands on workers, including indentations standards of 0.02mm and demands related to scratches on frames and back covers.

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