Brian visits the Yinlips Factory; stumbles upon mystery 7” device …
Thanks to Typodermic’s cousin, Brian (don’t ask!), we now have a first hand account of where all that Yinlips goodness is made! Head on over to Brian Barrett’s blog here for his full impressions of Yinlips’ factory and showroom: http://www.briansopinion.com/?p=1290 Foxconn it ain’t, but it appears somewhat larger than the Dingoo factory we uncovered in ‘09 ! Just like the devices they make, factories in China grow in size and features every 6 days, and cost 95% less to run! Here are some choice extracts from Brian’s article to wet your interest: http://www.briansopinion.com/?p=1290 The Yinlips factory is located in a high tech park in NanShan district of Shenzhen . My taxi had quite a bit of trouble locating the factory, but I’ve come up with a system for helping them out. Taxi drivers here don’t seem to try and extract information from you since they know you don’t speak Mandarin. If I see a taxi driver a bit confused, I just call the...