Workers wait in an orderly line for a roll call at the top-secret factory. (Getty Images)
Standing regimented in line in their matching pink jackets and blue hats, hundreds of Apple employees queue up to make iPhones at a factory in Shanghai. Yahoo.
The secretive production facility employs up to 50,000 people, who create Apple’s latest projects in a space the size of 90 football fields.
A supervisor checks names off an iPad screen. The factory has stringent security to prevent any of Apple’s technology secrets from being leaked. (Getty Images)
Workers undergo facial recognition checks to pass through the security doors, and have their ID badges scanned by an iPad each morning.
A facial recognition scanner makes sure that employees are who they say they are before they enter the building. (Getty Images)
Metal detectors stand at all the entrances, ready to catch anyone trying to bring in equipment that could record the secret details of Apple’s latest gadgets.
Workers leave all their mobile devices in lockers, so there’s no chance of anyone recording any secrets about Apple’s latest tech. (Getty Images)
Nobody can pass through the turnstiles without undergoing facial recognition first. (Getty Images)
To reach the production line workers climb a staircase with a safety net draped across the middle to prevent accidents or suicide attempts.
An employee buys snack during his lunchbreak at the massive Apple factory. (Getty Images)
Western journalists were permitted inside the building for the first time recently, following accusations that workers ere subjected to grueling working conditions for insufficient pay.
Two employees play on their smartphones during a break from building Apple’s iPhones. (Getty Images)
These pictures show what they saw.