According to the report, this is apparently a move by Apple in order to help the Cupertino company expand their product lines and prevent supply chain disasters which could hold up production of their products, such as the inability to meet a certain level of quality, workers striking, equipment malfunction and etc. “Foxconn, in its growing heft as the world’s largest electronics contract company, was also getting more difficult for Apple to control, with incidents such as changing component sourcing without notifying Apple, people familiar with the matter said. At the same time, Foxconn became frustrated with the growing complexity of Apple products, such as the iPhone 5, which is difficult to make in the volumes Apple needed.”