This doesn’t look good.

That iPhone you adore may have been built by a child.

Nearly a dozen underage teens were working for Apple-contracted facilities in 2009, the company has revealed. The news was posted to Apple’s Web site under a section labeled “Supplier Responsibility.”

The underage workers, Apple says, were at three different suppliers’ facilities. Though the specific locations aren’t disclosed, the report says inspectors visited facilities in China, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States. The factories in question built iPhones, iPods, and various Apple computers.

I have one question. Were these underage teens working there on their own free-will or did someone exploit them? Many kids lie about their age to get a job. I’m not saying Apple’s contractors are guilty or innocent, all I am saying is it’s possible that they were hoodwinked by the kids themselves.

It kind of makes you wonder, doesn’t it?

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