Was iPhoneGirl A Phony?
(yWeekend) Was iPhoneGirl A Planned Beauty? By Ma Jun. September 4, 2008.
Was this a “marketing show” that was staged by people behind the scene? Or was this a spontaneous incident that occurred by chance alone?
This newest “Internet fairy tale” occurred as follows: The photos of a Shenzhen female worker with a radiant smile appeared in the brand new iPhone purchased by a young English man. He posted these photos onto the Internet, and it drew the attention of an uncountable number of netizens. From overseas to China, from the Internet to the print media, “the prettiest iPhone Chinese girl” became red-hot in a mere six days!
Is this a real event? Could it be planned by some company behind the scene? Some netizens still refuse to believe it. The yWeekend reporter pursued the case down many lines of inquiry. One Internet promoter claimed that he knows the details of the case! Since it is not possible to assess the reliability of this assertion, the yWeekend reporter will try to present the various angles of this case. Yes, that includes all the questions and doubts too.
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A netizen with ID ‘markm49uk’ claimed that he is an Englishman and he bought a brand new 3G edition iPhone. He found that there were several photos of a smiling “pretty girl.” He posted those photos to the website macrumors.com for Apple fans. This post aroused the interest of overseas netizens. Some people believe that the workers on the production line of the factory took the photos for fun and forgot to delete them.