Over the past week, her face has graced Chinese websites like Shanghai Daily, CCTV and China Radio International. In fact, she's become such a celebrity, an entire site is devoted to her international web appearances. (See iphonegirl.net.)
But who is China's iPhone girl?
It all started when someone in the UK unpacked a brand spanking new iPhone and discovered it already contained a picture... It turns out she is a factory worker at the facility in China's Guangdong province where the fancy gadgets are made. That accounts for the young woman's rather interesting attire. Either the iPhone was being tested (maybe) or a couple of assembly line workers were fooling around (more likely), but in either case they forgot to erase the evidence.
Of course, it didn't hurt that this anonymous factory worker comes across as sweet and winsome. Soon the mystery photo was making the rounds of global iPhone user sites and blogs, eventually making its way back to China.
The company that owns the factory confirms she is one of their employees. And, at least up until now, there is no evidence she has been disciplined for what is probably a workplace infraction.
Actually, they should give her a raise! After all, she puts to shame suggestions that all manufacturing workers in southern China toil away in brutal, sweatshop conditions. And unintentionally became a global media celebrity in the process.
But who is China's iPhone girl?
It all started when someone in the UK unpacked a brand spanking new iPhone and discovered it already contained a picture... It turns out she is a factory worker at the facility in China's Guangdong province where the fancy gadgets are made. That accounts for the young woman's rather interesting attire. Either the iPhone was being tested (maybe) or a couple of assembly line workers were fooling around (more likely), but in either case they forgot to erase the evidence.
Of course, it didn't hurt that this anonymous factory worker comes across as sweet and winsome. Soon the mystery photo was making the rounds of global iPhone user sites and blogs, eventually making its way back to China.
The company that owns the factory confirms she is one of their employees. And, at least up until now, there is no evidence she has been disciplined for what is probably a workplace infraction.
Actually, they should give her a raise! After all, she puts to shame suggestions that all manufacturing workers in southern China toil away in brutal, sweatshop conditions. And unintentionally became a global media celebrity in the process.
BTW, even though the iPhones are made in China, they aren't available there... at least not yet.
1 comment:
You're assuming it was unintentional. Seems like a clever marketing ploy to me! Sort of like "Lonely Girl" blog.
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