Female Ninja Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 HONG KONG - Who is the "iPhone Girl"? Pictures of an Asian factory worker found on a new iPhone sold to a British customer have generated keen discussion on the Internet about her identity — and her fate. The three pictures, posted on the Apple discussion Web site MacRumors.com, show a young Asian woman working on what appears to be an assembly line for iPhones. Dressed in a pink striped outfit and hat and wearing white gloves with yellow fingertips, the young woman now known on the Web as the "iPhone Girl" is shown smiling and making victory signs as she poses next to an iPhone. The MacRumors.com user who posted the photos last week, identified as only "markm49uk" from Kingston-upon-Hull, England, said in a posting that one of the pictures showed up on a new 3G iPhone when the iTunes program was launched. News reports say the woman may work at a factory run by an Apple contractor, Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group, in the southern Chinese boomtown of Shenzhen. Calls to Foxconn spokesman Edmund Ding went unanswered Wednesday. Ding also didn't immediately respond to an e-mail from The Associated Press seeking comment. But the South China Morning Post on Wednesday quoted another Foxconn spokesman, Liu Kun, as confirming that the young woman in the pictures works for Foxconn. Liu said workers testing the device took the pictures and may have forgotten to delete them, the Post reported. Dubbing the mystery worker "China's prettiest factory girl," China's Southern Metropolitan Daily on Tuesday quoted an unidentified Foxconn official as saying the woman was not fired. Apple publicist Jill Tan said the company had no comment. http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm189/AyumiK-Chan/attachment.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm189/AyumiK-Chan/attachment-2.jpg http://i296.photobucket.com/albums/mm189/AyumiK-Chan/attachment-1.jpg Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080827/ap_on_hi_te/china_iphone_girl_2 She is cute....and might be out of a job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy515 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Hmm...interesting. Woulda definetly been a zinger if there was some illegal activity caught in the pictures, or somethin like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryot Control Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 She is cute. But it was confirmed that she still has the job and was not fired. Oh heck, you got the same article I saw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Ninja Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 She is cute. But it was confirmed that she still has the job and was not fired. Oh heck, you got the same article I saw. I just threw that in there that she might be fired because I saw someone else say that, I thought it might give more to talk about. I didn't think she would get fired for testing. It looks like they are using PCs at an Apple factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmare975 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 It looks like they are using PCs at an Apple factory. OMG they are! What does that tell you about Macs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Ninja Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 OMG they are! What does that tell you about Macs? Don't go there, I am on a mac and its sweet....but it looks like they are listing to music, looks like itunes on the one monitor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marx0r Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Maybe I'm missing something, but so? It's a few pictures of a girl working in a factory. If it was her being decapitated or someone was watching horse porn in the background, then that's news-worthy. But they do test 1 of every X iPhones made for Q.A., and they just forgot to delete. I wouldn't care if I bought an iPhone and there were pictures on it already. Maybe if they were outside, I'd do something, but that phone's never been outside of the factory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da CRU Mughhh Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Eh i wouldn't care if i got a phone that had a couple pictures on it, i mean how hard is it to delete them.. maybe they were just testing the camera on it, cause they were having problems, who knows!! but i don't' see what the big deal is about 3 pictures on a phone!! plus i think she looks a little young to be working in a factory, but im sure that country does not have labor laws! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Ninja Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Here people go about relating to themselves. OMG of course you can delete them, but it's interesting since the company didn't want to say anything about it, and just the fact that she was in the phone was pretty interesting. The guy that bought it didn't care, he just thought it was weird. She looks young, but she might not be, people have thought I was 17, when I am 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asian47 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Eh i wouldn't care if i got a phone that had a couple pictures on it, i mean how hard is it to delete them.. maybe they were just testing the camera on it, cause they were having problems, who knows!! but i don't' see what the big deal is about 3 pictures on a phone!! plus i think she looks a little young to be working in a factory, but im sure that country does not have labor laws! To be honest, most of Asians look much younger than they actually are, because we're cool like that. I however, seem to be the exception to the rule, as everyone believes I'm older than I am. And I still don't get how this is news worthy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker-san Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Aww, i got nothing fun on my iPhone -_- As for PC Vs. Macs.... no, to easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longhorns Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 "China's prettiest factory girl". Man she is not cute at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker-san Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 "China's prettiest factory girl". Man she is not cute at all. I honestly dont know how you can say that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiga.Puzzle.5 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 If I found picture of a Jap chick giving the peace sign on my phone I'd notify the Army.And how do we know she's a girl there always the possible of a he-she always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker-san Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 I think they are using macs, you can see the Finder along the top of the screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryot Control Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 She looks young, but she might not be, people have thought I was 17, when I am 25. Us Asian people age really well. ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Ninja Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 "China's prettiest factory girl". Man she is not cute at all. How can you say that? She is really pretty.... If I found picture of a Jap chick giving the peace sign on my phone I'd notify the Army.And how do we know she's a girl there always the possible of a he-she always. First of all she is Chinese, second of all it Japanese not Jap, And third maybe you just want her to be a he-she.... Us Asian people age really well. ^_^ I agree..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiga.Puzzle.5 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 How can you say that? She is really pretty.... First of all she is Chinese, second of all it Japanese not Jap, And third maybe you just want her to be a he-she.... I agree..... Wtf isnt Hong Kong in Japan....!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Ninja Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 Wtf isnt Hong Kong in Japan....!!! I should slap you right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiga.Puzzle.5 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 ...not my fault im a redneck my schooling wasn't the best doesnt China like own Japan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Female Ninja Posted August 30, 2008 Author Share Posted August 30, 2008 ...not my fault im a redneck my schooling wasn't the best doesnt China like own Japan? Does America own Canada? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiga.Puzzle.5 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Does America own Canada? pretty much...yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashz0r Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 ...not my fault im a redneck my schooling wasn't the best doesnt China like own Japan? You win the award! *I don't think I have to state what award that is... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dothis Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 Does America own Canada? Yes, yes we do...(don't tell them though, they might take it to heart.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiga.Puzzle.5 Posted August 30, 2008 Share Posted August 30, 2008 You win the award! *I don't think I have to state what award that is... Thank you it's a great honor out of the whole site I win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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