iPhone Girl mania hits the web
Unless you’ve been under a rock for the past week, you’re aware by now of a well-meant but unfortunate incident that left some test pictures taken at a Chinese factory inside the iPhone that was being tested. Nothing even closely provocative as Paris Hilton’s drunk pictures; the 3 images are those of a female Chinese worker, a girl with a smiling face that gestures the V-sign towards the camera.
One lucky iPhone buyer then announced his find on the Mac Rumors forum and the news made it around the world in 80 minutes, being shared among thousands of Internet geeks, who aptly dubbed the worker “iPhone girl“.
I think that this incident is a good example of how viral an image or piece of news can become in today’s society. Perhaps, Apple should take advantage of this incident and reward the young worker for her friendly demeanor by using her in an advertising campaign. After all, she wasn’t frowning or displaying the wrong number of fingers on the camera.
I decided to have a little fun with the incident and created a couple of Apple spoof ads from the two distinct photos; you can preview them below and click on them for a bigger version!
August 30th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Brian Hale must be a happy man right now being the owner of iphonegirl.com
August 30th, 2008 at 11:46 am
Dude, I love the spoof ads but apple (nor any other American company I would guess) would never so closely associate themselves with the Chinese gov. Come to think of it, I would imagine such an ad in the real world would likely offend both American and Chinese sensibility. Just a guess though. Who knows these days.
August 30th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Apple would be foolish not to take advantage of the interest these photos have created. They should definitely include these photos in an ad campaign. The photos are not offensive, on the contrary, they ar quite charming. She has a lovely face and could become a “poster girl” for Apple. This is the kind of story that people love worldwide. An unknown women who becomes famous over night.
August 30th, 2008 at 10:50 pm
Thanks for your posts
I would like to see Apple learn from the past success of Benetton’s campaign (United colors of Benetton) converging cultures, races and genders. In fact, the iPhone is bound to become a worldwide success, much like the iPod.
September 1st, 2008 at 1:28 am
i think they should use her in an ad campaign. very cute.only if there not using child labor.she looks very young to me.cant someone,or anyone find out about this girl. is she alive is she still working? hope to find out soon. bless her.
September 1st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
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September 5th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Tell Hugh Hefner to work with that girl LOL
September 19th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
The iphonegirl.com site appears to be down. They need to get that site back up and start monetizing it!