In a story that seems ripe to be translated into a modern-day cinematic update of 'Annie,' a Chinese woman has gone from factory worker to national celebrity after her photo was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone -- and into the hands on an unsuspecting new owner.

According to company spokesperson Liu Kun, the woman was snapped by her coworker, an iPhone quality tester in manufacturer Foxconn's factory in Shenzhen. She smiled and made a peace sign for the camera, and her colleague apparently forgot to delete the photo from the phone. It was sold in Britain shortly thereafter, and the owner immediately posted the images on the Web.

According to Liu, the woman was "unsettled" by the sudden fame, after her photo graced Web sites and newspapers around the world. Fortunately, her bosses have assured her that her job was safe, and that the company wouldn't release her personal information to the public.

"Even passers-by recognize her face and can't help noticing her," Liu said. "She is quite nervous right now because she never experienced this much attention." It's not the first time such a thing has happened, but Kun insists that his company is working with Apple to prevent such accidents in the future.

"Small mistakes are unavoidable," he said. "I would call this a beautiful mistake."




More pictures of the girl here

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Added on September 3, 2008, 1:23 amjust thought of sharing since i tend to spend hours every day, reading news online

This post has been edited by nokia2003: Sep 3 2008, 01:25 AM

wah this news soooo long ago man.
go check iphone thread for latest iphone news"

oh no!!!

i thought i have browsed the iphone forum frequent enough. how could i have missed that? LOL

No offense but this story is just lame, workers testing out iPhone camera and forgot to delete the test images. Ended up in someone's new iPhone 3G and now we're reading this.

yes mate.this is an a-week old news.

btw, lucky for the girl.

HAHA, who willing to flame our "master SHIFU" nokia2003 can come now and flame, huhuhu.. <---Just Kidding.

p/s: but i also don't see any news from here, i only read it from other webpage, hehehe,,

lol.. beautiful mistake indeed...

Not bad! she's cute!! i want one!!!

please do not call me "master SHIFU" as i still need to rely on people for help sometimes.


anyway i don't mind facing the music as clearly i have done something silly. if i did mind, i would have closed the thread immediately =)

if the picture is a HE, i bet the new owner will delete the pic immediately.

LoL!! right..... and we wouldnt talk bout it as well kekekekeee.. So, what happened to the person who snapped the girl? Fired?

how much the girl cost???

As much as how many iphone 3g has passed her for QC.... and keep counting till now....

no la.. that fella is a quality tester.. and this is a small mistake mah.. so i think it is forgivable..