Recently, a Chinese girl became famous among millions of people around the globe - all because of her photo was found in an Apple cell phone that were shipped to Britain. The "iPhone girl" might have done nothing more than flash a smile to a colleague testing a phone's camera on an assembly line. But it seems the colleague forgot to delete her photos. A customer in Britain liked the picture so much that he uploaded it on to the internet and now iPhone fans around the world are gearing up to locate the girl. The story and her picture sparked a heated discussion on the Internet.
Iphone girl: Recently, a Chinese girl became famous among millions of people around the globe - all because of her photo was found in an Apple cell phone that were shipped to Britain. [Photo: sina.com.cn]
An editorial in the Beijing Youth Daily says that many Internet users find the girl "very cute" and worry that "she is so fired" because of the incident. But Foxconn, the company that manufactures iPhones and iPods in its Shenzhen plant, said she's very much an employee and definitely not fired.
The paper also points out that the incident could only have occurred in today's globalized society. Different people have different views on globalization. Some praise it, saying it creates new markets, generates wealth and helps resource allocation. Others criticize it saying it creates "sweatshops" in many developing countries. However, the most remarkable thing about this incident is not the globalization debate. It's the smile of the "iPhone girl" that shows that even assembly line workers can have fun at work.
