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The People Behind Your iPhone

Ever wonder who built your phone, computer, digital camera? Well, one guy who recently picked up an iPhone in the UK got a glimpse of one of the factory workers who made his mobile. When he turned it on he discovered that there were photos already installed.

According to his post on MacRumors Forum, one of the pictures was set as the home screen. Kawaii!

The rest of the images after the jump, plus some of the conspiracy theories going around...

Some people are claiming that the photos weren't taken with the iPhone because their quality seems to be too high, others are doing some detective work and trying to find any hints as to the location of the factory, while others have gone so far as to create a fake website for the factory worker and a blog dedicated to accidental photos found on new iPhones.

How long until she's found and interview on ABC World News?

Photos: MarkM49uk

Comments (5)

i think it'd be awesome if every new phone came with a picture of the person who built/tested it :)

we're so far removed from where our products are made (and food, and clothes, etc), that this might happily/unhappily remind us!

posted by kdkaboom on August 22nd 2008 at 5:46am
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Doesn't hurt that she's kind of cute too. Haha. Seriously though, I think it could be like a kind of value added feature. Gives more humanity to the whole process, make you stop and think for a moment that there's someone, and a whole bunch of people actually, who were working so that you could buy whatever gadget you're buying. Too easy to forget about everything behind the store front sometimes.

posted by epsi1on on August 22nd 2008 at 8:01am
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I totally agree! It would be so great to see who built your gadgets, but I wonder if it would get tiring for the factory workers to keep posing for shots :P

posted by lil' soso on August 22nd 2008 at 8:03am
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Unfortunately, for as much as we support this through and through, this this sweet, cute girl is so definitely getting fired from her job for this...

posted by kvh on August 23rd 2008 at 11:09am
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hehe, if every gadget we bought came with a photo of the builder/tester i bet there'd be a rise in the number of assaults :-p

but kvh- why would she get fired for this?

posted by closertotheocean on August 25th 2008 at 5:23am
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