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SCMP Reporter

A young woman working in a factory in Shenzhen has become a global internet phenomenon after photos of her smiling on the production line were found on a new iPhone shipped to Britain.
The photos of the worker, dubbed 'iPhone Girl' and hailed online as 'the most beautiful female worker' on the mainland, were found by a man in Kingston upon Hull  in England when he activated his new 3G iPhone.
One of the pictures was even set as the phone's home screen.
The man, using the internet name markm49uk, put a post on macrumors.com, a popular forum for Apple fans,  last Wednesday, saying: 'It would appear that someone on the production line was having a bit of fun - has anyone else found this?'
The pictures have sparked fevered online discussions around the world. Enthusiastic netizens have produced special 'iPhone Girl' websites, like iphonegirl.net and iphonegirl.cn, carrying the latest news about the accidental images.
Some netizens  suspected an Apple public relations tactic to show the good facilities and happy workers making the iPhones, which are produced at electronic giant Foxconn's plant in Shenzhen.
But Liu Kun,   head of Foxconn's media office, said the photos on the phone were 'a beautiful mistake'.
He said they were only found on markm49uk's phone.
'Our production line workers usually take photos on every mobile to check its photo-taking function,' Mr Liu said.
'Those shots were taken by our assembly and testing workers for the testing process. But they must have forgotten to delete the photos.'
He denied all requests from media to reach the worker. 'She's too shy to face media. We should respect her and let her be,' he said.
According to mainland media, Foxconn can produce 800,000 3G iPhone's a week at its plant in Shenzhen, which also makes iPods.



'iPhone Girl' just a 'beautiful mistake'