As queues wind across Asia and North
America filled with people desparate to acquire the iPhone 6, photos of the man
brandishing a sign that read “Girlfriend Sharing” have appeared on the Chinese
social media site Weibo this week.
The offer included the chance to
eat, study, play games or go on dates with the woman, although it did warn
there would be no “funny business”.
According to posters on Weibo, the
man claimed his girlfriend was a willing participant in the scheme, which
offered her up for 10 yuan (£1) per hour. The identity of the man is not yet
clear, though his advertising exploits took place at Songjiang University in
Shanghai.
The student’s endeavours are the
latest in a string of incidents showing the desperate lengths some people go to
in order to acquire the latest must-have Apple gadget. Earlier this week, a
Saudi man reportedly asked his prospective brother-in-law for an iPhone 6 as a
dowry for marrying his sister.
When the iPhone 5 was launched in
China last year, a couple was charged with human trafficking after allegedly
selling three of their newborn babies to pay for items that included high-end
shoes and an iPhone.
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