“Tweeters passed around photos of a China Unicom store in Shanghai that apparently hired an onsite tailor to expand the pockets of iPhone 6 Plus buyers to accommodate that bigger phone,” Barbara Kollmeyer reports for MarketWatch.
“One might wonder why Apple’s chief executive officer Tim Cook didn’t think of the tailor thing himself,” Kollmeyer reports. “There was plenty of first-world-problem whining when the iPhone 6 Plus came out, and Tweeters bravely posted tales of woe, about the bigger phone not fitting in skinny jeans.”
“Of course, the Chinese may have gotten that innovation tip from the Dutch,” Kollmeyer reports. “Telecoms company Royal KPN was on the scene with a mobile tailor during that country’s iPhone 6 launch last month.”
MT @valentinaluo China Unicom’s free tailor service for iPhone 6+ buyrs whose pants pockets not deep enough (no puns) http://t.co/xJCAu4GHg4
— C. Maoxian (@maoxian) October 17, 2014
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MacDailyNews Take: Now there’s a smart publicity stunt!
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Ok that is the funniest headline I’ve read in a long time.
Crazy ass Chinese.
Was going to ask if this was some sort of joke/parody article… But it’s China. Lmfao
There are bigger phones out there than the 6 plus…
I really was hoping this was an Onion story …. Lol!
DAMMIT! There goes my Kickstarter for “Pocket Expanders”!!
It’s not that much different than adjusting the container for other technology, the record case for records, the cassette case for cassettes, trash cans did not have to be adjusted for the 8-track, CD cases for compact discs.
Pockets change sizes.
Well the iPhone is obviously meant for people with… Deep Pockets.
Is that your… big pocket… or are you just happy to see me?
but are they getting the material from the used panty vending machine around the corner??
Isn’t that Japan that has those?
*Ridicule*
Captain Kangaroo coats are chic again!
Didn’t I predict this when the phirst phabulous phablets hit the streets? Well, didn’t I?! You’d better listen to me next time, dahling. 🙄
The Brittish don’t need this.
Their pockets are bigger on the inside than they look on the outside.
Doctor Who pun.
Inside joke.