Chinese iPhone buyer gets a yogurt, not an iPhone

Feb 27, 2021 19:07 GMT  ·  By

The iPhone 12 appears to be selling like hotcakes these days, as statistics show the new smartphone series was so successful that it helped Apple surpass Samsung and become the number one phone maker in the fourth quarter of 2020.

And a woman in China wanted to help Apple boost its sales, so it ordered an iPhone 12 Pro Max from the official Apple website.

Everything worked just as expected, so after paying over $1,500 for the device, she was waiting for the iPhone 12 to arrive at the parcel locker close to her home. And while the parcel arrived on schedule, what she found inside the iPhone 12 box wasn’t an iPhone but an apple-flavored yogurt.

Investigation underway

Without a doubt, this is quite unexpected, especially given the device was ordered from Apple, and now everybody believes the iPhone was extracted from the box and replaced with the yogurt on its way to the parcel locker.

The official shipping service that was in charge of this order is Express Mail Service, and they say they delivered an iPhone and nothing else. So what exactly happened?

That’s up to Apple, Express Mail Service, and the police to decide, as an investigation is underway to figure out where is the iPhone 12 Pro Max and who exactly put the yogurt in the box.

For Apple, that shouldn’t be too difficult though, as it can track the smartphone using its unique serial number, figure out if the device has already been activated, and then use other information to help the law enforcement locate it.

For the time being, however, it’s not exactly clear if the woman is getting an iPhone 12 Pro Max or she’s just stuck with a very expensive delicious drink.