Female HK passenger caught for smuggling 20 iPhone 6 handsets

A female passenger tapes Iphone6 models on her waist, Shenzhen, Tuesday, January 27, 2015. [Photo:news.qq.com]

A female passenger from Hong Kong has been caught by Luohu Customs in Southern China's city of Shenzhen for trying to smuggle 20 Iphone 6 models into the mainland.

The officials say the woman caught their attention when she was walking with a peculiar posture while going through customs.

It turns out that the passenger used duct tape to trap 20 phones to her waist and abdomen.

Similar cases were also found earlier this month as two female passengers from Hong Kong used the same method to try to smuggle 26 phones and 23 phones respectively to the mainland.

According to the customs officials, apart from taping the phones to their bodies, the smugglers use other channels to transport the phones.

One channel of transporting the phones is to set up a pulley between one building situated in Shenzhen and another in Hong Kong, and attach plastic bags on the pulley to carry phones to Shenzhen under cover of darkness. This type of operation is usually found in Chung Ying Street, a street which lies on the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Other channels include digging underground tunnels to transport the phones.

A 64 gigabyte version of the Iphone 6 model can sell for about 820 US dollars in Hong Kong, but in the mainland it can go for more than 1,000 US dollars.

The price difference has created a lucrative black market.

Source: Cri English

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WATCH: Incredible iPhone 6 drop test from outer space

Apple’s iPhone always gets put through some pointless destruction tests.

We’ve seen it boiled in coke, shot with a gun and popped in the microwave.

But someone’s just put it through the most ingenious and biggest test to date.

Case maker, Ultimate Armour Gear, has just sent an iPhone 6 into space to show off how strong their cases are.

Attaching the phone and a GoPro camera to a weather balloon the phone reached a height of over 100,000ft before being released.
 

DROP: An iPhone 6 has been put through the ultimate test [YOUTUBE]

On it’s way back to earth the iPhone achieved speeds of over 70 miles per hour and temperatures of -79 fahrenheit.

After the nerve-racking decent the phone finally bumped its way back to earth.

According to the films makers the iPhone survived without a scratch and with a quick charge was as good as new.

But we guess they would say that!

Source: Daily Star

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Man tries to smuggle 94 iPhones into China

This man was reportedly caught with 94 iPhones strapped to his body

A Hong Kong man was arrested with 94 iPhones taped to his body in an attempt to smuggle them into China, reports said on Monday.

According to photos shared by China's Sina News online, the man had strapped models of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus around his torso and thighs, using masking tape.

The smartphones were seized at Futian Port, an immigration port of entry between Hong Kong and mainland China. A report from TIME magazine said the man was caught after officials noticed that he was walking strangely.

Back in September of last year, the delayed launch of Apple's latest iPhone models in China caused a surge in pre-orders on the company's Hong Kong website.

A report at the time predicted that "many of those devices will be smuggled across the border into mainland China, where they could change hands for as much as four times the Hong Kong price."

Apple began selling its latest iPhone in China a month later.

Source: ABS-CBN News

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