iPhone 12 Pro Max purchase on official website delivered an apple-flavored drink instead — Apple is investigating

iPhone 12 Pro Max purchase on official website delivered an apple-flavored drinkable instead — Apple is investigating

iPhone 12 Pro Max back showing cameras and multi-function button

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The iPhone 12 won China's eye in Q4 of 2022 — Apple tree raked in its highest revenue e'er in the region thanks to a record number of iPhone upgrades. The Cupertino-based tech giant collected $21.31 billion in revenue, which is up 57% from last year.

A woman from China wanted to partake in the iPhone 12 mania and reportedly purchased an iPhone 12 Pro Max from Apple tree's official website, setting her back $one,500. However, when her package arrived, the woman discovered that her iPhone 12 Pro Max was missing — and she received an apple-flavored beverage instead (via Apple tree Insider).

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Apple is reportedly investigating apple-drink swap

A video uploaded to Weibo (Mainland china's leading microblogging platform) on Friday featured a woman named Liu explaining that she purchased an iPhone 12 Pro Max on Apple'due south official website on Feb. 16 for 10,099 Yuan, which is more $1,500.

iPhone 12 Pro Max swapped for apple-flavored drink (Epitome credit: Weibo)

To Liu's surprise, when she received the package on February. 18, instead of finding the top-of-the-line iPhone 12 smartphone, she found "apple-flavored sour milk" (co-ordinate to Google'southward Chinese-to-English translation of the Weibo post) in its place.

Liu claims that there were no obvious signs that her packet was tampered with before opening the package. Local police are unsure whether the bandy occurred at the hands of Ems, the postal service that delivered the package to Liu, or Apple. Still, according to the Weibo post, Apple tree is cooperating with the investigation to determine the culprit behind Liu's missing iPhone 12 Pro Max debacle.

Laptop Mag has reached out to Apple tree for additional annotate and will update this story once nosotros receive a response.

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