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Chinese Billionaire's Son Purchases Eight iPhone 7 Smartphones for His Dog

Chinese Billionaire's Son Purchases Eight iPhone 7 Smartphones for His Dog

By Sanket Vijayasarathy | Updated: 22 September 2016 09:16 IST

Highlights

The iPhone 7 in China is priced between CNY 6,388 and 7,988
Wang Sicong's dog Coco is seen posing with his eight iPhone 7 phones
Sicong also purchased two Apple Watch Editions for his dog in May 2015

In today's weird news, a Chinese billionaire's son purchased eight iPhone 7 smartphones. But that's not the weird part. The iPhone 7 smartphones were purchased for the son's dog. You may need a moment to digest what you just read, but the story is fantastically true.

Wang Sicong is the son of Wang Jialin, a Chinese businessman whose net worth is over $30 billion (roughly Rs. 2,01,073 crores). The son bought his dog Coco eight iPhone 7s, according to a post on the dog's account on Weibo. Yes, the dog has his own Weibo account too - and, it's verified. The iPhone 7 in China is priced between CNY 6,388 and 7,988 (roughly Rs. 64,210 to Rs. 80,000), which means Sicong spent upwards of CNY 51,071 (roughly Rs. 5,13,000). For the son of a businessman worth $30 billion, that price would not pinch too much.

(Also see: India Price of Entire iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus Lineup Announced)

While Apple fans in China started lining up outside the Apple Store on Friday, Sicong easily managed to get eight of the latest devices from Apple only to give it to his beloved dog. The dog, of course, is seen happily posing with his new collection.

This isn't the first time Wang Sicong's dog has received such spotlight. In May 2015, Sicong purchased two Apple Watch Editions for his dog (named Wang Ke Chi Bi), which the dog flaunted on his two front paws. In fact, the Apple Watch Edition models were a lot pricier compared to the iPhone 7, costing somewhere between $10,000 (roughly Rs. 6,40,000) and $17,000 (roughly Rs. 11,00,000) each.

(Also see: iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus First Impressions)

By the looks of it, Sicong's dog is an all out Apple fan and one can expect him to sport the latest Apple Watch Series 2 in the near future.

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