Nigerian Lady Goes to China for iPhone 17 Pro Max, Shares Her Experience: "It's Serious"
- A Nigerian lady in China shared her experience after visiting an Apple Store to buy the new iPhone 17 Pro Max
- She revealed how the phones were sold out as several people allegedly bought them in bulk
- The incident stirred massive reactions online as many expressed surprise over her discovery
A Nigerian lady in China who went to an Apple Store to buy the new iPhone 16 Pro Max shared an unbelievable experience she had during her visit.
She detailed everything in a post on her social media page, and her video has now gone viral, drawing numerous reactions from netizens.
Source: TikTok
Woman shares experience at Apple store
She mentioned that she went to the Apple Store in China and shared proof showing both the outside and inside of the store to back her claims.
However, she wasn’t able to get the said phone, and she explained why.
According to a post she shared on her TikTok page, @bagbay__, the lady revealed that many individuals in China are hawking iPhones.
She further explained that the iPhone 17 Pro Max she wanted to buy was meant for her brother, but the phone was already sold out in the store. Many individuals had reportedly bought it in bulk and began reselling it outside the Apple Store at an increased price of about ₦100,000.
Source: TikTok
In her TikTok video, she mentioned that these people were doing it to make quick money, believing that desperate buyers, especially foreigners with limited time in the country, would pay the extra cost.
Her statement:
“You guys, this is my 100th attempt trying to buy my little brother the iPhone 17 Pro Max. I'm literally standing outside the Apple Store, and people are hawking iPhones.
“I wish I was lying. These people went into the store and bought all the new iPhones to the point that if you want to get one, you have to preorder, and it takes one month.
“They’re selling each one with an extra ₦100k on top, and they did it to target desperate foreigners who have limited time left in the country.”
As she made the post, many individuals who came across it stormed the comment section to share their thoughts.
Reactions trail woman's video on iPhone 17
JUMS shared:
"And it’s very scarce in the uk, especially the orange 17 promo."
Scarlett stressed:
"At least there are selling the original ones. Some people who doesn’t want their name to be mentioned will boldly sell the fake for that price."
Tabitha noted:
"is IPhone that serious??? is it such a need? this is so funny."
Mildred wrote:
"And it’s available in Nigeria some people own don even break lol."
Dinmah stressed:
"Not 100k just 100rmb or 200rmb difference."
TM gadgets added:
"I sell screens ooo...we already selling iPhone 17promax screen."
Mmiri shared:
"Chinese IPhone is stronger than the ones sent to Nigeria if you doubt it tell any of your friend who is living in china to buy CH iPhone for you."
Teetop wrote:
"Make I help una order from Dubai 7000 diram cos I don't know the frapapa of these phone self."
user4694438480042 noted:
"Nigerian’s are the largest number of people purchasing this iPhone … WOW … we have money in this country."
Nasa d’xtiancreator stressed:
"What of that 17XR own wey Blord advertise."
xxix.autos said:
"Nigerians will close iphone like Blackberry soon. All these phone clones,upgrades have been In Malaysia,Thailand etc for over 10 years o. l."
Legit.ng reached out to the lady to hear more about her experience trying to buy the iPhone 17 Pro Max in China. From what she said, getting the phone was not easy at all.
She said the first Apple Store they went to did not have the phones she wanted.
Her statement:
“The first Apple Store we went to… well, they didn’t really have the models we were looking for.”
Finding a phone for her mother was also difficult. They did not know their way around, so someone had to show them where to go.
She said:
“For my mom’s phone, we had to take a little detour to an outlet, and thankfully someone helped us find it because we were lost trying to find everything.”
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Getting her brother’s phone took even longer. Some phones were already sold out, and the demand was very high.
She said:
“Finally getting my brother’s phone… that was another story. It took us two or three days, and even then, some models were already gone. The demand for this phone… it’s just so high, more than the supply.”
She saw people selling phones outside the store at higher prices. It surprised her and made her feel emotional.
She said:
“Seeing that… it was kind of emotional. It reminded me of situations back home in Nigeria.”
Most of the people selling phones seemed young, maybe university students. She said:
She shared:
“The people doing it… I think they were mostly university kids, maybe eighteen to twenty-one years old. Just standing there, selling phones to whoever would pay more.”
Some people even bought from the resellers and then went back to the Apple Store to activate the phones. She said:
She stressed:
“Some of them even buy from the store and then go inside again to activate the phones themselves. It’s… a lot to see.”
The experience also changed how she thinks about buying electronics in Nigeria.
She explained:
“For me personally… I will never buy electronics in Nigeria again. A lot of what’s sold there is not real or fake.”
She said it is better to buy from official stores abroad.
Her statement:
“When Nigerians go to China, they can get the real phone from the Apple Store or the manufacturer. That’s the only way to be sure.”
She said she will always buy phones abroad if she can.
She noted:
“So, I’ll always buy my phones abroad if I can. That’s how I feel.”
Finally, she gave advice to anyone planning to buy an iPhone overseas. She said:
She said:
“Be sure of what you’re buying. Make sure it’s the real phone, not a fake one.”
Watch the video below:
In a similar report, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian lady bought the newly released iPhone 17 Pro Max and shared a viral video as she unboxed it.
Lady in UK flaunts iPhone 17 Pro Max
Meanwhile, Legit.ng recently reported that a Nigerian lady based in the United Kingdom went viral after buying the newly released iPhone 17 Pro Max.
She flaunted the phone in a video while unboxing it at an Apple store and shared the three things she loved most — the camera quality, strong battery life, and the new A19 Pro chip. The lady revealed that she purchased the deep blue iPhone for £1200, which is about ₦2.4 million.
Proofreading by Funmilayo Aremu, copy editor at Legit.ng.
Source: Legit.ng
