A Man Dressed As Beggar Buys iPhone 15 With A Sack Full Of Coins (screen grab from video experiment_king/instagram)
A social experiment conducted by a channel is getting the attention of social media. A social media channel called “Experiment King” undertook the video project wherein a man dressed as a beggar is seen visiting Apple store in Jodhpur with a bag of coins to purchase an iPhone 15. Though this was entirely scripted the reaction of the staff has caught the attention of internet.
The viral video shows the reaction of shop owners and guards when the man showed in their shops. When the man visited mobile shop called Deepak Company, they showed the phone and accepted his payment mode via coins. The video shows the beggar emptying the sack of coins and the staffs in the shops counting the coins. Then the man takes the iPhone Pro Max, check the phone and poses with it. He also poses it with the shop owner as well.
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The video has garnered over 39 million views since the release and still gaining attention on the social media. Besides, the viral video received 4 million likes and numerous reaction through comments as well. One user wrote: “Respect customers let it be any one,” where some blatantly said it as scripted, as one user wrote: “Its scripted… Today no one beggar looks like him.”
The YouTube channel, Experiment King is known for conducting video content relating to social experiments. It reveals the societal perceptions on various matters, and also subtly hints the iPhone craze among people worldwide.
Apple launched its much-awaited iPhone 15 series with four variants on September, and ahead of its release in India on September 22 long queues of customers were spotted on Apple”s retail stores in Mumbai and Delhi.
