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07-10-2017, 10:49 PM
This Amazon bot is making the best phone cases we've ever seen
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Amazon Prime Day (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/amazon-prime-day-2017/) is nearly here, but there's something else catching people's attention on Amazon this week.
A seller that appears to be a bot is making cases for iPhones and Samsung phones with bizarre stock images — and they're quite possibly the best cases we've ever seen.
SEE ALSO: Amazon Prime Day: Amazon’s **t-so-secret plan to rule the retail world (http://mashable.com/2017/07/07/the-real-reason-for-amazon-prime-day/)
The seller's store was first spotted and shared on Twitter by Data Artist Russel Jurney.
I present an Amazon case bot AI gone mad https://t.co/xL0UHcZ2jU
— Russell Jurney (@rjurney) July 9, 2017 (https://twitter.com/rjurney/status/883850417574035456)
The phone cases take stock photos of everyday scenes like, oh... you k**w, someone getting their armpits waxed (https://www.amazon.com/Beautician-hands-depilation-armpit-iPhone6/dp/B01C1WBX28/ref=sr_1_36?srs=13968870011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499705852&sr=8-36), construction workers placing (https://www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-polystyrene-thermal-insulation-install/dp/B01BZQN8HY/ref=sr_1_30?srs=13968870011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499705747&sr=8-30) insulation on a house wall, or veterinarian implanting (https://www.amazon.com/Microchip-implant-phone-cover-iPhone6/dp/B01C132Y2A/ref=sr_1_61?srs=13968870011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499705965&sr=8-61) a microchip in a dog, and plaster them on cases for the iPhone or popular Samsung phones.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/amazon-weird-phone-case-bot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Amazon Prime Day (http://mashable.com/2017/06/29/amazon-prime-day-2017/) is nearly here, but there's something else catching people's attention on Amazon this week.
A seller that appears to be a bot is making cases for iPhones and Samsung phones with bizarre stock images — and they're quite possibly the best cases we've ever seen.
SEE ALSO: Amazon Prime Day: Amazon’s **t-so-secret plan to rule the retail world (http://mashable.com/2017/07/07/the-real-reason-for-amazon-prime-day/)
The seller's store was first spotted and shared on Twitter by Data Artist Russel Jurney.
I present an Amazon case bot AI gone mad https://t.co/xL0UHcZ2jU
— Russell Jurney (@rjurney) July 9, 2017 (https://twitter.com/rjurney/status/883850417574035456)
The phone cases take stock photos of everyday scenes like, oh... you k**w, someone getting their armpits waxed (https://www.amazon.com/Beautician-hands-depilation-armpit-iPhone6/dp/B01C1WBX28/ref=sr_1_36?srs=13968870011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499705852&sr=8-36), construction workers placing (https://www.amazon.com/Styrofoam-polystyrene-thermal-insulation-install/dp/B01BZQN8HY/ref=sr_1_30?srs=13968870011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499705747&sr=8-30) insulation on a house wall, or veterinarian implanting (https://www.amazon.com/Microchip-implant-phone-cover-iPhone6/dp/B01C132Y2A/ref=sr_1_61?srs=13968870011&ie=UTF8&qid=1499705965&sr=8-61) a microchip in a dog, and plaster them on cases for the iPhone or popular Samsung phones.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/amazon-weird-phone-case-bot/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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