The recent episode of ‘The big podcast with Shaq’ started off with Shaquille O’Neal apologizing to his co-hosts, Nischelle Turner and Spice Adams for not calling them on Thanksgiving. Not because millionaire Shaq was working, but because his iPhone was not working. Furthermore, the four-time NBA champion went on to complain about the $2 trillion company.
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As earlier said, at the beginning of the podcast, Shaq apologized to his co-hosts for not calling them on Thanksgiving. The reason was facing some awkward difficulties with his iPhone. He said, “My thing just stopped working.” Furthermore, Shaq raised a query on iPhones claiming their phones to be waterproof and asked “How deep?” According to Shaq, waterproof means, it sits under the water and after taking it out, it should work normally. The 4-time made his complaint by saying, “it may be water resistance don’t say waterproof.”
However, Shaq raised the complaint because when he was taking pictures, his phone dropped in the water and then stopped working. The following incident took place when Shaq was taking pictures while he was on the beach, covered in baby oil. This would be the last thing his fans would want to hear, Shaq covered in baby oil. Even Adams was shocked to hear this.
Shaquille O’Neal distributes free Apple iPhones every year
Back in 2004, Shaquille O’Neal invested $1 million in Apple. At that time, the share price of Apple was $0.98 and today its worth is $142.92. Every year when Apple drops a new version of the iPhone, Shaq spent over $750,000 and buys over 50 new iPhones to distribute among the public. The Los Angeles Lakers legend travels to different locations and hands the iPhones to the people. This is a very generous initiative by Shaq, as the reaction of the crowd would be priceless.
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Back in 2019, Shaq was spotted shopping in the Apple Store. There he saw two kids playing on the Apple MacBook air. Furthermore, Shaq asked for two of the laptops and gave them to the kids. For a moment, the kids were unable to process what just happened, as their reaction was priceless.
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However, it’ll be interesting to see if Shaq does it again next year after he realized a problem with iPhones.
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