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Gigantic selfie of 1,151 people in Bangladesh, aspire to set new record

Written by : TNM

The News Minute | November 24, 2014 | 7:50 pm ISTA group of at least 1,151 people in Bangladesh have taken a selfie together with their Nokia Lumia 730 smartphone - making it one of the gigantic selfies fit to become the world's largest selfie.The five megapixel mid-range Windows Phone found a smart way to advertise its front-facing camera and asked people to come for the self-portrait.Posted on the Facebook page of Microsoft Lumia Bangladesh, the photo apparently required people to sign up to keep a track of how many were there.It has been liked by more than 20,000 people on the page so far.Ellen DeGeneres' Oscar selfie is still on top with 3.37 million retweets and 2.01 favourites but the Lumia photo could claim a record for the largest number of people in a selfie.The Oscar selfie is considered the most popular selfie in history and Maurice Levy, CEO of advertising firm Publicis, valued the photo between $800 million and $1 billion.The Bangladesh Lumia record is yet to be confirmed by Guinness Worldwith IANS

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