Huawei employees pose with Guinness World Record officials after breaking the record for most selfies at Dubai, U.A.E., on Jan. 10, 2017. (Photo : Twitter/Xinhua)
Chinese smartphone giant Huawei broke the World Guinness Record on Tuesday for the most selfies taken with different people in Dubai.
The image, which involved 160 participants, was taken using Huawei's flagship phone, the Mate 9, in just three minutes with Dubai's iconic Burj Khalifa as its backdrop, according a report from the Xinhua News Agency.
The record smashing attempt was held at The Palace Hotel in Dubai's downtown district.
According to Guinness World Record guidelines, the selfie had to be captured by an individual using a smartphone or a digital camera and had to be taken in exactly 180 seconds.
The capture the iconic selfie, the Huawei team took 160 high definition selfies within the 180-second time limit--nearly one click per second--using the 8-megapixel front camera of the Huawei Mate 9.
The 160 participants were mostly employees from Huawei's Middle East branch as well as their friends and relatives, China's state-owned Global Times tabloid reported on Tuesday.
The new record attempt was overseen by Guinness World Record officials, who set up an office in Dubai in Feb. 2013.
David Wang, U.A.E. Country Manager for Huawei Consumer Business Group said that the successful attempt at the record-breaking selfie with the Mate 9 cements the company's belief that their smartphone is "is truly unbeatable."
"We've set international standards before and the fact that this achievement was reached in the UAE makes it even more special for the region," Wang said in an e-mailed statement to the press.
The previous world record holder for most selfies taken was by Donnie Wahlberg and his fans aboard the New Kids on the Block Cruise in the Gulf of Mexico, which featured 122 people in Oct. 2016.
With Huawei's attempt involving 38 more people, breaking the world record would prove to be more difficult to break, the Global Times reported.
