One Chinese man has 99 problems, but a fiance ain't one.

An unnamed Guangzhou man reportedly spent two years' savings on 99 iPhone 6 models, in order to stage a wedding proposal for his girlfriend.

The programmer spent 500,000 yuan (almost $82,000) on Apple's latest smartphones, hoping, it seems, that an exhibit of his well-off financial standing would win her heart.

He then stacked up the boxes in the office parking lot to form a heart, inside of which he stood with a bouquet of flowers, and professed his undying love for a female colleague.

But when she turned him downin front of a crowd of friends and onlookersthe man was simply left with a broken heart and 99 iPhones to sell online.

The embarrassing incident, which went viral when images of the hopeful iPhone enthusiast were posted to China's Weibo search engine, came just days before Singles' Day.

Celebrated annually on Nov. 11, the Chinese holiday is marked by the four lonely "1"s that make up the date. Much like Valentine's Day, folks spend Singles' Day trying to woo that someone specialbuying them a new car or giant diamonds, according to The Nanfang blog.

And while no one has tried courting their loved ones with 99 iPhones, it seems the Guangzhou man may have been better off taking the sparkly jewelry or spa-weekend route.

On the plus side, the Chinese iPhone market remains hot, so he should have no problem making back his two-year savings. The matter of his pride, however, remains unknown.

Tech-infused proposals are nothing new: In July 2012, a Google employee asked for his girlfriend's hand in marriage by giving her a Nexus 7 packed with her favorite music, photos, books, and videos, topped off with a four-minute video that ultimately led to him popping the question.

Last year, a Reddit user bent his virtual knee on the Advice Animals subredditand she said yes.

For more, check out PCMag's roundup of the tech-based services and gadgets that will help make your wedding worry-free.

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