She said the robbers were bold taking her husband’s phone, but then giving it back because it wasn’t to their liking.
“They basically looked at that phone and was like ‘Oh, that’s an Android? We don’t want this. I thought it was an iPhone,’” she said.
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The reporter tracked down the victims and did an interview. Found out what happened and used the odd fact as a basis and title for the story.
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Also doesn’t even make sense since iPhones (honestly most phones now) are so well known to be easily remotely bricked by the owner, that stealing it offers little to no benefits.
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Quite a few of the major parts are now serialised and have to be assigned/tied to a device through an Apple service system - I forget what it’s called - so that scenario is becoming less profitable as well.
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Perhaps the victim posted something on social media about the robbery, which was then picked up on by a journalist.
To be honest it is a rather bizarre situation to end up in, being rejected by a robber for not having good enough loot.
I thought iPhones where basically a brick if stollen.
I’ve seen cases where the thieves demand you to unlock your phone at gunpoint before leaving, so they can do whatever before you get a chance to remotely brick it.
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How? They are all locked to that specific device. Installing a screen or battery from another iPhone will disable features on the iPhone it’s installed in. I’m surprised there’s still a market for that.
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Parts are paired to devices, but some parts will still worked unpaired but with reduced functionality. On the iPhone 15 Pro for example, a transplanted screen will not have True Tone and auto-brightness.
There are plenty of unscrupulous phone repairers who will harvest parts from stolen phones and pass them off to unknowing customers.
I did not think of that.
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