Minis Stolen At Airport

[robertc88]

More than likely an inside job.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...470241.html?dr

[Dulin's Books]

strange theft. arent they basically worthless, except maybe as parts? since apple knows the serial numbers of every dvice on those pallets they'll just make it so they cant get anything off the store and can probably even remotely kill the device if it signs on to a network and phones home

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

strange theft. arent they basically worthless, except maybe as parts? since apple knows the serial numbers of every dvice on those pallets they'll just make it so they cant get anything off the store and can probably even remotely kill the device if it signs on to a network and phones home

The people buying them cheap from market stalls won't know that until too late.

[robertc88]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

The people buying them cheap from market stalls won't know that until too late.

Hopefully most don't buy something like this from an unauthorized dealer. I'm sure they will go on Craigslist or eBay perhaps and not sold out of a truck. Buyer beware.

[VaultBoy]

Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

strange theft. arent they basically worthless, except maybe as parts? since apple knows the serial numbers of every dvice on those pallets they'll just make it so they cant get anything off the store and can probably even remotely kill the device if it signs on to a network and phones home

What about if they are jailbroken? Can they be remote killed still if they've burst out of their cells?

[SeaKing]

I don't know.
I have read that if a registered iPhone in use, is stolen from a customer, Apple can't do anything. That is why there is a market for the phones, and in places like NY, they hire people to snatch them off the streets. They catch one guy, and a week later, there is another doing the same thing.

It is probably drug money for the snatcher.

[jbcohen]

I am hearing a lot about thefts of apple products these days, I have been warning family and friends who own apple products about these sorts of things. It seems that apple has become a victim of their own success. I have had pals at airports where one has bought an ipad or an ipod with them and the other has brought a Kindle Fire and/or Sansa San Disk with them and the apples have almost gotten stolen and nothing has happened to the fire and the sandisk. Apples are so widely known that they become theft targets amazon and sandisks are not targets.

[fjtorres]

So far nobody's been killed for an iPxxx, or have they?
I know Nikes and other expensive brands have gotten some folks killed but so far I've only heard of muggings of Apple owners...
(And of owners of other media players who were using white earbuds.)

[obsessed2]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

The people buying them cheap from market stalls won't know that until too late.

Good advice. If anyone approaches you in an airport parking lot and tries to sell you an iPad you may want to think twice:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57...irror-instead/

[fjtorres]

Originally Posted by obsessed2

Good advice. If anyone approaches you in an airport parking lot and tries to sell you an iPad you may want to think twice:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57...irror-instead/

Well, at least the mirror is useful.
She could've ended up with one of those iPad Mini mockups...

[frahse]

Originally Posted by fjtorres

So far nobody's been killed for an iPxxx, or have they?
I know Nikes and other expensive brands have gotten some folks killed but so far I've only heard of muggings of Apple owners...
(And of owners of other media players who were using white earbuds.)

Maybe the wearers of the Nikes fight back with knives and guns and the Apple owners just wring their hands and cry.

If I was a young thug, I would much rather grab an iPhone from some chick or kid walking down the street listening to iTunes than try to strip the laced up Nikies from another street punk. On the other hand if I really wanted the shoes, I would know that things might get rough, and I would go prepared to "rumble."

[holymadness]

Originally Posted by frahse

Maybe the wearers of the Nikes fight back with knives and guns and the Apple owners just wring their hands and cry.

If I was a young thug, I would much rather grab an iPhone from some chick or kid walking down the street listening to iTunes than try to strip the laced up Nikies from another street punk. On the other hand if I really wanted the shoes, I would know that things might get rough, and I would go prepared to "rumble."

So only ghetto punks wear Nikes and only effeminate sissies use iPhones?

Sexism, racism... what else can we add to the mix? The possibilities are endless!

[murraypaul]

Originally Posted by frahse

Maybe the wearers of the Nikes fight back with knives and guns and the Apple owners just wring their hands and cry.

Maybe they have enough perspective to know it is only an item, and not worth dying for.

[ucfgrad93]

Originally Posted by murraypaul

Maybe they have enough perspective to know it is only an item, and not worth dying for.

Agreed. I can always get another iPad, iPhone, etc.

[frahse]

murraypaul
Maybe they have enough perspective to know it is only an item, and not worth dying for.

ucfgrad93
Agreed. I can always get another iPad, iPhone, etc.

What other point would I be making?