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Thieves rob DC Uber Eats driver, reject stolen android phone for not being iPhone (wjla.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I thought iPhones where basically a brick if stollen.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

they are, but many of their parts are valuable as after-market items, such as the screens and batteries.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

they're supposed to be or to have reduced functionality of black marketed parts like this. then again, one shouldn't expect a technician who buys stolen parts to be scrupulous...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I did not think of that.