Activation Lock helps reduce the rate of iPhone theft by 38%

Smartphone theft, including the iPhone, is a big problem, accounting for 10% of all robberies in the United States. However, since Apple introduced the lock feature that enabled Activation Lock on iOS 7, the iPhone theft rate has decreased significantly.

According to Maclife, the feature helps reduce the rate of iPhone theft in San Francisco , "home" of Apple to 38%. This number is quite impressive, especially when up to 59% of robberies in San Francisco last year were stealing smartphones.

Notably, not only San Francisco, the rate of iPhone theft in other key cities like New York also decreased but was somewhat less with 19%. In some other cities such as London, theft rates have fallen 24% since the lock feature enabled Activation Lock launched on the iPhone.

According to a survey, a total of 3.1 million Americans were stolen by smartphones in 2013, almost doubling the number of 1.6 million burglaries in 2012. Real numbers This makes manufacturers have to offer anti-theft measures such as Activation Lock on iOS or Kill Switch on Android Lollipop.