The fate of the iPhone is robbed

The situation of robbery and theft of expensive smartphones is no longer strange, so where does the fate of these phones go?

In Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, as well as other big cities, robbery and theft of expensive phones, typically iPhones, are no longer a rarity. Use your phone when riding a motorbike, put your phone in your wallet, in your pocket, or even sit on the sidewalk and have a robbery robbery.

With the smartness of technology, phones like iPhones when hijacked will often be locked into a 'dead' device and just a ' paperweight ' if not provided with a security code.

So where is the fate of the iPhone or smartphone going after entering the hands of robbers and thieves?

Breaking and selling components:

Because it cannot be used because the smartphone has been completely locked, thieves often disassemble and sell parts to phone stores.

The screen, speakers, keys ., the components are resold, but at a relatively cheap price compared to the real value of the phone.

Components will then be stored by stores and replaced by other smartphones for repair.

This is also the way that the thieves are least desirable, because risking the "player" is not a profit. So they think of other moves that are quite reckless.

Trick to sell to people who are 'hungry for cheap':

Students are often the most vulnerable subjects. Looking at new iPhones, glittering exterior promises to 'unlock' when bringing out stores, many students have spent just half of the value of a smartphone to own a 'paperweight '. .

Of course, there is no phone store that can unlock an iPhone without an Apple ID security code, but those who are cheated are often losing money or carrying.

Acquisition of Apple ID from the old owner:

For iPhone, when you reinstall the device without Apple ID, the device will provide the phone number of the old owner, this is the only hope of thieves or those who are cheated can restore the device.

Often thieves can pretend to be cheated, through phone shops, contact the robber / take the phone to ask to buy Apple ID again.

The money to buy the Apple ID from the old owner to unlock the phone can range from 2 million VND or more depending on the life of the iPhone. The store will deduct money called ' transaction fee' .

Messages, phone calls will rush to the former owner of the iPhone, in order to persuade reselling Apple ID. If successful, robbers will benefit greatly, the store will also be deducted the " transaction costs ".

Often with psychotherapy, many people are willing to receive this money to provide Apple ID for the store. This money is usually received by road . motorcycle taxi for safety.

Some people who have been robbed / lost may pay a larger sum to redeem their smartphone, but are often rejected by the store for fear of being reported to the police.

If the transaction is successful, the thieves will have a "completely new" iPhone, which can be sold at the price of the old iPhone without any problems.

Of course, many people who lost their iPhones also had no intention of taking back or selling Apple IDs, they would rather lose it to the thieves to get a big deal.

Users, especially women, will probably need to be on guard, or use a normal phone for safety.