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A Letter: Apple Wants Its Secret iPhone Back
- wmf 17y agoAh, now I see. They couldn't just return it, because that wouldn't provide enough drama. They had to have proof on Apple letterhead that it's a real iPhone prototype.
- alanh 17y agoWhile I still think it was a low blow to personally name the employee who lost the phone, at least Giz is doing the right thing by returning the phone. Obviously Apple would have wanted this to stay quiet, but there is no law (or even big ethical problem, though a small one, certainly) regarding the announcement of the discovery of an object. (IANAL)
- mr_eel 17y agoThey knew it belonged to Apple. They paid someone in order to obtain property that didn't belong to the seller. They expose and mock the poor sod that lost it. An extremely poor performance on Gizmodo's part. I appreciate their excitement at the discovery of this phone, but they really should _not_ have paid for the damn thing and they should have returned it voluntarily by now -- it's what honest people do. As for "at least doing the right thing"; they don't deserve any credit for this, since they are _obligated_ to return it. It doesn't belong to them. In fact it could be easily described as receiving stolen property, since they knowingly bought something that belonged to Apple. Gawker are a pretty sleazy mob as far as I can see.