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Agreed, they should add a 30 day expiration and send people a reminder to set their device to stolen if they haven't done so yet (if it was actually stolen). If
by sschueller 4y ago
Agreed, they should add a 30 day expiration and send people a reminder to set their device to stolen if they haven't done so yet (if it was actually stolen). If the device is lost give them the option to extend the auto removal of the lock. If by expiration of that time period and the device was not marked stolen it should be unlocked so that it doesn't become e-waste because someone forgot their password and reset their phone.
Second Apple should provide a way to verify if a phone is locked to allow people who purchase phones on eBay to not get f'd. I see no reason for Apple not to provide this service again.
Third, apple should to take back all phones that are marked as stolen and recycle, refurbish or whatever without compensating the person who brought it in.
- lstamour 4y agoWhat if the stolen iPhone was your only way to access your email/iCloud? You might not be able to confirm it as stolen then. I do agree that e-waste can be a problem, but unlocking the iPhone seems trivially easy, and as noted in this article, the real problem is that when devices you own break, they might become very expensive paperweights (aka e-waste) as repairing them might cost more than the device is currently worth. And I believe Apple already has a program where they can recycle an iPhone back to spare parts without compensation as you describe.
- sschueller 4y agoThat small percentage of people who can't mark their phones as stolen is not zero but it's small enough for theives not to bother stealing a device which 9 out of 10 times is unusable. The upside however of being able to recover a non stolen phone is so much higher.