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Those are new in-box unactivated phones, completely unrelated to personal theft and activation lock.
by aikinai 4y ago
Those are new in-box unactivated phones, completely unrelated to personal theft and activation lock.
- Xylakant 4y agoIt’s not related to personal theft, but to activation lock. Apple can (and will) lock these phones as well.
- aikinai 4y agoOh yeah, good point. I can’t imagine how that’s worth it then…
- Xylakant 4y agoThey will sell the hardware to unwitting victims as new via eBay, Craigslist, … and disappear before the victim figures it out. It is a new iPhone in the original shrinkwrap - who’d become suspicious?
- olliej 4y agoA cheap sealed boxed iPhone off craigslist or eBay seems like something I'd be suspicious of.
- coldtea 4y agoYou'd be surprised. If you mean "suspicious that it might have been stolen", the buyers are suspicious too, but they don't care, they're fine with it if it means they get it for cheaper.
- olliej 4y agoIs that something that is happening? I would have thought it would have been in the news before if apple had been doing that.