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You're right, I hadn't thought of that. I think most phones now can be remotely disabled, right? This article from April says over 90,000 phones were stolen in
by kennyadam 3y ago
You're right, I hadn't thought of that.
I think most phones now can be remotely disabled, right? This article from April says over 90,000 phones were stolen in London UK alone last year: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/mobile-phone-thefts-robbery-london-police-crime-b1073286.html https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/mobile-phone-thefts-ro...
I'm sure a bunch of them were iPhones, so it still happens. I guess even if you just sell them for parts there's a lot of value in an iPhone and presumably that will be true for the Vision Pro too.
- soligern 3y agoYou can’t really sell them for parts either because each iPhone validates it’s particular components and can’t be switched into a different phone.
- mrguyorama 3y agoIt's still enough value that people still choose to steal iDevices
- selykg 3y agoI think it goes beyond that. Like, if you have Find My turned on, then you can't really sign into your own Apple ID on a device with Find My turned on. I think it's called Activation Lock. Basically, you can only sign back into that device with the same Apple ID. This is why trade in services (including Apple's) require you to turn off Find My. I think you even have to turn it off to send your device in for repair.