Recently, there has been a wave of mobile phone robbery cases in London, but what is interesting is that the criminals seem to have become "Apple fans", focusing only on iPhones and showing little interest in other brands. The crime of "snatching" even has its own term - "Apple picking". As the name suggests, thieves prefer Apple phones. In London, this trend is becoming more and more obvious. More and more crime scenes show that thieves are specifically targeting Apple users, which makes Android owners have mixed feelings.
A victim named Mark was robbed by a thief on an electric bicycle outside the company. As he watched the thief flee, he noticed that the thief stopped to check his cell phone and then threw it to the ground. "I got my phone back, unscathed, only my self-esteem was bruised." Mark said helplessly, "I feel like I and my phone have been 'disliked'."
A similar thing happened to another victim, Sam. In January this year, he was attacked by eight men outside a Royal Mail warehouse and had his belongings looted. But when the thief left, someone actually returned the phone to Sam and said, "I don't want the Samsung one."
Why do you prefer apples? The reason is actually not difficult to understand. The value of Apple mobile phones in the second-hand market is much higher than that of other brands. For thieves, they naturally give priority to the most profitable products. Although the London police do not publicly calculate the ratio of iPhones to Android thefts, security experts and Android users have noticed this trend.
Another victim, Simon, who was almost robbed, encountered a "polite" thief. Someone took the initiative to strike up a conversation and asked if he had a Spotify account. Simon thought the other person wanted to recommend music. As a result, he took out his Samsung mobile phone, and the other party instantly lost interest and turned away. Only then did Simon realize that he was the target of the robbery.