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A man's new iPhone 5S was stolen in Apple's flagship London store just seconds after he bought it this morning. Despite more than a dozen cops turning up at the packed Regent Street shop - where the latest mobe went on sale today at 0800 BST - an enterprising pickpocket managed to swipe the gear. The Register understands the …

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    1. Yet Another Anonymous coward Silver badge
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      Re: Gold, Silver, Bronze or ... Silver versus low rent?

      Back in the day of real cameras the makers would charge a premium for the black version over the silver.

      People thought the black one looked more professional - and people would rather look like a paparazzi than just some rich idiot that bought the latest fashionable shiny toy

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    2. Kintaeb
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      Re: Gold, Silver, Bronze or ... Silver versus low rent?

      Or it could be that the 5c is selling well, but the fact that it is made in a lot more volume that the 5s due to it being based on the mature (year old) iPhone 5 platform with readily available components (not new and still ramping up A7 processor or shiny new and reportedly hard to make sapphire glass fingerprint sensor). Even if the 5c wildly outsells the 5s, it just means that there is not a lot to talk about as it is not really new...

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  2. Neil Porter

    5S is still available in Carphone Warehouse

    and no doubt other phone retailers

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  3. i like crisps
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    The Bravest Pickpocket In The Whole World!!!

    This chap or chapette pickpocketed a Zombie in a Shop full of Zombies!!!

    They must really Kick Arse on Resident Evil...

    ....Itchy...Tasty......

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    1. Daniel B.
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      Re: The Bravest Pickpocket In The Whole World!!!

      He was packed chock full o' green&red herb mixtures, I s'pose...

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  4. David 45

    Hyped "rarity".

    Well......if people are daft enough to fall for all the over-blown hype from Apple and pay through the nose for a grossly over-priced product from such a ruthless company, then I have no sympathy. They almost deserve to be relieved of their gold-plated product.....Er.....What's that? It's NOT gold plated? Always thought that ALL Apple products were, judging by the bloated and insane prices that their products are sold for. Still, gotta keep the management in the style they're accustomed to.

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    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Hyped "rarity".

      Fuckwit.

      How do you know this guy hasn't saved his pennies for some period of time, and is not purchasing his first iPhone?

      You don't, you are just another moron who probably cannot afford one and doesn't have the will to save the money to pay for one. People who think that Apple products are expensive are deluded. Apple's products represent an excellent value proposition, which seems to be evidenced by the number sold.

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  5. Rob 5

    In other news...

    ... Police are staking out the victim's house, in the hope of nabbing the thief when he comes back for the chap's finger.

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  6. Anonymous Coward
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    Sluts.

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  7. dssf
    Joke

    Getting free cops to cover a product launch is like

    Getting free cordon blue to cover

    marketing free cordon bleu...

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  8. Anonymous Coward
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    Having no pre-order means queues. Back to the old "PR" tactics then.

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  9. El_Fev

    You know whats funny...

    I'm willing to put cold hard cash and bet that 99.99% of the people posting on this thread don't even have an IPhone you sad sad twats lol Why do you care its not your money or your phone LOL

    #You do realize you come over as sad gits gutted that the pretty girl won't go out with you yet again , don't you ??

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    1. John H Woods Silver badge
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      Re: You know whats funny...

      "You do realize you come over as sad gits gutted that the pretty girl won't go out with you yet again , don't you ??"

      I suppose you think Jeremy Clarkson disses the Vauxhall Vectra because he can't afford one, rather than because he is relatively knowledgable about cars, passionately interested in them, and is opinionated enough to express a view that he has developed as a result?

      Most of the people here dissing the iPhone could have bought one for cash on launch day, for goodness sake. who do you think the commentarderate are if not mostly relatively well-paid IT professionals? It is perfectly valid for you to believe the anti-Apple and anti-iPhone sentiments you see are wrong, just as people may feel about JC's opinion about the VV; but to suggest they can only originate from envy arising from inability to afford one (or the lack of foresight that they might sell out) appears to indicate a very severe lack of understanding on your part.

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      1. peter_dtm
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        Re: You know whats funny... John H Woods

        and as IT proffessionals they have absolutely no clue why the NON proffesional keeps buying Apple.

        Walk into (Apple) shop.

        Buy iDevice

        it just works

        compare that with the pain of windows/*nix

        and the struggles my son appears to have periodically with his android phone (now on the 3rd free replacement inside a year ..)

        NON IT people don't give a dam about all the good geek reasons for disliking iDevices; when the customer experience is 99% reliability compared with a (percieved) 60% reliability from the opposition

        Most people here dissing iPhones seem to have never done a use case of the AVERAGE block/ette in the street (or even on the Clapham Omnibus)

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        1. John H Woods Silver badge
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          "Most people here dissing iPhones seem to have never done a use case of the AVERAGE block/ette in the street (or even on the Clapham Omnibus)"

          My wife uses an iPhone, and is a total fangirl. Here's a couple of recent use cases for you

          (1) How do I ring this number of someone who has messaged me?

          Press and hold the message. No? Oh.

          (2) *looking at missed call* How come I have managed to block some caller?

          Ah, let me see. *fiddles for several minute looking for list of Blocked Callers, then Googles*. Ah, you can't actually block callers on iOS6 (without an app), it's Apple-ese for Withheld Number.

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      2. Anonymous Coward
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        Re: You know whats funny...

        Jeremy Clarkson is as "relatively knowledgable about cars" as Android users are about Iphones.

        Yup, sounds about right. He can't drive for toffee, as most of the work you see is with standin drivers.

        If it doesn't go around a track sideways nicely, then it's a poor car according to Clarkson.

        Top Gear stopped being a motoring show many many moons ago, because they are boring. It's an entertainment show. Koenisegg Hundra anyone? Right now get 6 scouts and 6 sets of backpacks in it, not such a great car for those requirements is it?

        Trouble is, most normal cars meet most peoples requirements nowadays. There is very little, aside from badge snobbery between an Audi, BMW, Merceded and Jaguar 4 door saloon now. They are all more than capable of motorway speeds. Most are limited to 155mph. Most are very comfortable, and will take 4 people in that comfort many miles.

        Most will never ever been driven on a track, by someone as capable as the Stigg, so how fast it goes round duxford airfield is irrelevent to most people.

        Same as your opinion on why other people shouldn't buy a phone that you didn't.

        Do you go to BMW forums and tell them they should have bought Audis? We can all pontificate why one is better than the other, whilst others buy one and get on driving it. Buy a phone that meets your requirements, get on with life.

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        1. Anonymous Coward
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          Re: You know whats funny...most normal cars meet most peoples requirements nowadays.

          And then you quote a lot of expensive badges. But in fact, the trouble is that on normal roads, almost 100% of the time, much cheaper cars than German and Chinese makes will cruise all day on motorways carrying 4 or 5 people plus dog and luggage. In fact, some of them appear to be, embarrassingly, more reliable than the expensive badges (though I believe Mercedes is about as reliable as Toyota). And some of them will go places that those expensive rear wheel drive cars won't - remember the people who got stuck on ice because their traction controls wouldn't apply power to the rear wheels?

          I think I agree with your basic point, which is that just about all of the more expensive modern phones do things about equally well, with the odd special quirk. But the biggest phone maker, Samsung, is a Hyundai rather than a Jaguar, in market terms. And Windows Phone is definitely Ford.

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    2. Matt_payne666
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      Re: You know whats funny...

      Well i have an old iPhone 4 in the car for music.... So im not a twat :) and been an iphone user since nearly 5 years ago and i care enough to comment... I also could have bought a 5s on release day, but i didn't and wouldn't out of principle

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  10. Martin Maloney
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    "iQueue ... Punters line up outside Glasgow's Apple Store this morning"

    "iQueue ... Punsters line up outside Glasgow's Apple Store this morning"

    There -- fixed it for you.

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  11. zanto
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    as easy as.....

    Taking hay from a sheep

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  12. CmdrX3

    Some demand although

    ... how much I don't know. I went in today as my son wanted one. The O2 I went to didn't receive a single 5S and told me the 5C were selling like hotcake, and they had sold 70 of them but they still have some in stock.. no thank you. I popped over the aisle to the Three store. They received 10 5S phones and still had two of them left of which I took one. They had plenty of 5C's and couldn't get them budged out the door. I told her the O2 store had sold 70 which she didn't believe. She said their demand for either phone hadn't been that great, which I would tend to believe, considering they had only sold eight since yesterday's release and they had a large "2 iPhone 5S signs left" outside the shop, which is in one of Belfast most popular and busy shopping centres.

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    1. Lost in Cyberspace
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      Re: Some demand although

      Many carrier stores had stock. The O2 website also had stock (mine arrives Monday).

      Perhaps people weren't prepared to take a risk by ending up somewhere with no stock, so queuing at an Apple store seemed the safest bet...

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  13. pctechxp

    Robust security not really in Apple's interest

    They know that a good proportion of their customers will not switch to anything else so:

    1. The customer's new iPhone gets nicked, they (or possibly their insurance) buys a new one so that's possibly over a grand in revenue from one customer.

    2. In the UK at least networks are supposed to block IMEI numbers of stolen handsets to prevent them authenticating against UK networks and so being used but this may not apply to all parts of the globe so if the phone gets sent overseas it can be used and this also means Apple can still sell apps for the device.

    It's a win-win for them.

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  14. Anonymous Coward
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    "as thieves are on the lookout for the distinctive new mobes"

    Distinctive? Really? They all look the same, like their users think the same.

    They would not know what design was if Jonny Ive was smacked in the face (would love too!, just for being a tw*t)

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  15. Caesarius
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    Would I steal an iPhone?

    I wouldn't go for an iPhone because it doesn't really invite me to take it apart and see how it works, play with it, and use it for something completely different. Of course, I'd never steal anything (1), but I don't have the inclination to start with iPhones.

    Do you think the thief took the 5S just to spite the fanbois? That would be another emotion for which I have no sympathy: I wish Apple users all the best, hopefully as they enjoy shiny new technology which largely works as expected.

    Sorry: I sympathise with the poor chap who had his phone stolen. We have to live with finite risk in all areas, and it's not pleasant when we take a hit.

    (1) What, *never* ?! Well, hardly ever..

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  16. RyokuMas
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    What was the victim's name?

    Does he exist? Or is this all a big PR stunt?

    Mine's the one with the tinfoil hat in the pocket... :)

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