Why? Because it's worth money. Anything worth money will get stolen.

Case in point: Thieves stealing copper lines and wiring out of abandoned houses and on build sites to sell for drug/alcohol money

 

but from what i gathered from the at&t rep (who was very helpful and seemed to know what he was talking about) is that it can't be used again.

i don't know all the ins and outs of cell phones, nor do i care to, but if you steal a phone that can't be used again, what good is it?

 

but from what i gathered from the at&t rep (who was very helpful and seemed to know what he was talking about) is that it can't be used again.

It can be. There is a database for stolen phones, but few carriers really honor it - espeically overseas carriers.

Smartphone thefts are driving up street crime, so NYC and other cities are pushing for manufacturers to include a non-overridable way to brick the phone if it is ever stolen - this would dry up any demand for stolen phones.

Unfortunately, it's not that easy and current methods of bricking the phone are easily defeated.

 

somebody store states iPhone, she tracked it down to a house, cops rolled and asked for it back out they were going to get a search warrant. they gave it up, said they found it....out of net purse and tried to jailbreak it out something.

older couple even, not kids

 

At the very least? Parts. Some idiot will buy an iPhone off of craigslist if it's priced for $100 without checking first.

 

understood.

it just pisses me off someone steals someone else's shit. i never understood it. damn punks.

 

Welcome to the last few tens of thousands of years of human behavior.:giggle

 

You can find it. Google find my iPhone and you'll know where it is in seconds.

 

If you have it set up for your phone. You can't retroactively activate it.

 

Non-phone functions should still work. I thought those things were just iPods with phones in them. The iPod should still work fine, shouldn't it?

 

I think they can sell it to someone on China with no problems. Just think of it as your phone going back home.

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Worst case scenario, go to the apple store any they'll know exactly how to do it.

 

It can usually be activated on an overseas network. Also the glass front and back alone are worth at least a hundred to a shop that repairs broken iPhones.

 

Nope, if the IMEI is blocked it is useless. I bet it will be used for spares.

Why would anyone steal it? Money.

 

The real reason is because you let them-assuming your friend did not simply lose the phone. There's an asshole out there who will steal anything if you let them. Think about vandalism, which serves no purpose at all and yet occurs all the time. At least stealing something might make a few bucks.

 

useless or not. its a quick 20$ for someone.