Thieves rob DC Uber Eats driver, reject stolen android phone for not being iPhone
Thieves rob DC Uber Eats driver, reject stolen android phone for not being iPhone
A woman says she and her husband were robbed, having the car that they used to drive for Uber Eats taken.
She said the robbers were bold taking her husband’s phone, but then giving it back because it wasn’t to their liking.
“They basically looked at that phone and was like ‘Oh, that’s an Android? We don’t want this. I thought it was an iPhone,’” she said.
where do these stories come from? did this uber driver get robbed, report it to the police, and feel so offended that his android phone got rejected by the robber that he decided to call up some news station about it? because i'm trying to process the train of thought here between the robbery and alleged rejection and this news story being published. all i can think is that some online news editor believed it would generate a lot of clicks, but i'm still stuck on how some robbery victim who got their phone rejected for being the wrong brand thought it might feel the need to contact a news station about it.
The reporter tracked down the victims and did an interview. Found out what happened and used the odd fact as a basis and title for the story.
Perhaps the victim posted something on social media about the robbery, which was then picked up on by a journalist.
To be honest it is a rather bizarre situation to end up in, being rejected by a robber for not having good enough loot.
I thought iPhones where basically a brick if stollen.
I’ve seen cases where the thieves demand you to unlock your phone at gunpoint before leaving, so they can do whatever before you get a chance to remotely brick it.
they are, but many of their parts are valuable as after-market items, such as the screens and batteries.