“A pair of would-be robbers targeting Columbia students in upper Manhattan seem to be rather picky as they prowl,” Katy Tur reports for NBC New York.
“Twice at 526 114th St., and once at 556 114th St., the suspects demanded the victims hand over their iPhones, police said,” Tur reports. “The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn’t want a Droid — so they took cash instead. ‘I think it speaks to the resale value of an iPhone,’ one student on the Columbia campus said. ‘It’s insulting they don’t want my BlackBerry,’ said a female student. ‘I don’t like mine,’ said another student. ‘I’m waiting to get an iPhone myself.'”
Tur reports, “In each case, the suspects got away. Police hope someone will recognize them in a newly released surveillance video.”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: And there you have the sole reason to get a pretend iPhone: Discerning thieves. Let’s be careful out there.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Art” for the heads up.]