Report: Apple Lost Another New iPhone in a Bar

[JMcEntegart]

Hi everyone, just a heads up, the article has been edited to clarify that the police searched his house with permission from the person in question. Sorry that this was not clearer before.

 

[acadia11]

Publicity stunt, apple the greatest marketing machine of the 21st century.

 

[Guest]

@littlebomb

what you talking about, everyone knows it be stamped on your forehead, you can always lose an arm, but not a head.....

 

[someonewhoknowsalittle]

Maybe better if Apple employees no longer take prototypes of unreleased Apple iPhones to bars? What will happen if some website owner gets a hold of it and lets everyone know that it has a better camera or two better cameras, a battery that lasts longer, a better antenna, a faster dual processor, a slimmer body, a greater capacity SSD? Will we be shocked. We sure as hell know that it won't have stereo speakers, a standard, mini or micro USB port, a port for a standard, mini or micro SD card, a user replaceable battery, a mini HDMI port, the ability to add RAM to it, the ability to replace the SSD by the user, the ability to run Flash video natively, the ability to run MS Office programs on it, etc. etc. etc. Worst of all, it probably won't have Steve Jobs presenting it to the world. That's what we'll miss the most.

 

[evo_7]

So does this mean that all you have to do to find out what Apple is working on is to buy their workers drinks at a bar and out~drink them? If so, Samsung, HTC and BB should really invest in a department whose sole responsibility is to just take Apple personnel to bars and let it flow from there. Given how Apple is the "black curtain" of the tech sector, I don't see this really as a publicity stunt.

 

[mlopinto2k1]

Holy shit these comments are ridiculous.

 

[legacy7955]

iBet it was a ghey bar too.

 

[legacy7955]

[citation][nom]mlopinto2k1[/nom]Holy shit these comments are ridiculous.[/citation]

They would be normally, but we are talking about Apple.

 

[alidan]

[citation][nom]eddieroolz[/nom]I suspect this may be a publicity stunt. The price paid is ridiculously cheap (cheaper than a functioning iPhone4).[/citation]

that would suggest the person just took it knowing its valuable, and fenced it, not everyone is able to tell the difference between iphone generations, nor care. [citation][nom]littlebomb[/nom]So now the police can search your house because a Corp. told them to? All those sci-fi plots are starting to come true.................hello future Repo men and big brother. Do I get the bard code on my left wrist or right?[/citation]

id love a barcode on people. that way you can scan it with your phone and find out what contagions they may have.

i believe doctor paciant confidentiality ends when you can infect someone else.

you have herpies, aids, or other stds that will never go away, i can the wrist and i know not to bother with you at a bar.

how many men/women have something but don't tell others about it?

 

[back_by_demand]

On a related note, Steve Jobs has been spotted cruising bars in 'Frisco looking for unsuspecting young men.

 

[kryzzay]

I call BS

 

[Vladislaus]

I wonder if I lost something if the police would raid peoples home in search for it.

 

[dragonsqrrl]

[citation][nom]dragonsqrrl[/nom]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNKS5KWPQf8[/citation]
lol... guess we don't have a sense of humor?

 

[fightingslu]

Some one steals from Apple and it probably takes two minutes after calling the cops to have half the police force cruising around town and barging into houses. Somebody stole my car, it takes the cops over an hour to show up

 

[Martin9630]

Nice one, lose the phone on purpose then sue the crap out of the poor guy who happens to find it.

 

[Geef]

Am I the only one who hasn't thought of the idea to goto Apple and say " If you put it in writing that you will give me 1million dollars I will tell you what I know about your lost phone " Once the cash is mine I then tell them what I've read online since thats all I really know about it and go on my merry way. 😛

 

[bin1127]

judging from the repeat of the same stunt, I suspect it will be a repeat of the same phone.

 

[sockso]

*rolls eyes* I'm sure it was an accident...

 

[anony2004]

Who says it was a mistake? Apple did it on purpose to intensify the hype even further; was this a hard one to decipher?

 

[zak_mckraken]

Another marketing stunt, or all Apple employees are drunk. Either way, if it's Apple-related, you're sure it will end on Tom's.