In abstract
- Anecdotal proof that London thieves desire iPhones
- Tales of Samsung Galaxy telephones being handed again
- iPhones proceed to retain their worth
We’re undecided if Samsung Galaxy customers must be relieved or insulted by the information, however London’s prolific cellphone thieves are exhibiting a transparent choice for iPhones over different smartphone manufacturers.
Based on a report in London Centric (by way of Sammobile), anecdotal proof factors to a transparent hierarchy within the form of telephones focused by criminals within the UK capital.
One 32-year-old Londoner was not too long ago cornered by a gang of thieves within the south of town. After handing over all of his valuables to the crew (together with a digicam and a beanie), one of many thieves returned and handed again his cellphone. “Don’t need no Samsung,” was the reason given.
That’s proper – the poor chap’s hat was deemed as extra worthy of pinching than his cellphone. Ouch.
Luke Baker
Rejected by an e-bike snatcher
That is removed from an remoted incident, with the web site claiming that a number of Android customers had come ahead with related tales of cellphone model rejection.
One different humbled Android consumer had their Samsung Galaxy cellphone snatched by a younger man on an e-bike, solely to watch the youth cease, take a look at the cellphone, and “throw it on the ground”. The cellphone was safely retrieved, however with a curious accompanying sense of rejection.
The stolen cellphone market is clearly a profitable one, however it appears Apple’s premium telephones proceed to carry far higher worth than Samsung’s. That is regardless of the retail pricing – at the very least for the flagship Samsung Galaxy S25 vary – being just like their iPhone 17 equivalents.
All of which leads us to a slightly sudden conclusion: if you wish to cease your cellphone being pinched, contemplate shopping for a Samsung Galaxy.
It additionally makes us ponder that Steve Jobs’s well-known ‘actuality distortion area’, during which the Apple founder might seemingly persuade anybody of Apple’s inherent superiority, remains to be very a lot in impact – even with London’s petty criminals.