18.11.2009 08:20 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

Stolen iPhones: Worth 2 Millions Euro

One of the most important case of stolen iPhone has been recorded in Willebrouck, Flemish part of Belgium. Thieves were particularly well informed to enter the storage place and to steal 4,000 iPhones units dedicated to the Belgium carrier Mobistar. If this is the proof that such device is very popular, it might well be difficult for those thieves to be able to sell those units properly. Indeed, all stolen units are known and identified for Apple and Mobistar, so it will be easy to block them all. Even tough one could use them after a jailbreak, the IMEEI and the ICCID will be presented available for carriers and it would be easy to spot stolen iPhone and its owner via his subscription plan. Of course, those stolen iPhone will soon appear on auction places, and being originally Belgium model, they are by default SIM unlocked, however, this procedure is in fact completed when the iPhone is activated, and depending on the serial number of the iPhone 

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