Apple's Find my iPhone fingers a phone finagler
Over 100 attendees of the Coachella music festival in Southern California this weekend were separated from their mobile devices by a pickpocket working the crowds. Fortunately, Apple's Find My iPhone feature saved the day by helping locate the pilfered phones, allegedly nabbed by Reinaldo De Jesus Henao of New York.
Reinaldo De Jesus Henao (left) is accused of stealing over 100 phones (right)
According to a report by the LA Times, more than 100 iPhone and Android users at the music festival were victimized by a single pickpocket.
Some of those who'd discovered they'd been robbed began tracking their lost devices using Find My iPhone, an iCloud service designed to locate missing iPhones.
"Some people inside the venue noticed that their phones were missing, so they used the app, you know, Find My iPhone, or however they were tracking it," noted Indio Police Department public information officer Sergeant Dan Marshall.
Astute iPhone users ended up saving the day, not just for their fellow iOS users but also the Android victims at the event.
The report stated that "tech-savvy festivalgoers followed the suspect around until he was detained by festival security workers."
Marshall reported that "enough people pinpointed it to this person, they notified security, they looked around, they saw a person with a backpack, they detained him and then they called us. When we got there, we discovered these hundred-plus cellphones in his backpack."
Police arrested 36 year old Reinaldo De Jesus Henao of New York, who was charged with possession of stolen property and grand theft.
As Los Angles resident Todd M. pointed out, Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, after having been bitten by Apple.
Reinaldo De Jesus Henao (left) is accused of stealing over 100 phones (right)
According to a report by the LA Times, more than 100 iPhone and Android users at the music festival were victimized by a single pickpocket.
Some of those who'd discovered they'd been robbed began tracking their lost devices using Find My iPhone, an iCloud service designed to locate missing iPhones.
"Some people inside the venue noticed that their phones were missing, so they used the app, you know, Find My iPhone, or however they were tracking it," noted Indio Police Department public information officer Sergeant Dan Marshall.
Astute iPhone users ended up saving the day, not just for their fellow iOS users but also the Android victims at the event.
The report stated that "tech-savvy festivalgoers followed the suspect around until he was detained by festival security workers."
Marshall reported that "enough people pinpointed it to this person, they notified security, they looked around, they saw a person with a backpack, they detained him and then they called us. When we got there, we discovered these hundred-plus cellphones in his backpack."
Police arrested 36 year old Reinaldo De Jesus Henao of New York, who was charged with possession of stolen property and grand theft.
As Los Angles resident Todd M. pointed out, Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, after having been bitten by Apple.
Comments
And it it has no real tie-in to the story.
Please no more of this.
And as the majority of commenters have noted, the analogy was not apt. So, it's not as clever as you seem to think.
Would be REALLY nice feature to have in iPhone if it could continue sending GPS location to iCloud using some kind of ultra-low power mode, ideally powered by a small spare battery or an ultra-capacitor.
Edit: Apple News has just revealed the original headline you guys were complaining about. And there's me thinking it was the current one - which seems tame in comparison - but still comes off as trying too hard. Sorry.
Still trying to figure out.
Sounds like it would only make sense though if on the third day he rose again.
if so, very troubling. And no it wasn't clever. It was an attempt at being clever without having any real genius behind it. Kind of a shame as most of his stuff is well researched