Apple has a problem. His shops attract more and more thieves

When the word Apple Store comes to mind, most of us think of a modernly furnished, airy and generally very positive space, in which we can admire the vast majority of products available from the company with a bitten apple in its logo. Apple has been working on its stores for years. Behind the appearance of each of them is a great effort both from the point of view of design and from the point of view of the psychology of visitors, who should feel as good as possible here. In recent years, however, it has been shown that the design of stores presents one significant danger - stealing a displayed product is not difficult.

Thefts in Apple stores have always been there, but in recent months their intensity has increased and in some places they have become an unpleasant regularity. Apple has recently had the biggest problem with thieves in the US, more precisely in the metropolitan area called the Bay Area. In the last two weeks, there have been a total of five thefts here, and it was certainly not the theft of any small items.

The latest incident took place on Sunday, when an organized quartet of thieves robbed the Apple Store on Burlingame Avenue. The theft took place before 50:1,1 in the morning and the thieves managed to steal more than XNUMX thousand dollars worth of electronics (more than XNUMX million crowns) in thirty seconds. The four took away most of the phones on display and some Macs. They managed to dispose of the protective cables and were gone within half a minute. According to CCTV footage, it is most likely an organized group targeting Apple stores.

As for stolen products, they will stop working the moment they are out of range of the WiFi network they are connected to in the store. This is how Apple makes sure just for these cases - stolen devices are basically inoperable afterwards. Thieves can thus cash them either from inconsistent buyers who do not inspect the purchased iPhone/Mac sufficiently, or after disassembly for spare parts.

Potentially more serious could be Apple's response if similar incidents continue to proliferate. Given the growing trend, it's only a matter of time before Apple responds in some way. Apple stores have always targeted the customer in the sense that they had the imaginary freedom to try out the piece of hardware they were looking at in peace and examine it in detail. However, this may change over time if similar incidents become more frequent.