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post #11 of 38
9/2/11 at 1:29pm
Nothing about this story has made any sense whatsoever. First, how the guy came into possession of the phone was wholly unbelievable, then Apple is posing as police?? Really? I personally have a hard time believing any of it. But hey, if it's true, lay the smack down on em.
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post #12 of 38
9/2/11 at 1:29pm
No one would risk buying the prototype from an unkown. Too much bad publicity and legal issues. Plus the guy selling it better become famous and ride that because he will never have a good job again. This was all discusses last year, though.

And if Apple posed as police they are dead.
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9/2/11 at 1:49pm
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SF Weekly follows up with a new report today interviewing the man whose home was searched and suggesting that Apple security personnel may have posed as police officers during the search, a criminal offense. Alternatively, police officers may have improperly assisted in the investigation without properly documenting their work.
More like the whole story was contrived by all parties involved--Apple to generate hype/excitement over the next revision of the iPhone, the bar-owner to get free advertising (honestly, did anyone else read the initial "reports" of the lost iphone5? It had more blurbs about what kind of bar it was, and what food they offered, than details on the lost phone), and lastly the alleged person who was at the bar/had the phone. It's a big publicity stunt. No one from Apple was posing as police officers because the whole thing never took place except for in a word-processing document...
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post #14 of 38
9/2/11 at 2:07pm
"And in the news today, two people from Apple's security team, posing as police officers, tried to push their way into a person's home due to a prototype missing from an offsite location, and were murdered by the homeowner. No charges are being pressed, as everything was in due process and self defense."

And all of a sudden in the tech world, and quite expectedly, not a single "F" was given that day...

I mean, come on. Apple needs to throttle back on their butthurt. They shouldn't put irresponsible people out on the streets, losing their equipment, and certainly, shouldn't back it up by sending their goon lackeys to take it into their own hands, let alone, impersonate police officers in the process. I hope they get hit hard and heavy.... that, or maybe Steve Jobs can say iSorry for once.
Edited by zorpnic - 9/2/11 at 2:13pm
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9/2/11 at 2:10pm
holy cow. damnit I hate apple even more now. it reminds me of that movie whats it call anti trust!
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9/2/11 at 2:24pm
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Originally Posted by zorpnic View Post
"And in the news today, two people from Apple's security team, posing as police officers, tried to push their way into a person's home due to a prototype missing from an offsite location, and were murdered by the homeowner. No charges are being pressed, as everything was in due process and self defense."

And all of a sudden in the tech world, and quite expectedly, not a single "F" was given that day...

I mean, come on. Apple needs to throttle back on their butthurt. They shouldn't put irresponsible people out on the streets, losing their equipment, and certainly, shouldn't back it up by sending their goon lackeys to take it into their own hands, let alone, impersonate police officers in the process. I hope they get hit hard and heavy.... that, or maybe Steve Jobs can say iSorry for once.
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holy cow. damnit I hate apple even more now. it reminds me of that movie whats it call anti trust!
Do you people honestly believe that this ever even happened? It's a made-up story to give free advertising to Apple and the SF bar owner. None of the actions ever happened. No one had a lost iphone prototype, no one showed up to someone's door claiming to be police officers searching for an iphone because Apple tracked it down.

Read part of the original post of this from CNET:
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-20...one-exclusive/...after the phone was lost at San Francisco's Cava 22, which describes itself as a "tequila lounge" that also serves lime-marinated shrimp ceviche...
has nothing to do with the story, it's just blatant nonsensical advertising. More than likely, someone who works at Apple is buddies with the bar owner, and they were like, "dude, I have this AWESOME idea. You ready for it...?"
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9/2/11 at 2:25pm
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More like the whole story was contrived by all parties involved--Apple to generate hype/excitement over the next revision of the iPhone, the bar-owner to get free advertising (honestly, did anyone else read the initial "reports" of the lost iphone5? It had more blurbs about what kind of bar it was, and what food they offered, than details on the lost phone), and lastly the alleged person who was at the bar/had the phone. It's a big publicity stunt. No one from Apple was posing as police officers because the whole thing never took place except for in a word-processing document...
+1 This is all just hype, Apple couldn't just have the same lost iPhone story guys, they had to hold back options for the new story and voila you add "fake police" and make it a new story
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9/2/11 at 2:49pm
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Oh wow, Apple's getting desperate to generate hype.
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If it's true, Calderon is a damn idiot. lrn2billofrights, please
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9/2/11 at 3:23pm
this is just a rumor , people are too gullible .

Apple did not act like the FBI , just something to stir everyone up is all it is .

cos at the end of the day , its just a phone .. u call people , text . its not the be all and end all of human society .

one day very soon , everyone will have an iphone 5 and nobody will care about a lost prototype thats not even a retail unit . Its worth nothing , only to fan boys .
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