There aredownsidesto owning an Android telephone , but one unexpected vantage has emerged : thief are less likely to be interested in your property .
At the death of last month , KATVreports , a Washington human was surcharge at point , with the thief snatching the key to his wife ’s truck and the Isle of Man ’s smartphone . But here ’s where the story takes an unexpected turn : they looked at the earphone , apparently actualize it was an Android handset rather than an iPhone , and then returned it .
“ They essentially looked at that speech sound and was like ‘ Oh , that ’s an mechanical man ? We do n’t want this . I reckon it was an iPhone , ' ” said the human being ’s wife .
Of course , we ’re get a line this something like third - hand , and the word “ like ” is doing a heap of heavy lifting in that sentence . Depending on what on the dot was said I would have thought it was potential that the stealer were more dismayed by the condition or specification or unfamiliarity of the headphone than the dewy-eyed fact of its being based on the Android operating system . That said , the average Android handset is worth well less than the average iPhone , of course of action , but it would be interesting to have it off which Android headphone this was . Would thief be so prideful about aSamsung Galaxy S23 Ultra , for example ? I hypothecate we ’ll never know .
And before we go too far down the capricious “ is n’t life rummy ? ” road , it ’s worth abide in mind that the truck wasnotreturned , and as its owner mournfully noted , “ That was my income . That was the way I made money . I did Uber Eats and Instacart so , that was our livelihood . ” But at least he does n’t need to buy a fresh phone now .
