Mugger Rejects Victims' Non-iPhones

If you're worried about getting your phone snatched on a dark sidewalk, here's a top security tip: don't own an iPhone. A spat of attempted phone-jackings at Columbia University have one thing in common: thugs don't want your Android.

New York's NBC 4 reports the case of this particularly picky thieves, one of which is depicted above, on the prowl for iOS devices:


The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently didn't want a Droid — so they took cash instead.

Cash they used to buy an iPhone, I guess. I mean, what are they going to do with that Droid? It can't even run Instagram. Apparently, the smartphone crime rejection is having a rough effect on the typically thick-skinned Ivy Leaguers: "It's insulting they don't want my BlackBerry," said a female student.

I can understand a criminal not being able to navigate MOTOBLUR, but not even taking a BlackBerry? You could at least use it to bludgeon your next victim with. [NBC 4 via MaxPC]