Contrary to previous statements, the San Francisco Police Department now says it did assist Apple in searching for a missing iPhone prototype, reports SF Weekly.
An earlier report suggested that Apple may have impersonated police officers to enter and search the home of Sergio Calderón. The 22 year-old claimed that six individuals showed up to his door and identified themselves as SFPD but the police denied any involvement.
San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield now tells SF Weekly that "three or four" SFPD officers accompanied two Apple security officials to Calderón's home.
Dangerfield says that, after conferring with Apple and the captain of the Ingleside police station, he has learned that plainclothes SFPD officers went with private Apple detectives to the home of Sergio Calderón, a 22-year-old resident of Bernal Heights. According to Dangerfield, the officers "did not go inside the house," but stood outside while the Apple employees scoured Calderón's home, car, and computer files for any trace of the lost iPhone 5. The phone was not found, and Calderón denies that he ever possessed it.
It's unclear if Apple ever did manage to find the device. If not, there really could be an iPhone 5 prototype in the wild.
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An earlier report suggested that Apple may have impersonated police officers to enter and search the home of Sergio Calderón. The 22 year-old claimed that six individuals showed up to his door and identified themselves as SFPD but the police denied any involvement.
San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield now tells SF Weekly that "three or four" SFPD officers accompanied two Apple security officials to Calderón's home.
Dangerfield says that, after conferring with Apple and the captain of the Ingleside police station, he has learned that plainclothes SFPD officers went with private Apple detectives to the home of Sergio Calderón, a 22-year-old resident of Bernal Heights. According to Dangerfield, the officers "did not go inside the house," but stood outside while the Apple employees scoured Calderón's home, car, and computer files for any trace of the lost iPhone 5. The phone was not found, and Calderón denies that he ever possessed it.
It's unclear if Apple ever did manage to find the device. If not, there really could be an iPhone 5 prototype in the wild.
Read More