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iPhone 3G hopefuls should hit the gym

Categories: Apple, iPhone, Videos
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, June 21st, 2008 at 3:10 PM

And maybe take up some sort of martial arts training.

Or, at the very least, watch your back for iPhone-targeting, low-life, wannabe thugs looking to pry that beautiful iPhone from your cold, dead hands.

You see, there seems to be a shift from the old days where people were getting mugged for their iPods to people today, where people are getting assaulted for their iPhones. The video below shows an innocent bus-passenger getting the proverbial daylight beaten out of him by an attacker that had his sights set on nabbing a new iPhone.

While the video clearly shows the assailant grabbing for the iPhone, the victim claims that the attack was a “hate crime.” In either case, the teenaged attacker got away with nothing more than the clothes on his back.

The victim here wasn’t even attacked for an iPhone 3G, ’twas a lowly first-generation iPhone. Start hitting the gym and brushing up on your self-defense tactics (or at least perfect your groin-kicking “skills”) in preparation to fend off potential attackers, your new iPhone 3G could prove tempting to potential muggers out there.
[Via: Macenstein]

About The Author

Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • Anon

    Better jump on google maps for the nearest hospital location.

  • Raidium

    lol. Wow… For some reason I’m laughing at this! I’m surprised that noone tried to help. I know if I was there, my foot would meet the back of that guys head!

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