It is said that European thieves have reached a consensus that they can steal Chinese money and goods, but absolutely cannot steal Chinese mobile phones.
Take what happened in London in May this year, Oxford University Chinese students Bobby was stolen his mobile phone on the street, other people may have confessed, after all, London light Westminster area has more than 20,000 mobile phone theft cases, the police can not come.
After the case was by the British media, many netizens mocked: "This thief is afraid of not having done the homework, dare to steal Chinese mobile phones is purely self-destruction." "More interestingly, Milan Tang Street in 2022 caught a Moroccan thief, in the backpack searched for 3 mobile phones, two of which are Chinese girls, later only to know this young man is just entered new, old thieves are lazy to take him to play with him - in the circle of people said, "Steal Chinese mobile phones, purely find no pleasure."
Why are European thieves so "reliant" about Chinese phones? First of all, this anti-theft technology is simply blocking the thief's road to death. Take Xiaomi, their lost mode is opened, the phone is directly tied to the account, you want to close the phone? you want a password; you want to brush the machine? you still have to have a password. Even if the SIM card is removed, the virtual SIM in the phone can still be positioned on the network, even harsher is to wait three days after the closure of the lost mode to exit the account, want to sell quickly is absolutely impossible. Huawei, Oppo these brands are almost equal, the account activation lock is targeted, as long as the owner does not bother to fish the link, the thief gets the hand is the electronic "brick head".
On the other hand, although Apple phones also have activation locks, the "black technology" cracked in the European second-hand market has long been rampant. You can find a special person to unlock it for tens of euros, and you can sell it for a good price after changing hands. This is also why thieves prefer to stare at the iPhone.
In other words, the thief's case is to move forward and out, but Chinese mobile phones are stuck in the "unable to sell" corner.In the world second-hand mobile phone market, the iPhone is a recognized hard currency, even the old model a few years ago, in Eastern Europe and Africa's black market is not sold.But China's mobile phone is not the same, the flagship aircraft type most users go to the official exchange of old, rarely flow to the black market, can steal most of the low-end model, it was not worth the money.
What is even more troublesome is that the pricing is not accurate. A recycler in Zhongguancun can quote the same Huawei mobile phone from 500 yuan to 1000 yuan. How can European gangsters understand these tricks? Looking for a recycler may have to be "stabbed". You may earn money for a cup of coffee by working hard for a long time. A Chinese doing second-hand business in Paris revealed that they occasionally received stolen China mobile phones, but either they couldn't unlock them or they couldn't sell them at a high price. Later, they simply greeted the thief circle: "Don't send this to me. It's a waste of effort."
In addition, there is another point behind this that is easy to overlook: the usage habits of China mobile phone users. Europeans change their mobile phones frequently, and old mobile phones are often sold to recycling stores at random. However, half of the used mobile phones in China are idle at home, and only a small proportion enter professional recycling channels. This has led to the fact that there are very few China mobile phones circulating in the second-hand market in Europe. Even if thieves steal them, they will find it difficult to mix into normal circulation channels. They can only find the black market, but the black market is particularly harsh on the price of this "hot potato."
And the most to the thief, is the Chinese to the mobile phone “reverse speed”. now whose mobile phone is not bound bank card, WeChat payment treasures? once the phone is lost, the first time to remote lock, erase data, even if the thief is not caught on the spot, the mobile phone has become waste. Bobby in that case, he pursued the thief has already been positioned on the notebook, the thief just put the phone in the pocket, his location has been exposed. And the Chinese people are serious about privacy, many in the mobile phone is still open real-time sharing, friends family can see the location change immediately, really to track up, the thief wanted to get away.
Of course, this does not mean that Chinese people are absolutely safe in Europe. The thieves have only changed their targets, and they are now more focused on Chinese cameras, laptops and other luxury goods. Moreover, as the share of Chinese mobile phones in the global market increases, this "consensus" may gradually change. But for now, Chinese mobile phones do get a "theft-free privilege" because of their strong security ecosystem.
To put it bluntly, this "consensus" of European thieves is all forced out by reality_stealing China mobile phones, you have to fight with the anti-theft system first, and then grind with the recycling channel. If you are careless, you have to be positioned and grabbed. It is purely thankless. To put it deeper, this matter is actually a lateral proof of the progress of mobile phone technology in China. In the past, we had to worry about information leakage after the mobile phone was stolen, but now it makes thieves difficult.
Take what happened in London in May this year, Oxford University Chinese students Bobby was stolen his mobile phone on the street, other people may have confessed, after all, London light Westminster area has more than 20,000 mobile phone theft cases, the police can not come.
After the case was by the British media, many netizens mocked: "This thief is afraid of not having done the homework, dare to steal Chinese mobile phones is purely self-destruction." "More interestingly, Milan Tang Street in 2022 caught a Moroccan thief, in the backpack searched for 3 mobile phones, two of which are Chinese girls, later only to know this young man is just entered new, old thieves are lazy to take him to play with him - in the circle of people said, "Steal Chinese mobile phones, purely find no pleasure."
Why are European thieves so "reliant" about Chinese phones? First of all, this anti-theft technology is simply blocking the thief's road to death. Take Xiaomi, their lost mode is opened, the phone is directly tied to the account, you want to close the phone? you want a password; you want to brush the machine? you still have to have a password. Even if the SIM card is removed, the virtual SIM in the phone can still be positioned on the network, even harsher is to wait three days after the closure of the lost mode to exit the account, want to sell quickly is absolutely impossible. Huawei, Oppo these brands are almost equal, the account activation lock is targeted, as long as the owner does not bother to fish the link, the thief gets the hand is the electronic "brick head".
On the other hand, although Apple phones also have activation locks, the "black technology" cracked in the European second-hand market has long been rampant. You can find a special person to unlock it for tens of euros, and you can sell it for a good price after changing hands. This is also why thieves prefer to stare at the iPhone.
In other words, the thief's case is to move forward and out, but Chinese mobile phones are stuck in the "unable to sell" corner.In the world second-hand mobile phone market, the iPhone is a recognized hard currency, even the old model a few years ago, in Eastern Europe and Africa's black market is not sold.But China's mobile phone is not the same, the flagship aircraft type most users go to the official exchange of old, rarely flow to the black market, can steal most of the low-end model, it was not worth the money.
What is even more troublesome is that the pricing is not accurate. A recycler in Zhongguancun can quote the same Huawei mobile phone from 500 yuan to 1000 yuan. How can European gangsters understand these tricks? Looking for a recycler may have to be "stabbed". You may earn money for a cup of coffee by working hard for a long time. A Chinese doing second-hand business in Paris revealed that they occasionally received stolen China mobile phones, but either they couldn't unlock them or they couldn't sell them at a high price. Later, they simply greeted the thief circle: "Don't send this to me. It's a waste of effort."
In addition, there is another point behind this that is easy to overlook: the usage habits of China mobile phone users. Europeans change their mobile phones frequently, and old mobile phones are often sold to recycling stores at random. However, half of the used mobile phones in China are idle at home, and only a small proportion enter professional recycling channels. This has led to the fact that there are very few China mobile phones circulating in the second-hand market in Europe. Even if thieves steal them, they will find it difficult to mix into normal circulation channels. They can only find the black market, but the black market is particularly harsh on the price of this "hot potato."
And the most to the thief, is the Chinese to the mobile phone “reverse speed”. now whose mobile phone is not bound bank card, WeChat payment treasures? once the phone is lost, the first time to remote lock, erase data, even if the thief is not caught on the spot, the mobile phone has become waste. Bobby in that case, he pursued the thief has already been positioned on the notebook, the thief just put the phone in the pocket, his location has been exposed. And the Chinese people are serious about privacy, many in the mobile phone is still open real-time sharing, friends family can see the location change immediately, really to track up, the thief wanted to get away.
Of course, this does not mean that Chinese people are absolutely safe in Europe. The thieves have only changed their targets, and they are now more focused on Chinese cameras, laptops and other luxury goods. Moreover, as the share of Chinese mobile phones in the global market increases, this "consensus" may gradually change. But for now, Chinese mobile phones do get a "theft-free privilege" because of their strong security ecosystem.
To put it bluntly, this "consensus" of European thieves is all forced out by reality_stealing China mobile phones, you have to fight with the anti-theft system first, and then grind with the recycling channel. If you are careless, you have to be positioned and grabbed. It is purely thankless. To put it deeper, this matter is actually a lateral proof of the progress of mobile phone technology in China. In the past, we had to worry about information leakage after the mobile phone was stolen, but now it makes thieves difficult.