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Nearly two-fifths of robberies in London last year were for mobile phones
(www.theguardian.com)
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Genuine question, don't both iPhones and Androids lock out users if they're unable to provide the password? In that case are most of these stolen phones sold for parts?
That's a feature to protect user data not to prevent the phone being reused. Wipe the device and it's brand new (unless the device ID is reported and the phone blacklisted by the networks somehow, but that relies on the owner and the authorities being faster than the thieves, I'd imagine).
Even if they're blocked I think that only applies to certain countries too. So they likely just get sent abroad and used there!
My info on IMEI blacklisting is probably out of date, but it used to be that different regions operated their own lists (since phones were normally sold for a specific region).
That meant that stolen phones would often just get shipped abroad, even with a bar in place for the UK.