Did Apple Impersonate Police To Recover the Lost iPhone 5?

zacharye writes "This whole lost iPhone 5 prototype story just got whole lot more interesting. According to SF Weekly, six investigators claiming to be members of the San Francisco police department descended upon one Bernal Heights, San Francisco man's home in search of a lost iPhone 5 prototype that CNET originally reported had been left in a bar. The scary part? The SFPD does not seem to be aware of such an investigation. Instead, it appears as though they may have actually been members of Apple's security team allegedly impersonating police officers." So far this claim seems to be developing solely through media communications; in order for the SFPD to start an investigation, the man whose house was searched would need to speak with the police directly. Update: 09/03 12:14 GMT by S : A later report indicates police were present, but they stood outside while Apple employees searched the house. No police report was filed because Apple wanted it kept a secret.

Comments

"Impersonate" is probably too strong

[Anonymous Coward]

It all depends on what they said and did. A lot of people mistake private security for police, but it doesn't mean they're impersonating them.

Re:None of it ever happened. Marketing Hype.

[icebike]

More likely, Mr Sergio Calderon realized this is the perfect time for a sequel to the iPhone 4 found-in-a-bar story and simply made the whole thing up, and Apple had nothing to do with the story at all.

There isn't a shred of proof the visit or the search ever happened.

I'm pretty sure Apple would come up with something more clever than this juvenile stunt which serves go give them a black eye rather than build demand for the iPhone 5.