Where do all those stolen iPhones actually end up? According to a Financial Times investigation, many of them converge in one mysterious building in China—which has become a sort of unofficial magnet for missing phones from across North America and Europe. Forget detective novels: the journey of a pilfered iPhone might just be stranger than fiction.
The Feiyang Times Building: Ground Zero of Stolen Phones
Nestled in Huaqiangbei, a bustling subdistrict of Shenzhen right on the border with Hong Kong and home to the largest electronics marketplace in the world, stands the Feiyang Times Building—better known among those in the know as “the tower of stolen iPhones.” Suspicion about this tech hub has built thanks to Apple’s Find My app, which lets users locate their lost iPhones and, in some unfortunate cases, discover them all beeping in unison from this very commercial center.
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