Stealing iPhones vs. Android

This Professional Thief Stole 7 Phones in Minutes. But What Happens Inside Your Phone the Moment it's Snatched?

Let's compare iPhone vs. Android.

So on new Androids there is an AI powered "Theft Detection Lock". Your phone can sense if someone suddenly snatches your phone. Then it can sense if they try to run, bike, or drive away. If this motion pattern looks like theft, the phone goes on lockdown. Even after a factory reset, the thief can't set the phone up without a passcode or Google account details.

So what about the latest iPhone?
Well unless you have the optional settings switched on, nothing. But if they are switched on, the thief is only allowed to reset your phone, after "an additional window of time". So…

Sources: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9J-h_fNheW/ https://blog.google/products/android/android-theft-protection/
https://www.s-rminform.com/latest-thinking/the-phone-theft-crisis-can-our-phones-ever-be-secure
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/120340