Nokia Tops Stolen Handset Lists New research by the Midlands Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice at the UK's Loughborough University has identified a mobile phone "Top Ten" hit list, and urges consumers and the mobile phone industry to increase their anti-theft efforts. The study showed that almost half of all mobile phones stolen in 2005 were Nokia. Sony Ericsson, Samsung and Motorola make up most of the rest on the mobile hit list. Using data from over 100,000 stolen phone crimes in London, the Loughborough research team found that in December 2005, the Nokia 6230 was top on the most stolen list, followed by the Motorola Razr, the Samsung D500 and the Sony Ericsson K750i. The inspiration for the study was the Home Office's successful Car Crime Index, which prompted improved anti-theft designs in the car industry. The study, part of a project directed by Professor Graham Farrell which looks at designing-out phone theft, was published this week in the journal 'Justice of the Peace'. The research looked at crimes recorded in Greater London during 2005 using data provided by the police National Mobile Phone Crime Unit. Jen Mailley, lead author on the study, said: "Mobile phone theft has been increasing when many types of crime have been falling for years." However the study's authors caution that it does not necessarily show which mobiles are more crime-prone than others. "The top ten charts are a step in the right direction though," says Mailley, "because they empower consumers with information, which should stimulate anti-crime design efforts by the mobile phone industry." The study was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. http://www.cellular-news.com/story/18660.php
It dosen't help that Nokias are easy to unlock. But it really is just in the numbers. All most all of the foreign collage students we get here in Laughlin on work programs have Nokias. Nokias market share has been slipping, but their phones seem to last twice as long as most others.
Good point... I almost never see anyone with a nonGSM Nokia in my city although the number of GSM users heavily outnumber CDMA in the world. Only when I visit Atlanta, I see everyone talking on the Nokia 2270 or Nokia 2125(?), both on MetroPCS. I'm not picturing people wanting to steal these pieces of equipment lol. In Tallahassee, its the 6010 or one the the camera-flips on Cingular. Maybe it is the positive perception of Nokia in the marketplace (quality and value in the states; quality availability and prestige overseas) (?)
but in the UK the IMEI's are blacklisted (that is not done in the USA) and they cant be activated... so in reality its a moot point
might be a moot point for you, but not us, here in the usa. edit, i knew they were blacklisted somewhere, and now i know where.
Which is probably why the stolen phones are being shipped to other countries and resold.:browani: The US needs to institute an IMEI blacklist... I've wondered for years why they haven't yet.
on ATT TDMA service the ESN was placed on a list when reported stolen or lost...and removed if the phone was found ... by doing this if I lost my phone and you found it some time later you could not activate it on ATT... but you could with suncom (suncom didnt SOC lock their digital handsets... compatable equipment ....different database) ...when GSM became the vogue the carriers protected the sim (thats the billing for airtime) and really dont give a rats a** about the phone... they get to sell you another the carriers here wont get together to maintain a lost/stolen database as it would cut into equipment sales and reduce profits
