Due to the particularity of American society, there have been incidents of smashing and looting in many cities in the United States recently, which has also caused some trouble to Apple's Apple Store. In order to change this phenomenon, foreign media reported that Apple filed a "mechanical system patent for protecting iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch" to the US Patent and Trademark Office, which will also put an end to the current rampant "zero yuan purchase" phenomenon.
Apple retail store display machine anti-theft grab new patent exposure
Look closely, this mechanical system is similar to the display shelves of domestic mobile phone stores. Products such as mobile phones and tablets will be connected to the table by magnetic field wires, and compared with the thin ropes currently used in the Apple Store, the fixed brackets and magnetic field wires are stronger, so they are less likely to be cut by thieves.
Some netizens commented that although this move can reduce the risk of mobile phone theft, it also loses the user's experience to a certain extent, after all, the user cannot understand the grip of the real machine through this way, and whether it is suitable for their own use. In addition, some overseas users said that at present, some of Apple's authorized dealers are using this anti-theft solution, but Apple's own Apple Store has not yet adopted this anti-theft solution.