APPLE
PICKING
HUFFINGTON
03.24.13
SWIPE
How the iPhone Became an Object Worth Killing For
By GERRY SMITH
MARTIN GEE
WHEN SUNAH YANG BOUGHT AN iPHONE
for her brother two years ago, she warned him about the white
earbuds. ¶ Never wear them at night, she told him. They make you
a target for thieves. ¶ “Obviously, he didn’t listen,” she said in a
recent interview. ¶ Around midnight on April 19, 2012, Hwangbum
Yang, a 26-year-old Korean immigrant and aspiring chef, finished
work as a cook at an upscale Manhattan restaurant. He rode the No.
1 train uptown to the Bronx and started walking home in the rain.