It seems the next two generations of the iPhone (presumably the iPhone 5S and the iPhone 6) have been design even before Tim Cook replaced Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO, according to a report.
The San Francisco Examiner reports about District Attorney George Gascón, “Gascón has been trying to persuade the telecommunications industry to implement technology that disables cellphones and tablets after they are reported stolen. He said the intention is to make devices such as iPhones, which were involved in half The City’s robberies last year, less attractive to thieves.”
Speaking about the talks with Michael Foulkes, government liaison of Apple, Gascón said, “It was very underwhelming. He did most of the talking. It was incredible. He would just go on and on, one subject to the next. It was hard to follow. It was almost like someone who’s been trained in the art of doing a lot of talking and saying nothing.”
Speaking about the two next generations of iPhones, he said, “They preceded Tim Cook.”
The news site adds, “Gascón said he doesn’t need to see the technology in the next iPhone, but simply wants a plan in place. He said industry insiders have told him the technology is possible.
“Last year, an industry solution that was agreed upon with the federal government and law enforcement agencies included implementing a national registry in which a theft victim can enter his or her phone’s identification number into a database.
“Service providers accessing that database can then deny any request to activate the phone. The registry’s effectiveness has limitations, however, because stolen phones can still be activated by carriers that are not participating in the registry and many devices are immediately shipped overseas for resale.
“Gascón speculated that the apparent lack of interest in implementing kill-switch technology is fueled by profits — once you lose a phone, he said, you have to buy a new one.”
Sadly, it wasn’t revealed what the two next generations of iPhones would look like or what they could do.
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