Quite what anyone would do with a stolen handset is beyond me; they won’t have a contract, for starters, and the IMEI numbers will surely be known, so as soon as you turn one on it will be deactivated.

Time will tell what the new security measures are, but I suspect they will involve no longer leaving expensive handsets sitting on a table near the door.

Just for the record, I picked up an iPhone in the last few days from the 02 store, but I paid cash-money. Honest.