Visiting the local #Apple store today to try out the #visionpro. Two young men walk in and start yanking all #iphone and #ipad off display tables.

Staff tell customers to move to back of store. Security guards take videos, but wisely don't intervene. Police show up 5m later, but they're long gone.

Staffer, shaken, comes back. Says at least the tables didn't have too much inventory because they had the same thing happen YESTERDAY!

Pic of the display tables after.

@raminf and then you took off the headset, right?

@scyzoryk The demo was already done. I was waiting to talk to a staffer about a trade-in.

Funnily enough, there were two Vision Pros on display right up front. Those were not taken.

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Visiting the local #Apple store today to try out the #visionpro. Two young men walk in and start yanking all #iphone and #ipad off display tables.

Staff tell customers to move to back of store. Security guards take videos, but wisely don't intervene. Police show up 5m later, but they're long gone.

Staffer, shaken, comes back. Says at least the tables didn't have too much inventory because they had the same thing happen YESTERDAY!

Pic of the display tables after.

@raminf The mad thing is that iPhones on display in stores are not functional iPhones that will work in the real world, they are effectively "fake" and for show only
@raminf and then you took off the headset, right?

@scyzoryk The demo was already done. I was waiting to talk to a staffer about a trade-in.

Funnily enough, there were two Vision Pros on display right up front. Those were not taken.

@raminf why do they even call them security guards? Sounds like they are just professional witnesses.
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