A report on the San Francisco Examiner said District Attorney George Gascón found this out when he discussed a kill-switch technology with Apple's government liaison Michael Foulkes.
"They preceded Tim Cook," Gascon was quoted in the report as saying of the two iPhones.
Gascón was pushing for a kill-switch technology that would permanently disable a mobile phone or tablet once it is reported stolen.
He had hoped this would discourage thefts and robberies of smartphones and tablets because a permanently disabled gadget would be much less attractive to thieves.
During his discussion of the subject with Foulkes, Gascon said he was told the next two generations of iPhones had already been developed.
Cook took over as Apple CEO after Jobs' death in 2011.
Gascón was pushing for a kill-switch technology that would permanently disable a mobile phone or tablet once it is reported stolen.
He had hoped this would discourage thefts and robberies of smartphones and tablets because a permanently disabled gadget would be much less attractive to thieves.
During his discussion of the subject with Foulkes, Gascon said he was told the next two generations of iPhones had already been developed.
Cook took over as Apple CEO after Jobs' death in 2011.
A separate report on Mashable said an iPhone had been involved in more than half of San Francisco’s robberies last year.
Presently, it said Apple allows users of stolen iPhones to remotely lock and wipe the gadgets —but not to permanently disable the device. — TJD, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
