The devices are worth about $370.000 USD

Nov 3, 2017 02:33 GMT  ·  By

Apple's iPhone X is finally here, and the company is stocking its Apple Store shops across the globe for the big launch, yet it looks like thieves are onto them and have already stolen 300 units from a UPS truck.

According to CNET and other local media outlets, thieves managed to stole 313 iPhone X units, estimated at $370,000 USD, straight from a UPS truck that was parked in front of an Apple Store in San Francisco, US.

The reports say the theft happened in less than 15 minutes, between 11:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. PT, as three men in hoodies, driving a white Dodge van, broke into the UPS truck and stole all 313 iPhone X units that were in the UPS truck.

"Each phone was cataloged with a description and serial number, which meant the police report was one of the "fattest" Sgt. Paul Weggenmann had ever seen, he said," states CNET's report on the matter.

Janitor witnessed the theft and even took a photo of the thieves

It appears that the theft was witnessed by a janitor, who managed to take a photo of the three thieves unloading the UPS truck of iPhone X boxes and putting them in their gateway van, though the police haven't released it to the media yet.

Most probably these devices will pop-up on sale on eBay and the black market in the coming days, which means police officers will have a hard time tracking them through the serial numbers, but, unfortunately, the San Francisco hoodies won't be caught, yet.

iPhone X is launching tomorrow, November 3, 2017, across the US, and we believe that most Americans will start forming lines early in the morning to be the first to buy Apple's futuristic iPhone. Meanwhile, Australian and New Zealand customers are already buying it.