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“Before leaving the residence, the Apple workers offered the man cash for the phone no questions asked,” according to the report, but “the guy ongoing to deny he had knowledge of the phone”.
It is believed the cellphone might now have been sold on Craigslist, the listings site, for $ 200 (£120).
The incident is most likely to prompt renewed scrutiny of Apple’s internal safety processes.
Robert Gray Powell, a 28-calendar year-old Apple engineer, missing a prototype of the iPhone 4 last year in a bar in Redwood City, California.
Two males, Brian Hogan and Sage Wallower, have been billed with promoting the iPhone four prototype to Gizmodo, a gadget blog, for $ 5,000 ($ 3,000).
It is a crime in California to promote identified home if the vendor knows the identification of the unique operator.
Apple declined to comment. San Francisco police explained no police report had been filed. Jose Valle, the operator of the tequila lounge, told CNet: “I guess I have to make my drinks a little much less strong”.