Stop me if you've heard this one: A guy walks into a bar carrying his not-yet-released prototype phone. After a few drinks, he leaves the bar without the phone. Yes this happened again! This time it was the Google Nexus 4 that was left behind in a California bar. A bartender at 500 Club in San Francisco found the phone and put it by the cash register for a few days. Surprisingly no one claimed the phone. He later got with one of his tech-savy friends and tracked it down to Google. This isn't the first time someone has left their prototype phone in a bar. Back in 2010, an Apple engineer (former?) named Gray Powell left a prototype of the iPhone 4 at Gourmet Haus Stadt in Redwood City. Someone found this phone and sold it to Gizmodo.com for $5,000. Luckily the Google Nexus 4 was returned to Google and not sold. Brendan Spaar recommends leaving the prototype phones at home the next time you are going out for a night on the town.
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/10/drinking-establishment-check-highly-anticipated-mobile-phone-release-check-lost-phone-check
Source: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/10/drinking-establishment-check-highly-anticipated-mobile-phone-release-check-lost-phone-check
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