New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- Apple unveiled its first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, earlier this month, with prices in India starting at roughly Rs.3 lakh. Like clockwork, the sell-your-kidney memes followed within hours. Only this time, they went a step further.

Comedian Atul Khatri tweeted that the #iPhoneDuo "is so expensive that the only way you can get your hands on it is if you have a hoodie, a fast electric bike and you ride on Oxford Street in London." He was referring to viral videos of hooded men on e-bikes and mopeds grabbing phones from tourists and shoppers in central London. The problem is so well known that in August 2025, electronics retailer Currys teamed up with the Metropolitan police and Westminster Council to paint purpl...