‘Sure enough, it’s gone’: Brooklyn venues targeted for mass phone thefts during concerts

A security expert recommends people not hold their phone above their head for security reasons – and because it’s annoying. Photograph: MNPhotoStudios/Getty Images/Tetra images RF

During a December visit to see family in his home state of New York, Zander Cammarata, who now lives in Berlin, purchased a new iPhone because they cost less in the United States. He then went to see one of his favorite bands, Silverstein, a post-hardcore emo group, in Brooklyn.

By the time he flew back to Germany, he was again using his old phone.