[Tuthmosis]

White Knighting is now extending into the realm of electronics! Good thing we have guys looking out to protect iPhone-addicted broads' most prized possessions.

Maybe I'm being a little cynical, but I wonder if homeboy would have also not hesitated to give chase if it had been my smart phone that was snatched. Or, did he just do it because it was a girl's? I'm also wondering how long it took for that girl to take back her phone, thank the white knight, and use it to text the guy she's actually banging about her "ordeal."

Whatever the case, thanks to this hero, this chick won't miss even one night at the bar staring at her phone the whole time--interrupted only by periodic self-photography sessions of herself and friends to post on Facebook--instead of living in the present moment and engaging the environment around her.

(Full story and video.)

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Man stops alleged iPhone thief, makes a video

Brian Hester was taking a smoke break on Barclay Street when he witnessed a man steal an iPhone straight out of a woman's hands Thursday.

Hester, a real estate broker and avid photographer, wasn't going to just stand by and do nothing, so he gave chase.

"All I was thinking was, 'Catch this guy,'" Hester said Friday.

Joined by other New Yorkers, Hester and the band of strangers caught up to the alleged thief on Broadway. They held him on the ground and Hester began taking video with his camera.

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