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Mobile phone companies have been urged to help make the devices harder to steal after the number of thefts increased. Apple, Samsung, Google, Motorola, Nokia and the phone networks met London's mayor and the Met Police commissioner at a conference at City Hall. They were told they all had a role in "designing out" the ability for stolen phones to be reused. Recent figures show 57,174 phones were stolen in London alone over 12 months.