Clearly, such headline cases are merely the well-publicised tip of an iceberg of pricey portables that disappear.
Whether it's for one of the reasons above — or because you want to trim your spending on pricey coffee drinks — cutting back on caffeine can be challenging.
No doubt it will be able to tell you that it will be rather pricey for you to take a certain road because it is already congested, and suggest an alternative.
Mouth guards customized by a dentist can be useful yet pricey.
Unless you opt for a prepaid plan or a pricey unlimited plan, there's no way of telling how much a phone will really cost you.
British libraries scrimp, save and appeal to lottery and charitable funds to buy collections, but cataloguing, the next stage, is also pricey, so some archives are inaccessible for years.
This restaurant is a bit pricey for me.
In all my years as a practicing food snob, I've never seen anybody whip out a coupon at a pricey food emporium.
Top brands can be on the pricey side so if you're on a budget grab a cheap substitute such as a silver car sunscreen, reflective tanning mat or wrap a circular sheet of cardboard in aluminum foil.
A weak exchange rate, by contrast, encourages consumers to switch from pricey imports to cheaper home-produced goods and services.
New designer clothes are often too pricey for most consumers.
In sharp contrast to Waikiki's kitsch, tourism is quite verboten, and the island is only accessible via pricey, private helicopter Tours.
They are kernmantle constructed (outer sheath over a large number of long inner filaments), and although pricey, are used when sliding with less friction is desired.
"If the government spends more money, it is good for all of us," says Leonardo Luzi, the owner and chef at Bella Italia, a pricey eatery in the nearby town of Kennewick.
It's tad pricey but in my mind it's still a great tablet.
In urban areas, the words "locally grown" conjure images of affluent shoppers in pricey farmers' markets.