I was warned that the subway is a bit sketchy. I never used the subway there. Ubers and taxis are so cheap there. I just walked or took Ubers my 10 days there. Sorry this happened to you.
You will see more and more of this as people get hungry and desperate.
This was part of the reason my girlfriend wanted to move out of Buenos Aires. She thinks the situation will get worse. Maybe things will get better next year but there will be a painful transition until things get better. Costs are getting out of control on many things and healthcare costs keep shooting up. I think once this next round of utility hikes goes up, people will become desperate at the poorer levels.
Buenos Aires is relatively safe but there have always been minor theft of things like phones. It is picking up now that the economy is so bad. Didn't Apple come out with some theft deterrent system in their software? I got some notice to update my ios and said something about that.
Yes the newest ios has an update although I'm not sure it really does anything for people stealing it in the first place. People can always steal them for parts too.
