In Chicago, the Apple store is a smoking ruin this morning. The store was looted and burned last night by an angry mob of hundreds of disgruntled iPhone users. Apple announced yesterday by Steve Jobs.

Yesterday evening the unruly crowed gathered in front the store and began chanting and yelling at shoppers and store employees. Things soon turned ugly and the store manager quickly closed the store, called police and staff evacuated. 

The scene has degenerated into a riot as angry iPhone customers began to destroy their phones in protest. The crowd then exploded and the Apple store was looted and burned as the outnumbered police stood by. Much of the store’s gleaming merchandise was piled in front and lit a blaze by furious Apple customers.

After three hours of mayhem and destruction the massed riot police of the Chicago PD rolled in and dispersed the mob allowing Chicago Firemen to finally reached the scene and extinguish the blaze. The store is a complete loss with damage estimates running into the millions.

After the incident, Apple has announced increased security at all its company stores.