A man robbed a more than £850 (7,000 yuan) smartphone when pretending to buy it in a shop in northern China.

Video filmed in the city of Handan in Hebei Province on October 13 shows a man walking into a phone shop and saying, “I want to buy the white-coloured phone,” to the shop owner.

The shop owner then took the phone out to let the man have a look.

The man pretended that he was checking out the phone before suddenly running out of the shop.

The shop owner chased after him immediately but failed to catch up to him.

The shop owner was scared by the incident and has reported it to the police already.

The video was provided by local media with permission.

10月13日，河北邯郸。一男子在手机店拿起价值7000多元的手机逃跑。店主申女士表示，男子是提前踩好点的，中午就来过一次，晚上过来假装要购买，抢走手机就跑了，自己没追上。听同行说有人带自己店里丢的手机去卖了，应该是有同伙的，感觉很出乎意料，不戴口罩直接明抢的。这种行为感觉很危险，跟自己带来很大的不安全感，店里还有两个孩子，当时也被吓找了，目前已经报警。