When they were developing this product, the developers didn’t have a ‘reset’ mechanism as they tested the prototypes?
Code may already exist within Apple.
It’s all about whether the firmware can be loaded/updated on a locked (but not wiped) device.
And Obama’s real birth certificate “may already exist” somewhere. What matters is whether or not you can prove it’s there and compel it to be released. Both of which are irrelevant in this case.
Apple does not own this phone. They are being compelled, not to deliver information (the purpose of a search warrant), but to create a method to get the information the feds want. That’s ludicrous on its face.