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Apple plans to update iPhones in-store without opening the boxes

Apple wants to update iPhones in-store without opening the packaging

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/10/15/apple-plans-to-update-iphones-in-store-without-opening-the-boxes

Apple has come up with a way to update an iPhone still in its packaging, with a system allowing for iOS updates to be applied to unopened smartphones while still in an Apple Store.

Apple wants to update iPhones in-store without opening the packaging

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

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uin

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Obviously they can’t. They place them on a pad, presumably a wireless charging & communication pad. Literally says in the article: “The pad wirelessly turns on the iPhone, runs the software update, then turns it off again.”

Jackolantern

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So they will remove each and every iPhone in the box. Thats kinda hard to do considering the number of iPhones in storage. Probably easier to wait for each iPhone to activate then apply the update.

thrawn

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Headline says “without opening the boxes”. So does the article:

Crucially, it can do so without opening the box.

Consisting of a "pad-like device," store employees place unopened iPhone boxes onto it to trigger an update.

Unless you meant taking out every unopened box, in which case, they probably have some half streamlined system in mind where employees can cycle the boxes in seconds. Would be interested to see the plan too honestly

Perhaps updating a set number a day so they can take phones off the pad right before selling them, or for less used models, updating it in the back while talking to the customer?