Apple will be able to update iPhones while they're still in the box, report claims
Apple will be able to update iPhones while they're still in the box, report claims
No more updating right after you unpack your iPhone.
Apple will be able to update iPhones while they're still in the box, report claims::No more updating right after you unpack your iPhone.
They'll only update in the box. So you have to keep the box for the life of the phone and every so often put it back in so it'll update.
76After a decade and a half of “just in case” box saving, I am ready. This is my moment.
88But don't worry, if your box is lost or damaged they'll offer a replacement for only $179.99.
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Wouldn’t this require the phones in the box to be charged above some percentage? Also if they can turn it on wirelessly I can only assume it’s using BLE and I hope the feature is off once the user sets the phone up.
42Aren’t they already? When I got mine it was charged to 100% already.
26Maybe an extension of wireless charging? Do iphones not have that yet?
4If they design the process efficiently it shouldn't burn too much battery to update the system image. The phone just needs to power up, connect to store wifi, apply the image and shut down. Doesn't even need to power up the screen.
4Also my first thought. But then I realized that since they support wireless charging pads, it is possible that they can also be charged while in the box.
No one wants a new iPhone that comes out of the box at 10% charge. But maybe they can avoid this.
1Yes but then you're relying on the employees in the Apple store to actually keep the phones on the charging pads so unless there's one charging pad per phone, they're going to have to rotate them.
I've worked with Apple store employees and let me tell you the name "genius" has never been less appropriate.
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Good questions.. Sounds ... problematic at best.
1I'm assuming they just do it to the latest when you buy them, cause if you do it too many times it will eventually have died in the box. 😅 If do, you wait the same amount of time in the store but without the satisfaction of seeing it update, and if they do them regularly it'll have the possibility to be 0% battery and not be able to update in the box anymore (which would also be bad for the battery)... 😅
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So, when I had google fi, the phones I got from them would already arrive signed into my account, I always wondered how it was done.
6IMEI number linked to your account, maybe.
9The same with Firetv.
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This makes me think that malware will be able to be in an iPhone even before it is taken out of the box. I wonder if this will become an issue in the future. I suppose time, good research, and effective journalism will let us know.
1Neither IOS nor Android have a meaningful malware concern. Both are very locked down sandboxed systems of which the easiest to infect, Android requires the user to deliberately disable safety features in order to install.
As incompetent as Apple is when it comes to the quality of their devices I can't imagine how they'd fuck it up enough to enable any random dumbass to upload malware directly to the devices wirelessly. This kinda stuff has sorta been figured out for more than a decade
-20Are you aware of Pegasus? 0 interaction required. The hackers just need your phone number and for your phone to receive a text. They can then go and remove the payload text since they have full access to your phone leaving you with zero trace of being infected.
This is obviously not a worry for the average person but to say iOS and Android do not have a meaningful malware concern is just false.
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No more tedious updating after unpacking the new iphone, instead you can now tediously wait already after buying it while we do it for you through the box.
-18At least make us laugh with the apple trolling. This doesn’t even make sense. The whole point of it is to avoid this.
18Whaaaat? Updating after opening is half the fun!
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