Apple developed new in-store device for wireless software updates

16 October 2023
The device will update sealed iPhones inside the Apple store before they are sold to customers.

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Now this freaking scary!! a pad can turn on and update software and turn it back off ?? if it's any company in world other than apple, people will be going post apocalyptic violence

    Ouifuf, 16 Oct 2023Being able to turn on and off, control, and modify a phone ... moreWonder how they going to manage this if your phone need an wifi or data connection.

      Anonymous, 16 Oct 2023Is it actually throttling the device though? Or were ther... moreWell usually is both.
      Anyway user cnt get a perfect device when buying Apple for many obvious reasons this is just one of them.

        Anonymous, 16 Oct 2023Matter of time before Samsung and others follow. Hope not or it will be a black friday for every user at every day.

          Anonymous, 16 Oct 2023Typical Samsung, mock Apple, later followed or being backfi... moreNeither Samsung or Apple would survive if it weren't for each other. But fun fact though. Zero apple products in Samsung units, but full of Samsung in Apple units.

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            Hein, 16 Oct 2023The phone is never really off, and in addition to being com... moreExactly. It's not clear if this will work on any iPhone or only those that haven't gone through OOB setup, but that doesn't really matter. Either way, you can be sure that Apple will choose to/be compelled to enroll "interesting" people in a "special" iPhone experience at the direction of police/security services either when they buy a new iPhone or when they come in for service. This is even more egregious when you consider how many times Apple employees/executives have testified that it wasn't technically possible for them to build in backdoors, and now they've built the biggest one of them all.

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              McDonald's are using this kind of tech on their restaurants with wireless charging pada for ages. You need charging? Sure, they steal things about you, data...sure.

              Inocent people would think Im lying. See around, you start going to McDonald's and dont google it, dont searh for it on web, you going to One, eat there, wireless charging tour phone and they start seeing ads about McDonald's and so on. Cmon...

                How I miss the days of Symbian was just to buy the phone, download some java games and that's it... I also miss the beginnings of Android, there were fewer complications than now

                  lewein, 16 Oct 2023That's actually a pretty neat idea.nop

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                    Anonymous, 16 Oct 2023But first, Samsung will have to joke about them on social m... moreTypical Samsung, mock Apple, later followed or being backfired, at the same time only make Apple become too strong

                      Bet it will come without wireless chip, so it need to be bought as extra.

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                        Anonymous, 16 Oct 2023Matter of time before Samsung and others follow. But first, Samsung will have to joke about them on social media
                        Then introduce that feature next year and proceed to delete all traces of their previous joke posts.

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                          Spanky, 16 Oct 2023This is a new idea: throttling their phones even before the... moreHard to believe but... most people would find it exciting. They might even boast how Apple "takes care" of their customer base. And prolly drag some Android friends alone.

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                            • 16 Oct 2023

                            Does this mean apple always had a backdoor which allows them access of any idevice without any physical human interaction?

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                              • 16 Oct 2023

                              Preparations for the port-less iPhone are well underway it seems.

                                Spanky, 16 Oct 2023This is a new idea: throttling their phones even before the... moreActually, it's worse. This means the iOS team has no incentive to release a GM that is good. They will just throw in buggy releases and assume they can just fix the bugs later in store. It's bad enough we have iOS 17 requiring update right after unboxing. The QC of iOS will worsen.

                                  lewein, 16 Oct 2023That's actually a pretty neat idea.It definitely is, but wouldn't it be great if we know how it works? Would Apple restrict it to only work for off factory iphones, or can the tech actually push updates to an already activated iPhone? And what kind of access does Apple have?

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                                    Anonymous, 16 Oct 2023Is it actually throttling the device though? Or were ther... moreAre you sure about runaway processes in iOS? Are you taking that as answer because apple say so? If yes you are so naive.

                                      Being able to turn on and off, control, and modify a phone while. It's still in the box? I can't see this ending horribly at all. Just one big hack and someone has direct access to every aspect of your phone.

                                        ld2, 16 Oct 2023These devices are never really turned off. Talk about secur... moreSolution is using 3310.

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