Hmn interesting. How can they do this without turning on the phones?
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2023
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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.”
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.
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?