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.

  • Doctor xNo@r.nf
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    1 year ago

    I don’t think that wireless charging is fast enough to counter a phone updating yet, tbh… And constant charging would deteriorate the battery.

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      1 year ago

      What makes you think they care about deterioration of the battery? More future sales if they run some charge cycles before you even unbox it.

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      1 year ago

      Why couldn’t the update start automatically once the wireless phone is sufficiently charged? That would not be hard at all to implement. Simply indicate the update is complete by making the phone beep until it’s removed from the wireless charger. Easy peasy.

      I think the more challenging problem is designing a box that positions the phone in a way that it’s easy to charge wirelessly while still providing sufficent protection like packaging is supposed to do. Inductive charging has to be close to work well.

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        1 year ago

        That would maybe solve it if you have 5 phones in your store, but I really don’t want to be the person that has to “go charge and update the iphones in storage again” if they store hundreds of phones and each needs to be placed on a charging station for an unknown amount of time “until it beeps” one by one… 😅

        The stationproblem you mention however is easily fixed by making it diagonally with a fitting edge the box perfectly fits in, so you can just slide in the box and gravity + edge puts it in the right spot. Add a big sticker for employees that states which direction and done. 😅

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          1 year ago

          You can’t wirelessly charge on a narrow edge, so storing the phone in the packaging at an angle will not work for wireless charging. You need a flat side of the phone to be parallel and flush to the side of the packaging, otherwise the wireless coil will not work.