How Apple Plans To Update New iPhones Without Opening Them

An anonymous reader writes: What if you could update the device while it's still in the box? That's the latest plan cooked up by Apple, which is close to rolling out a system that will let Apple Stores wirelessly update new iPhones while they're still in their boxes. The new system is called 'Presto.' French site iGeneration has the first picture of what this setup looks like. It starts with a clearly Apple-designed silver rack that holds iPhones and has a few lights on the front. The site (through translation) calls the device a 'toaster,' and yes, it looks like a toaster oven or food heating rack.

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has been writing about whispers of this project for months, saying in one article that the device can 'wirelessly turn on the iPhone, update its software and then power it back down -- all without the phone's packaging ever being opened.' In another article, he wrote that the device uses 'MagSafe and other wireless technologies.' The iGeneration report also mentions that the device uses NFC, and there are 'templates' that help with positioning the various-sized iPhone boxes so the NFC and wireless charging will work. With that wireless charging, downloading, and installing, all while being isolated in a cardboard box, Apple's 'toaster' probably gets pretty hot.

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