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Tom Pritchard

Apple's magical ‘Presto' can update your new iPhone’s software in store without even opening the box — here’s how

Apple iPhone 15 held in the hand.

When you buy one of the best iPhones, the last thing you want to have to do is wait for it to update to the latest version of iOS. Thankfully, Apple is said to be rolling out a system to make this first world problem a thing of the past, using something called “Presto within Apple."

According to Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, Presto is a pad that can wirelessly update an iPhone’s software without taking it out of the box. Gurman claims that the pad looks like a “metal cubby for shoes” and can even power up the boxed iPhone using MagSafe and other wireless charging technology.

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