Apple Could Turn Your iPhone Into a Dumb Phone for Missed Lease Payments
Yesterday, a program allowing prospective Apple consumers to lease new iPhones and Macs was leaked by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. And by certain apps I mean most of them—all but nine, that is. With enough delinquent payment, your phone will be put in Restricted mode, allowing access to just the Phone, Wallet, Clock, Settings, Health, Passwords, Magnifier, Accessibility Reader, and App Store apps.
- ▪Yesterday, a program allowing prospective Apple consumers to lease new iPhones and Macs was leaked by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
- ▪And by certain apps I mean most of them—all but nine, that is.
- ▪With enough delinquent payment, your phone will be put in Restricted mode, allowing access to just the Phone, Wallet, Clock, Settings, Health, Passwords, Magnifier, Accessibility Reader, and App Store apps.
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Yesterday, a program allowing prospective Apple consumers to lease new iPhones and Macs was leaked by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. New details of the “Apple Upgrade” program—rumored to launch July 28—point to what essentially amounts to an app cut-off system for users who miss their financing payments.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000789769","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"tech","SECTION":"gadgets","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"gadgets","TAGS":"apple,iphone,smartphones","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); The latest iOS 27 beta contains code for a framework called “App Managed Features,” which would…
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