Apple’s clever software solution lets iPhone batteries skirt shipping limits

Apple has developed an unexpected workaround to forestall the iPhone 18 Pro Max from being deed by shipping restrictions connected large batteries. There's a "battery-firmware solution" successful spot connected the caller iPhones, according to Apple's enactment page, which keeps capableness beneath the 20Wh bounds for single-cell batteries acceptable by international shipping regulations - but this firmware fastener automatically removes itself erstwhile the instrumentality is booted up for the archetypal time.

Following idiosyncratic activation, the iPhone 18 Pro Max is restored to its archetypal rated charging capacity, which is astir 21.75Wh for US eSIM-only models and 21.06Wh for European models with a carnal …

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