{"id":3263,"date":"2026-07-22T23:13:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/ios-code-could-reportedly-let-apple-cut-off-apps-when-users-miss-iphone-payments\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:13:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:13:21","slug":"ios-code-could-reportedly-let-apple-cut-off-apps-when-users-miss-iphone-payments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/ios-code-could-reportedly-let-apple-cut-off-apps-when-users-miss-iphone-payments\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS code could reportedly let Apple cut off apps when users miss iPhone payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of new Siri icon on iPhone\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Allison Johnson \/ The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/06\/DSC03775_processed.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Code found in an iOS 27 beta would allow Apple to put a financed iPhone in \u00ab\u00a0Restricted Mode\u00a0\u00bb if it detects any missed payments, <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2026\/07\/21\/ios-27-code-suggests-apple-could-restrict-leased-devices-after-missed-payments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>9to5Mac reports<\/em><\/a>. The finding follows a story from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-21\/apple-to-launch-upgrade-device-leasing-program-with-klarna-to-spur-sales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> earlier this week claiming Apple is preparing to launch a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/968750\/apple-upgrade-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00ab\u00a0Apple Upgrade\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> financing program for leasing new devices. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">iPhones in \u00ab\u00a0Restricted Mode\u00a0\u00bb would reportedly lose access to nearly all apps, except for basics like the Phone app, Settings, and the App Store. It uses a new \u00ab\u00a0App Managed Features\u00a0\u00bb system that allows financing or partner apps to continually check if a financed device is in good standing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <em>9to5Mac<\/em>, the code also includes a  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/969596\/apple-restricted-mode-ios-27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Code found in an iOS 27 beta would allow Apple to put a financed iPhone in \u00ab\u00a0Restricted Mode\u00a0\u00bb if it [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-non-classe"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}