Apple punishes employees illegally received iOS 7 beta

According to several people from Apple is seriously took up the issues of security inside sales departments and carefully check on the honesty of the staff in relation to the use of iOS 7 beta.

Store managers and HR representatives communicate with employees on whose smartphones installed the beta version of iOS 7. Apple wants to make sure that the staff gets a new beta OS a legal way, that is through the official channels of the developers and not from third-party sites.

Much more worrying is the fact that managers are suspected of employees in receipt of developer accounts and distributing iOS 7 beta among colleagues.

Through the corporate system RetailMe HR department reminded the staff about the rules under which staff employees can not install iOS beta, if they are not registered program participants developers. Our sales team is also forbidden to fumble the beta and get it, even from the developers.

At the end of the whole set a strict ban on the demonstration of personal smartphone installed beta customers. Management believes that such an action may confuse the buyer, because on the counter he sees the iPhone with a single system, and in the hands of the seller smartphone like other software.

But employees are allowed to tell customers about the imminent release of an update to the iPhone 5 on sale now and are encouraged to send them to Apple's official website dedicated to iOS 7.

Manual sales and HR reminded to ban the demonstration in a rather strict form.

"We can dismiss the iOS 7 for showing the customer on a personal smartphone. This is stipulated in the agreement on non-disclosure. "

Apple are not surprised and directive aimed employees Genius Bar. They serve smoking device installed iOS 7 beta.

With the upcoming OS X Mavericks situation is the opposite: Apple recommended employees install, test, and in general become better acquainted with the novelty that as iOS 7, this will be released autumn.

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