What are they gonna call the 3rd Gen iPhone?

[TheSpaz]

So now we have 2 iPhones:

1: The 1st Gen iPhone (also known as: Original iPhone, iPhone 2G and iPhone 2.5G)
2: iPhone 3G

I know that in the past, Apple has been pushing out new iPods every year or so and each year, the newest model is known as iPod 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G... the reason we label them as such is because the iPod name stays the same each year so we have to have something to be able to identify which model it is.

Now with the 2 iPhones, how are we supposed to start identifying them?

Just plain "iPhone" works for the original iPhone
iPhone 3G works for the 3G iPhone (2nd Gen)
What's next? iPhone 3rd Gen, not to be confused with 3G? iPhone 3G 3G? iPhone "new-function-here"? It's already confusing enough that people call the original iPhone "iPhone 2G" and "2.5G" I understand that they're talking about the data network generation, but what the heck are we going to call the 3rd Generation iPhone if 3G is already taken by the 2nd Gen (not to be confused with 2G).

This is very confusing.

What are your suggestions for how to name the iPhones? I think Apple should come out with cool codenames for the iPhones like they did with Mac OS X! That could be wicked cool! Of course these code names would not be ON the iPhone itself, it will still be just iPhone but, we could identify them easier.

[Tallest Skil]

The 3G iPhone won't yet have 4G networking. The 3G will have 3G. The 4G will have 4G. It will even out in two years; buck up until then.

[TheSpaz]

The 3G iPhone won't yet have 4G networking. The 3G will have 3G. The 4G will have 4G. It will even out in two years; buck up until then.

I didn't know there was already a 4G network. Wow, I'm way behind on the times. My mistake.

[Small White Car]

iPhone "new-function-here"?

This is exactly what it will be. That's what the new one is, isn't it? iPhone (New Function), in other words, iPhone 3G.

What the feature is, who knows. But whatever is the most imporant, that will be the name.

The iPhone 32 GB?
The iPhone Longer Battery?
The iPhone Video Recorder?
The iPhone Video Chat?
The iPhone Cut-N-Paste (Since this apparently will require new hardware)

[RoboCop001]

Neurotic.









I want it to be called iPhone More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spiderman, the Incredible Hulk, Data, Osmosis Jones, Bullwinkle, ED-209, Gyver, Jackie Chan, David Hockney, Megaman, Missle Command, File Cabinet, Fantastic 4, The Fallen, Unicron, Galvatron, and Sliced Bread Put Together.


. . . . .. .... .... .. . Oh man that'd be an awesome phone!!


:D:eek::confused::confused::confused:

[iDanielle]

iPhone 3gx

[Jonnyfive]

They will call it the "NEW iPhone!"

[IgnatiusTheKing]

I think they will call it the iPhone. Just iPhone. Nothing else necessary. They'll let us message board nerds figure out how to differentiate the models when discussing them.

[Tallest Skil]

I didn't know there was already a 4G network. Wow, I'm way behind on the times. My mistake.

Not as much as you think. 4G won't be ready for years, so get ready to tell all the people who think it will be in next year's iPhones that they're idiots.

[TheSpaz]

I think they will call it the iPhone. Just iPhone. Nothing else necessary. They'll let us message board nerds figure out how to differentiate the models when discussing them.

Good point.

[jdavtz]

Maybe a variety of models... iPhone ?Video - sounds bad but it could actually be it... it's been used for iPods and could be a "big" feature, iPhone Pro and iPhone Air/Nano?

[aluren]

yeah i think it'll still just be called "iPhone". the current one is called iPhone with 3G, so i think we're still on the 1st generation of iPhones. maybe it'll be called iPhone 2?

[cellocello]

The iPhone oFace.

http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.03/spotlight/officespace/images/drew/drew1.jpg

[Roy Hobbs]

The "All-New iPhone"

[Small White Car]

yeah i think it'll still just be called "iPhone". the current one is called iPhone with 3G

Well, they pretty much call it "iPhone 3G" everywhere you look.

See here:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iPhone.jsp
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09iphone.html

If that's not the official name, they sure could've fooled me!

[bluenoise]

This is exactly what it will be. That's what the new one is, isn't it? iPhone (New Function), in other words, iPhone 3G.

What the feature is, who knows. But whatever is the most imporant, that will be the name.

The iPhone 32 GB?
The iPhone Longer Battery?
The iPhone Video Recorder?
The iPhone Video Chat?
The iPhone Cut-N-Paste (Since this apparently will require new hardware)

I'm guessing iPhoneHD(tm) as it will be capable of shooting video at HD resolutions. :D

[firewood]

iPhone 3G 2G

:)

[7on]

iPhone Mark 3?

[redman042]

My guess: iPhone Pro. It will be a new model to go with the one we have now, with a bigger screen, faster processor, etc.

Not sure how they can improve on the current 3G next year, other than perhaps a longer lasting battery. I think a new product category is more likely.

[kdarling]

(using Jobs' Valley Girl speech patterns...)

Wow, the best iPhone ever !!

[fanbrain]

iPhone 3G 2G

:)

You get my vote.

-or- iPhone 3G 2G + 4G

[benflick]

The iPhone oFace.

http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.03/spotlight/officespace/images/drew/drew1.jpg

"Oh, Oh, Oh"
Ahh, I love Office Space!:D

[redgaz26]

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the iPhone android!!!!!

[nick9191]

They called the second iPhone the iPhone 3G, just to be very clear on the fact that it does in fact have 3G, since this was a major flaw to many on the previous iPhone.

The next phone will revert back to just the iPhone, since it is now apparent to consumers that the phone does have 3G.

[dacreativeguy]

"what the iphone 3G should have been?"

[Anuba]

What did they call the new iPod? iPod.
What did they call the new iPod with video? iPod.
What did they call the 2nd gen iPod Nano? iPod Nano.
What did they call the 3rd gen wide iPod Nano with video? iPod Nano.

etc, etc.

So no, I don't think they will tinker with the name. They may even drop the 3G attribute and just call it iPhone again. IMO they should have done that right away. In many countries, 3G has been around since 2003 and 3G support is taken for granted. To launch a 3G phone in 2008 and put 3G in the name is a bit dorky, it's like calling the MacBook "MacBook DVD" because it has this "revolutionary" new thing called a "DVD drive" that lets you play movies.

[2000m]

the iphone3

[NSWMaps]

I seem to remember an apple developer mentioning somewhere the that technically the Iphone 3G is also the 3G Iphone.
G1 Initial Release
G2 Firmware, Space upgrades
G3 Iphone 3G

How this makes sense, IDK, but I trust that developer had plenty of insight into the Iphone.

[Tussen69]

my gues..


iPhone Video or something like that....

no iPhone today do OFFICIALY video and that will be the next thing

i like the sound of iPhone HD tough ....

[Kardashian]

The same as the iPods.

They didn't change the name of the iPods everytime they released them. There was iPod, iPod mini, iPod Shuffle, and iPod Photo, then Nano, Classic and Touch.

When having colour screen become standard, they morphed iPod and iPod Photo into one - becoming the New iPod.

My bet is this will simply be the iPhone, or new iPhone, like it should have been with the 3G. They can't rename the product with every bit of hardware change. (well they can, its just stupid, IMO)

[=MuLti-CeLL=]

iPhone G3

As in iPhone "Generation 3"

[MistaBungle]

iPhone G3

As in iPhone "Generation 3"

Isn't that confusing? Considering this one is called the iPhone 3G?

This is a move Sony would make, just confuse the costumer; Walkman 1kj7h8 or Walkman 8hbg6d5 <-Which one is the new model? Like seriously, can I just get a name for the product, not the serial number!

[jav6454]

- iPhone
- iPhone 3G
- iPhone 3.5G???

Considering it might have 3.5G (HSDPA/HSUPA) support, which I really want.

[lftrghtparadigm]

They called the second iPhone the iPhone 3G, just to be very clear on the fact that it does in fact have 3G, since this was a major flaw to many on the previous iPhone.

The next phone will revert back to just the iPhone, since it is now apparent to consumers that the phone does have 3G.

When you say, "to be very clear on the fact that it does in fact have 3G," what you mean is, took "3G" and associated with something good "iPhone" and made the same product not only sound better, but turned 3G itself into a marketable item.

Regardless of how many phones there were on 3G last year and even the year before, the iPhone 3G is what made "3G" itself popular with the general mobile phone consumer base. Before that, data, especially fast data, was not nearly as important to a lot of people.

[plumbingandtech]

Official Name: iPhone

Nerd / Internal / SKU name: iPhone 3G2.0

[Khryz]

The iPhone Jesus.

[rayward]

yeah i think it'll still just be called "iPhone". the current one is called iPhone with 3G, so i think we're still on the 1st generation of iPhones. maybe it'll be called iPhone 2?

A Mustang is a Mustang, whether it was made in the 60's or the 00's. "iPhone" is somewhat iconic, so why screw with it?

[Consultant]

iphone v3

iphone 3g v2

[mavis]

It will be called iPhone.

Possibly "The New iPhone."

[syclick]

The iPhon3.

[ParishYoung]

"Unibody iPhone HD 32" now with Video
:-)

[Arnenys]

Or we just start calling the original iPhone ==> 1st Gen iPhone, iPhone 3G ==> 2nd Gen iPhone and the new one will be the 3rd Gen iPhone.

[TheSpaz]

How about just "iPhone 3G"?

Why not just keep the name?

Here's what I mean:

iMac
Mac Pro
MacBook
MacBook Pro

These have had different generations but, the name says the same. The only way you can tell which generation it is, is by the year it was made or if you remember which generation it is.

Example. I used to own a (Summer 2000) iMac. It was just called iMac, but if I needed to get service done to it... I had to tell them it was a "Summer 2000" model.

Maybe they'll just call it (Summer 2009) iPhone 3G?

[3247]

I think they will call it the iPhone. Just iPhone. Nothing else necessary. They'll let us message board nerds figure out how to differentiate the models when discussing them.
2009 iPhone
Multicore iPhone (speculative)
OLED iPhone (speculative)

[slapppy]

* iPhone Mad Max Edition
* iP-XM498THX-V3 ( as suggested by Windows/IT expert )
* iPhone Titanium
* "Q" (omnipotent and omniscience edition )

[mappyman]

iPhone X

Sounds cool and distinct.

[cellocello]

How about just "iPhone 3G"?

Why not just keep the name?

Here's what I mean:

iMac
Mac Pro
MacBook
MacBook Pro

These have had different generations but, the name says the same. The only way you can tell which generation it is, is by the year it was made or if you remember which generation it is.

Example. I used to own a (Summer 2000) iMac. It was just called iMac, but if I needed to get service done to it... I had to tell them it was a "Summer 2000" model.

Maybe they'll just call it (Summer 2009) iPhone 3G?

Yup. Maybe "The New iPhone 3G" for a few months, until it goes back to just iPhone 3G.

[ParishYoung]

Based on it's features (old and new) we should call it "iPhone 2007"

[Double J]

Super iPhone 3G Turbo Championship HD Remix .........Special Edition

[Pooshka]

iPhone 2009

[Ish]

I'll guess iPhone 3 as well. At it's introduction anyway. Probably after that it'll just be the iPhone.

[Cabrewolf]

iPhone VC: for iPhone Video Chat.

The next revision will have substantially the same features with the addition of a front facing camera and full ichat support (Video Chat). Naming conventions like this can get confusing when, like Sony, you sell tons of different models at the same time, but since they sell just one at a time, naming it after the new hardware feature makes sense.

The one after (June 2010) will obviously be iPhone QC (Quad Core).

Wolf

[ChrisWilder07]

iPhone Nano

[The Phazer]

I think it'll be some kind of visual related codeword to emphasise the better camera/video. After all, the iPod Touch is named after the touch screen, the most visually arresting obvious thing different when you see someone using it.

So I think it'll be the "iPhone View", or "iPhone See" (nice pun on it being revision 3, or "C" too…) or somesuch.

Phazer

[RemarkabLee]

iPhone 3GTi

Black with white stripes, or white with black stripes :D

[ghettochris]

I'm thinking iphone video, or iPhone HD if they pull off 720p recording.

Other possibility is splitting it to iPhone nano and iPhone pro if they come out with 2.

Goes along with what they did with the iPod-iPod photo and video, I can't think of any other awesomeness they might pack into the new hardware to justify including it in the name. They kindof hosed themselves with calling the 2nd generation 3g if there is no drastic hardware changes.

Would it be legal to set up a betting pool for this? I want to win some money with iPhone video or iPhone HD :cool:

[ryvetted]

I think it'll be some kind of visual related codeword to emphasise the better camera/video. After all, the iPod Touch is named after the touch screen, the most visually arresting obvious thing different when you see someone using it.

So I think it'll be the "iPhone View", or "iPhone See" (nice pun on it being revision 3, or "C" too…) or somesuch.

Phazer


The eyePhone :cool:

[yorkshire]

It will just be called iPhone 3G again. But it will be advertised as the new iPhone 3G.

[JMax1]

iPhone <3


Short and sweet - literally.

[arkitect]

iPhone³ ?

[JayLenochiniMac]

I think we're overthinking this. Apple is simple so I think they'll just get rid of the 3G label and called it simply "iPhone." It'll be referred to as iPhone (3rd generation) on Apple support pages, etc. (exactly like the iPods).

3.0 (or any variations thereof) is too easily confused with 3G.

[wildonrio]

I'm thinking iphone video, or iPhone HD if they pull off 720p recording.

Other possibility is splitting it to iPhone nano and iPhone pro if they come out with 2.

Goes along with what they did with the iPod-iPod photo and video, I can't think of any other awesomeness they might pack into the new hardware to justify including it in the name. They kindof hosed themselves with calling the 2nd generation 3g if there is no drastic hardware changes.

Would it be legal to set up a betting pool for this? I want to win some money with iPhone video or iPhone HD :cool:

Bingo. I was about to make post saying it will either be iPhone Video or iPhone HD and then I read yours. Mark my words, it is going to be one of those two names. Each release Apple does adds a descriptive element to the title to boast its most prominent new feature, like how the iPod went iPod Photo, then iPod Video, and the iPod Shuffle, and iPhone 3G. Since the new iPhone will most likely boast video chat and/or a better camera, it's gonna be something that describes that feature.

The only problem with iPhone Video is that it sounds a little stale since there was already an iPod Video. So I'm gonna go with iPhone HD.

[SFC Archer]

So now we have 2 iPhones:

1: The 1st Gen iPhone (also known as: Original iPhone, iPhone 2G and iPhone 2.5G)
2: iPhone 3G

I know that in the past, Apple has been pushing out new iPods every year or so and each year, the newest model is known as iPod 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G... the reason we label them as such is because the iPod name stays the same each year so we have to have something to be able to identify which model it is.

Now with the 2 iPhones, how are we supposed to start identifying them?

Just plain "iPhone" works for the original iPhone
iPhone 3G works for the 3G iPhone (2nd Gen)
What's next? iPhone 3rd Gen, not to be confused with 3G? iPhone 3G 3G? iPhone "new-function-here"? It's already confusing enough that people call the original iPhone "iPhone 2G" and "2.5G" I understand that they're talking about the data network generation, but what the heck are we going to call the 3rd Generation iPhone if 3G is already taken by the 2nd Gen (not to be confused with 2G).

This is very confusing.

What are your suggestions for how to name the iPhones? I think Apple should come out with cool codenames for the iPhones like they did with Mac OS X! That could be wicked cool! Of course these code names would not be ON the iPhone itself, it will still be just iPhone but, we could identify them easier.

1: Classic
2: iPhone TripleG

[Taylor C]

They don't need to call it anything. A product can be new without its name changing. Had the presence of 3G not been necessary for the major iPhone 3G marketing push Apple has accomplished in the last year, I would even go as far to say that they should've just called the iPhone 3G "iPhone" as well.

They can market new features without a confusing new name. There's no reason for unnecessary differentiation between current and previous products based on name unless the product line contains multiple devices -- the iPhone product line currently does not.

[Roessnakhan]

It'll probably still be called the iPhone 3G. I can see them selling the 16GB as a base, with higher capacity options also coming with different specs (e.g. video camera, or some other high-end feature.)

[anti-microsoft]

iPhone³ ?

So it's gonna be a cube?

Meet the new iPhone.

Ams.

[wildonrio]

They don't need to call it anything. A product can be new without its name changing. Had the presence of 3G not been necessary for the major iPhone 3G marketing push Apple has accomplished in the last year, I would even go as far to say that they should've just called the iPhone 3G "iPhone" as well.

They can market new features without a confusing new name. There's no reason for unnecessary differentiation between current and previous products based on name unless the product line contains multiple devices -- the iPhone product line currently does not.

The problem is, with the iPod it was really easy for us to describe each new model as iPod 2G, 3G, 4G, etc. But "iPhone 3G" has totally confused that and Apple knows that. I think they sacrificed their opportunity to call future models simply "iPhone", they need to give their buyers a way to describe the new model since they screwed up the naming already.

[Roessnakhan]

Most people don't refer to the iPods like we do though. Its most likely just the "new" or "old" iPod version to them, they don't think in generations. So I don't think Apple thinks they messed up by calling the newest iPhone the iPhone 3G.

[firewood]

Knowing Apple, it will probably be marketed as just a new "iPhone",
but called something like "iPhone (headset volume control)" in their support literature.

o

[freeborock]

It will be called " iPhon3 "

[marine610610]

Iphone 3G 2.0

Duh! :D

[seb-opp]

I think they will call it the iPhone. Just iPhone. Nothing else necessary. They'll let us message board nerds figure out how to differentiate the models when discussing them.

I agree. The iMac G4 was just "the new iMac" when it was released, G4 was only added after the G5 iMac was released. Will probably be the same with the new iPhone

[wattage]

Neurotic.









I want it to be called iPhone More Powerful Than Superman, Batman, Spiderman, the Incredible Hulk, Data, Osmosis Jones, Bullwinkle, ED-209, Gyver, Jackie Chan, David Hockney, Megaman, Missle Command, File Cabinet, Fantastic 4, The Fallen, Unicron, Galvatron, and Sliced Bread Put Together.


. . . . .. .... .... .. . Oh man that'd be an awesome phone!!


:D:eek::confused::confused::confused:
Love Osmosis Jones!!!

[daneoni]

'The New iPhone'

[Moi un Mouton]

iPhone 7 Beta?

iPhone XP?

[takenthesmeg]

I would like to put my money on "iPhone HD" as has been suggested many times in the past
Link (http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/10/23/iphone-hd-speculation-increasing/)
I have also heard the hardware is referred to by Apple as 2.0 which suggests some major hardware changes, as opposed to the iPhone 3G which only added 3G + GPS

[SAIRUS]

iPhone Cool Ominous Clean Kicken

of course the last 4 words would be abbrev to save time speaking.

[Guruclub04]

I would like to put my money on "iPhone HD" as has been suggested many times in the past
Link (http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2008/10/23/iphone-hd-speculation-increasing/)
I have also heard the hardware is referred to by Apple as 2.0 which suggests some major hardware changes, as opposed to the iPhone 3G which only added 3G + GPS

I heard the new iphone is going to hit USA market this June. Is that true?

[syclick]

The iPre.

[Gathomblipoob]

Rodney.

[Rayfire]

Uhh... "iPhone" ;)

[MrGadget28]

It's funny that the 1st generation iPhone will not be getting ALL of the updates that the 2nd generation iPhone will be getting. Take note that this is how a lot of companies make their money. This is clear foreshadowing that Apple is limiting a lot of things to get consumers to upgrade hardware every year.

At least that's what i see in my eyes

I have nothing against Apple, nor am I an Apple fan. The only product I've owned from them ever is a 1st generation Nano and an iPhone 3G.

They'll probably just call it iPhone 3rd generation.

Just look how many iPods they have. I wonder what the 5th generation iPhone will look like.

[Mlrollin91]

i like the sound of iPhone HD tough ....


I must agree that does sound pretty good out of everything else. I could get use to that.

[ratbatblue]

iPhone 3 G-Spot

[gjw4u]

Maybe Steve is feeling nostalgic and it will become the 'Next iPhone'.

[Roessnakhan]

Whatever they call it - I'll call it "mine." >_>

[TheSpaz]

I've got it!

It's going to be able to record video... so it will be...

*drum roll*

"iPhone AV"

The most multimedia-rich iPhone ever!

[moniquetx]

iPhone XP?

OR

iPhone Vista?

[iGuardian]

The iTelephone?

[TheSpaz]

Apple's big announcement this summer! They're going to let people jailbreak and they won't even care. In fact, they're gonna let all the popular jailbroken apps onto the App store. The new iPhone will be called.

iPwn

[Kilamite]

zPhone :eek:

[dissdnt]

The All New Unibody iPhone

[Kilamite]

The All New Unibody iPhone

A unibody iPhone would be cool.

[banerjia]

iMCool

[hellomoto4]

iPhone Video.


The name will have to include something that is only featured on that iPhone.

[mike5411]

turd gen?

[gecus]

This is exactly what it will be. That's what the new one is, isn't it? iPhone (New Function), in other words, iPhone 3G.

What the feature is, who knows. But whatever is the most imporant, that will be the name.

The iPhone 32 GB?
The iPhone Longer Battery?
The iPhone Video Recorder?
The iPhone Video Chat?
The iPhone Cut-N-Paste (Since this apparently will require new hardware)

Wait is Cut-N-Paste not coming to the iPhone 3G (2nd generation)?

[kage207]

Wait is Cut-N-Paste not coming to the iPhone 3G (2nd generation)?
It is.

And the iDiddy. Btw, it's not gonna be iPhone HD, I mean, there's a Zune HD now. :rolleyes:

[PhxBlue]

iPhn V3 becuz apple wants to be just like Moto.

[PatrickRolfsen]

"an iPod, a phone, and an internet communications device... and we are calling it- iPhone...."

[kits]

iPhoneKiller?

[ercanbas]

I think people will unofficially dub it as "iPhone Video" while Apple will brand it as either "New iPhone 3g" or simply "iPhone"

[RTiii320]

Instead of making up our own "names" why don't we just wait and see what Apple calls it?