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iPhone 6
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I don't know one way or another but it seems to me this numbering scheme needs to be disrupted. There will be an iPhone 11, but it would be stupid to call it that.
Macs don't have this kind of numbering, so before too long I would expect future iPhones to simply be called "iPhone" and distinguished by release year.
Macs don't have this kind of numbering, so before too long I would expect future iPhones to simply be called "iPhone" and distinguished by release year.
Today, we're gonna learn how to count to 10!
Everyone repeat after me;
One
Two
Three
Four
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Everyone repeat after me;
One
Two
Three
Four
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
That doesn't matter. Apple's naming scheme is not going by what number phone it is. They change the number when there is a dramatic change in the phone.
The next iPhone will not be 6 because that would be stupid as far as marketing goes.
It will be iPhone 5
iphone 6 with iOS6. Sounds realistic.
But let's not forget about 4g and LTE. The next iPhone might have one of those two in its title.
But let's not forget about 4g and LTE. The next iPhone might have one of those two in its title.
I really think it will depend on if they actually do a full redesign or not. If it just something where they upgrade processor and add LTE I think it will be the
iPhone 4G
No it would not.
The naming trend seems to be X then Xs then X again. The thing that throws people off is 1st Gen to 2nd Gen. Apple opted for the 3G moniker to correspond with 3G Connectivity.
Then again, for all we know, Apple could call the next iteration "The iPhone SUPER DUPPER". We just don't know.
It won't be called the iPhone 5 because that doesn't make sense, it's not the fifth iPhone.
It'll be called something else
There would be rioting in the streets. It's a matter of national security: there will not be any more iPhone 4's.
The fourth phone? Ummm.. no.
iPhone
iPhone 3G
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4
iPhone 4S
iPhone 5? Might name it something else.
iPhone 5S? Possibly. Who knows.
Get it?
I always figured they would go up to 9, and turn 10 into X. This way they could start over again while still representing the actual number.
Example: iPhone 9-> iPhone X-> iPhone X2 -> iPhone X3 and so forth.
This is exactly my point, not that it will most definitely be called the 6 but that it will not be called the 5.
At first I thought that made a lot of sense... but I found a problem with that. They only sell the current version of the Mac... They are now selling three generations of iPhones. Consumers are not going to be able to remember what year the model they want came out in, it is much easier to go by 3gs, 4, 4s.
I do agree though that we will not see an iPhone 11 or something like that.. They will find another naming scheme.
