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What do you think the iPhone 6 will be called?

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amazingdm

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iPhone 1 was just iPhone right? makes sense
iPhone 2 was named iPhone 3G... which confused people
iPhone 3 was named iPhone 3GS.. ok not so bad
iPhone 4 was named iPhone 4.. makes sense
iPhone 5 was named iPhone 4s... err not very smart. I mean it's not a huge upgrade to the 4 so I guess you could still consider it there 4... but what are they going to call the next one?

iPhone 5 wouldn't make sense at ALL since it's the 6th iphone and iPhone 6 would make sense but people would be like "what happened to iphone 5?"
 
I hope the name will be in hieroglyphics so anyone asking for one at a store basically has to do a little dance. Something like "Squiggly Line, Dot, Dash, Eye, Guy walking like an Egyptian, in white and 64GB please"
 
perhaps just iPhone... when a new macbook air comes out (for example rev c) did they call it macbook air 3 or just the new macbook air?
 
The pattern says it will be called iPhone 4G, but who really knows anything when it comes to predicting what apples going to do
 
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Blakjack said:
The pattern says it will be called iPhone 4G, but who really knows anything when it comes to predicting what apples going to do
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It would only be called the iPhone 4G if it kept the same form factor... but since they already went with the S and most of us are pretty sure there will be a redesign it'll probably just be iPhone 5.
 
MrXiro said:
It would only be called the iPhone 4G if it kept the same form factor... but since they already went with the S and most of us are pretty sure there will be a redesign it'll probably just be iPhone 5.
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Why would it be iPhone 5? Technically, it's the not the 5th generation phone, nor would it be their fifth design. If anything, (and assuming a redesign is launched next year) that will be their 4th "new" phone. I would think that if they stick to the numerical suffix, it will just be known as the iPhone 6. I think that if they had no problem skipping over "iPhone 2" they'll ignore the 5 as well. But, who knows...

Personally, though, I'd like to see it drop the suffix and just be known as "iPhone".
 
JudgeKenny said:
Why would it be iPhone 5? Technically, it's the not the 5th generation phone, nor would it be their fifth design. If anything, (and assuming a redesign is launched next year) that will be their 4th "new" phone. I would think that if they stick to the numerical suffix, it will just be known as the iPhone 6. I think that if they had no problem skipping over "iPhone 2" they'll ignore the 5 as well. But, who knows...

Personally, though, I'd like to see it drop the suffix and just be known as "iPhone".
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"5" is one of those anniversary numbers that are good marketing tools. It'll feel more prestigious as the iPhone 5 as opposed to the iPhone 6 which isn't a number anyone cares about.

And it most likely won't be the 4G because of a redesign. Though 4G isn't outside of the realm of possibilities it would be counter intuitive to call it the iPhone 4G just because it's been called the 4 and the 4S already.

It'll probably be marketed as "The iPhone 5, the first 4G iPhone" or "iPhone 5 LTE"
 
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