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2019 iPhones Won't Have 'iPhone' on the Back According to So-Called Foxconn Worker
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Car model names are equally confusing and yet consumers figure them out. This is 2019 not 2010. I’ll give some credit to Apple consumers they can understand the price/value equation.
Fully agree!
Should just be iPhone / iPhone Max / iPhone Xr.
I don’t think we’ve seen 3-D Touch get so much advertisement as these rumours the last 2yrs lol.
Same. Something like "Mac Studio" maybe? Since that's mostly what the iMac is used for anyway. And then the iMac Pro being renamed to "Mac Studio Pro"
After all, they don't have the iBook anymore, so why keep the other 20 year-old naming convention?
They got rid of "iBook" because it didn't have Mac in the name. That's not a problem with iMac. So dropping the "i" from iMac doesn't improve brand recognition.
i want apple to build a house with entirely apple technology. the phones, tv, car in the driveway. everything. sounds like a joke but not really. someone can actually do this by copying an apple store and making the home look like that and then installing all kinds of apple products inside wherever applicable.
I am a doctor (anesthesiologist). I use my phone at work (operating room and rescue helicopter) to look stuff up and make calculations in a hurry. Sometimes even to communicate with colleagues (obviously not on the helo).
I don't need my phone to be exciting. I need it to be practical (hence my desire for USB-C, so I don't have to carry different cables) and I need it to work the same in every condition.
You can imagine how well FaceID works while wearing a surgical mask or a helmet with sunglasses and an aviation microphone across my face.
I had an X for two weeks, sent it back and got an 8 Plus instead. It does the exact same things and it even allows me to see the battery percentage, which the notch forcefully hides (another lost feature which I use a lot).
Particular use case? Yes. But that's me. This is my opinion and my needs. I don't welcome the loss of TouchID and the replacement of it with FaceID. Neither are perfect technologies, but at the end of the day I still respect Apple for not dropping the 8 from the lineup so we can at least choose between the two.
Innovation for the sake of innovation is no good to me. Innovation must add functionality and possibilities, not shrinking bezels.
The xs is now just a blank slab, how is that the most recognisable product ever, compare to a classic VW beetle, not even close... or concorde or many other classic products...
I was talking more in terms of brand consistency than recognition. I don't think Apple really has that problem any more, even with their newer products and services. So feel like now they'll be focused more on uniformity.
As iconic as the name iPhone is, Apple has definitely moved away from the ‘i’ in their naming convention so changing to Apple Phone is probably a good bet. I don’t know if it will happen this year, maybe more likely next year with the redesigned iP...I mean Apple Phone 12 Pro (or maybe just Apple Phone Pro 2020 edition).
These last few years have generated great Samsung galaxy designs. However impossible, I really just want to buy a Samsung smartphone with IOS environment. That says a lot about Apple's design *cough Jony Ive cough*
At the face of it (notch aside), the xs then, imo, is no different than many android phones...just a blank slab.
No one was even talking about android phones, the point was the iPhone was one of the most recognisable products ever.. which it now clearly isn't..
Oh yes. I agree the iphone with the home button stood out and had a classic look to it. But now it doesn't stand out in a sea of phones, unless the screen is on.
Yep - so all the more reason not to repeat it this year
I agree with you. I can’t believe I’ll be keeping my phone for a 4th year. I was never a new every year guy but definitely a new every two my entire life until now.