Apple Leaks iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR Names on Apple.com Ahead of Official Announcement

[zarmanto]

Dangit. I was soooo hoping that these rumors were going to be wrong. XS Max? Really, Apple? It just seems so corny -- like something I would have fully expected from Samsung or maybe Sony... but not Apple.

Oh well. Hopefully, the products themselves will make up for the name.

 

[WannaGoMac]

Are we not allowed to say "Can't innovate anymore, my ass?" anymore?

 

[Starflyer]

iPhone XSc "Tennessee"

 

[Anandc]

Are we not allowed to say "Can innovate anymore, my ass?" anymore?

Now Apple is finding hard to be innovative even with the names? lol

 

[zarmanto]

Are we not allowed to say "Can innovate anymore, my ass?" anymore?

Sure, dude... you can use poor grammar, typos and unnecessary curse words all you want -- it's a free country and all that; ain't nobody gonna stop you. A few people might poke fun at you... but they certainly won't stop you.

 

[BMox81]

They're just names. Regardless of what's stuck at the end, you'll all still call it your iPhone at the end of the day so less of the moaning please.

 

[jonnysods]

Wow. Those were the actual real names??

 

[DNichter]

Ultimately makes no difference

 

[Abazigal]

Well, the failure of the 5c was not because of the 'c' letter in its name, though.

“C” being synonymous for “cheap” might have helped twist the knife a little.

 

[69Mustang]

Xs Max. Hey I know, let's mix Roman numerals and alphabet together and name a phone. Introducing the
iPhone 10s 1000a10

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

These names are terrible. Regardless of anything else, there is just no reason to replace "Plus" with "Max" if there is no Plus name already in that range. Makes sense for Xs, Xs Plus, Xs Max, but that's not what's (apparently) happening.

Oh come on, Plus was terrible!

 

[iapplelove]

Not a fan of the naming scheme.

I though iPhone X was only cause of the 10 years anyways ?

 

[arkitect]

Xs Max. Hey I know, let's mix Roman numerals and alphabet together and name a phone. Introducing the
iPhone 10s 1000a10

Spot on!

It is all getting rather confusing…

Even though I know it is iPhone 10 — with all the guff added I keep reading iPhone X…
*sigh*

 

[WannaGoMac]

I remember many years ago, at the very start of the iPhone craze when everyone was looking for the "iPhone killer" there was an android phone(s) that used the word "max" in their titles...must of been when large phones were still often referred to as phablets.

 

[arkitect]

Oh come on, Plus was terrible!

True, but with hindsight a lot better than Max.

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

For me, these are what the names should have been

iPhone Xc
iPhone X
iPhone X Max

No way C - the 5c was a truly embarrassment for Apple - old technology & spec based on the year before iPhone, cheap plastic, poor seller. Why repeat that. C was a very poor product. People were not impressed with it. Drop that name and bury it!

 

[netdudeuk]

I don't care what they come up with as long as we don't have to listen to Jonny talking design rubbish at 50% speed.

 

[Lioness~]

*Shaking head*
Apple takes the innovation to new heights.

Glad I’m not planing to buy one of these.

Max sounds like a cat, iPhone Max meow.

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

True, but with hindsight a lot better than Max.

Plus in the fashion industry was the branding for very very large ladies sizes. Not really fitting for an iPhone.

 

[arkitect]

I don't care what they come up with as long as we don't have to listen to Jonny talking design rubbish at 50% speed.

Alas, there's no escaping that unfortunately.

 

[Abazigal]

Not a fan of the naming scheme.

I though iPhone X was only cause of the 10 years anyways ?

I suspect Apple may start to use the term "iphone X" to denote the iPhone with the notch design. Moving forward, subsequent iterations of this design would use "iPhone X" as a base, rather than just "iPhone".

So in subsequent years, we might see something like iPhone X2, X2S, X3 and so on.

Like how up to the phone 8, it was really just iterations of the basic iPhone design. Display, home button, etc.

 

[69Mustang]

Oh come on, Plus was terrible!

Max is even worse though. It's just a recycled (old) Android naming scheme that has been used by at least 7 OEM's. Apple has more imagination than that.

 

[Piggie]

Funny how Apple kept insisting this is not said as "X" but said at "TEN"

Making is MS MAX is just going to make people say the X as "X" even more.

Xmas, not Tenmas

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

Get over it guys. Today you are being offered a very very nice range of iPhones. Be grateful in life! Why bitch over product names when YOU have ZERO control over them??? Maybe study for a Masters in Marketing, get five years experience in the field and then offer your CV to Apple? Until then, just enjoy today!
Shame that some people are never satisfied.

 

[Abazigal]

What? All iPhones have retina displays. Apple has never used ‘r’ before to indicate retina. Xs Max sounds like some Verizon exclusive Droid phone. These names are dumb. Clearly Apple marketing is overthinking this. I’ll be interested to hear Ken Segall’s take.

Well, starting with last year, Apple referred to the iPhone X as having a super-retina display.

https://www.iphonefaq.org/archives/976227

So it seems that any LCD display used by Apple is technically a retina display, while any OLED display would be considered a super-retina display.

And since the iPhone Xr uses a glass LCD display, it seems to fit. So what I guess Apple will do is first introduce the iPhone Xr, then position the iphone Xs and Xs Max as premium alternatives to the Xr (boy, that was a handful to type!).