Yeah, time to ditch yearly names like the iPad did and just go to iPhone (20XX). iPhone Pro for the big one (and add frickin’ Pencil support!).
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Apple Leaks iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR Names on Apple.com Ahead of Official Announcement
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I think they messed up by gong with "X" in the last round, instead of "9". Now they're stuck in awkward land.
But that's the whole point.I'm just seeing how Apple's present-day iPhone lineup ranges from $699 to $1149
That's quite a big range for a single year of iPhone models.
They surely can't expect everyone to buy the most expensive one... and I certainly wouldn't shame someone for not buying it either!
#endphoneshaming
Even if I bought an iphone 6 or 6S today (say because that's what I can afford), I would still be seen with an iPhone which is perceived as the best that Apple had to offer at one point in time, even if that was many years in the past. And that especially matters in asian countries like China where you have an emerging upper middle class who see Apple as an aspirational brand.
I’m going out on a limb and speculate R=Regular. That’s the only thing that is not too out there. Still seems odd.
Yep! Hopefully it will just be a smaller tropical storm by the time it hits here (middle of the state near Charlotte)
Good. Hope all stays well for you. Gonna be a Monster in total rainfall.
Referring to any company as "2nd tier" is never a commentary on their market share; it's generally assumed that it's a commentary on the quality of their work. It's like that old stereotype of comparing a Maserati GT to a Ford Pinto... nobody really needs to ask which one is the "1st tier" option.
Honestly, at the end of the day, it's about the merits of the device, not the name - the latter is something people get whipped up into a frenzy about online, or maybe it's a little chuckle if someone asks you in person, "Which iPhone model is that?"
The planet will be OK ...
A few, but this is the main one I use:
Samsung Gossip
The planet will be OK ...
There are Samsung forums?
A few, but this is the main one I use:
Samsung Gossip
Well, in another few hours, we will have our answers. Sadly, that will be at 1 am in my country and I am currently still suffering from a viral infection since last week, so will be hitting the sack soon.
See you in about 9 hours time (it will be Thursday morning for me).
This forum is going to be lit.
See you in about 9 hours time (it will be Thursday morning for me).
This forum is going to be lit.
Was hoping they started at $999 but if true I think this means we are going to see yearly price increases - now that the market has matured only way to grow revenue. $1149 next year?Well, now we know that they really were thinking "Excess"
Not sure what kind of discussion you were expecting to take place in a thread about names. Obviously many of us who may own stock or otherwise care about the company image have reached a broad consensus that the name "Max" is rather basic and unfitting for Apple. In any case, forum posts are meaningless by their very nature, and this is probably all just venting - which is the whole point sometimes. I'll pre-order my XS Max, or whatever it's called, just like millions of others, and all of this will be relegated to forum history. It doesn't mean bitching now isn't fun.
Moaning about moaning. How meta.
Yea, Samsung is certainly positioning those phones against the iPhone (marketing and such), but they really aren't close to competing with Apple on the high end (yearly sales are close to a quarter of sales to Apple). It's a very different league. This is part of the reason why I think Samsung's focus is off and they should be focused on the mid-tier market in the US, not the premium market.
The all new Iweed... oh that name has been taken, eh .. apple weed. Coming soon in 20xx.
Who cares what it's called? Just needs to be a decent upgrade is all that matters.
- iPhone (2018 Model)
- iPhone Plus (2018 Model)
- iPhone Pro / X (2018 Model)
Would have been less confusing and future proof.
Plus, when talking of the latest model you may just ditch the year.
I mean it's not like the Macbooks have the revision number in their name. They are just called Macbook (Late/Early 201x) and it works just fine.
- iPhone Plus (2018 Model)
- iPhone Pro / X (2018 Model)
Would have been less confusing and future proof.
Plus, when talking of the latest model you may just ditch the year.
I mean it's not like the Macbooks have the revision number in their name. They are just called Macbook (Late/Early 201x) and it works just fine.
You are into something there. With Apple everything is predictable until it isn’t.
They’ll never make a phone. Or an 8-inch tablet. A stylus (just don’t call it stylus). A tablet. A watch.
Apple will do whatever the hell it wants and you’ll like it either way because we all know the others guys in the tech industry make tasteless sh*t. So there.
Not sure how they’d know but I never believed the rumor that the bigger X would start at $999. Cook says the X is the best selling model for every week it’s been on sale. Why would Apple reduce its price? And of course the bigger model is the perfect way of increasing prices.
Well according to you perhaps but others may like those names, just as some people may like your given name and others may hate it and think it is the stupidest name ever for a person to be called.
Each to their own then.
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No offence but they are not going to upset to the XR as that is the so called budget model, they would upset instead to the X Max as that will be the high end model.