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

[ThisBougieLife]

Next year’s phone will be “iPhone XS Max Extreme”

 

[Mildredop]

IMO, putting another letter after “X” will just further increase the amount of people that call it “ex” instead of “ten”.

When I see “iPhone Xr”, I don’t see “10r”.

And when I see XS, I of course see “extra small”. Very bizarre naming scheme.

So is it currently the "iPhone ten" or "iPhone ex"?

And will it be "iPhone ten R" (like tenner) or "iPhone ex r" (like XR3i) etc?

 

[justperry]

I guess if you're not going to "sell sugar water" you can at least name your products in a similar fashion...

Similar posts/comments have been posted before, I don't get the connection, Coke is food, an iPhone...well you guessed it...

 

[JPack]

They should just drop the numbering, as they already did with the iPad. No Apple product other than the iPhone, the Apple Watch, and a handful of accessories has a numbering system. It is not the "MacBook Pro 5" or the "iMac 9"; it is the "MacBook Pro mid-2018" or the "iMac mid-2018". Simple. Effective. Elegant.

Naming doesn't really matter to me. But consistency does.

Consumer upgrade cycles are different for the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.

Why force consistency when there isn't natural consistency?

 

[iSneeze67]

It’s not just their phones. Their whole line is becoming the Apple of the ‘90s. “Mac IIsi”. Go back Steve’s clear vision. Pro, Consumer and Portable.
Mac
Mac Pro
Mac Mini

iPhone
iPhone Pro
iPhone Mini

iPad
iPad Pro
iPad Mini

MacBook
MacBook Pro
MacBook Mini

Apple Watch
Apple Watch Pro
Apple Watch Mini

I’m good with that. Simplicity

 

[ph001bi]

If Apple really thinks these are good names some people clearly need to be let go in Cupertino.

Starting with the web designer.

 

[AppleHaterLover]

They should just drop the numbering, as they already did with the iPad. No Apple product other than the iPhone, the Apple Watch, and a handful of accessories has a numbering system. It is not the "MacBook Pro 5" or the "iMac 9"; it is the "MacBook Pro mid-2018" or the "iMac mid-2018". Simple. Effective. Elegant.

Naming doesn't really matter to me. But consistency does.

Phones don't work like this. Do you really think apple would be caught dead selling the "2018 iPhone" for the better part of 2019????

 

[FasterQuieter]

I've decided, I'm going to call the XSMAX the iPhone Christmas. It sounds much nicer to my ears.

 

[iObama]

I do and it's now legal in California.

Lol!

I have to say... I don't think iPhone Xs Max would ever be my choice after getting high. Way too confusing.

Maybe just iPhone Big.

 

[SuperCachetes]

Similar posts/comments have been posted before, I don't get the connection, Coke is food, an iPhone...well you guessed it...

Exactly the point. You do get it, you just don’t know you do.

There should not be ANY kind of connection between sodas/food and something with a $1,000+ price tag - and yet, Apple is making a good run at it with this crass naming strategy.

 

[yesjam]

Phones don't work like this. Do you really think apple would be caught dead selling the "2018 iPhone" for the better part of 2019????

Yes, because similarly to the examples I mentioned above, Apple would not advertise the model name of the new iPhone as iPhone (2018), it would be advertised as "iPhone" (the iMac is simply advertised as "iMac") and only specified—using the year—if and when necessary. The average consumer would not notice or pay heed to the year in all likelihood. They would only know that someone had the "new" iPhone.

 

[BuddyTronic]

Is it 10R or ExR?
Is it 10S or ExS?

Yah it's so goofy. Tennis Max or Excess X.

I was the guy shaking my fist at the Bloomberg stock analysts and CNBC AAPL hater newscasters, calling the iPhone TEN the "EX"

Then I had some nasty girl at the cellphone place in my small town INSIST that the iPhone X is the "EX" - and I almost argued with her!

I think I learned to just bite my tounge and count my Millions of dollars of AAPL stock over the last 30 years and "let it go"

 

[yesjam]

Consumer upgrade cycles are different for the iPhone, iPad, and MacBook.

Why force consistency when there isn't natural consistency?

Are they, though? Most people I see in public are using older model iPhones. I still see plenty of iPhone 6 and 6s users, iPhone 7 users, and every now and then I'll see someone with a 5 or a 5s. Comparatively few people are using iPhone X.

Some "Apple enthusiasts" upgrade their iPhones every year but the average person will hold on to their phone for longer. Far longer. I would surmise that the average consumer upgrade cycle for an iPhone is very similar to that for an iPad and perhaps even for a laptop computer, and neither have numbered naming conventions.

 

[DheerajR]

IMO, putting another letter after “X” will just further increase the amount of people that call it “ex” instead of “ten”.

When I see “iPhone Xr”, I don’t see “10r”.

And when I see XS, I of course see “extra small”. Very bizarre naming scheme.

But I see “eXcesS”

 

[justperry]

Exactly the point. You do get it, you just don’t know you do.

There should not be ANY kind of connection between sodas/food and something with a $1,000+ price tag - and yet, Apple is making a good run at it with this crass naming strategy.

That's what you see in it, not me amongst others, but hey, opinions differ.

 

[dude-x]

The names are REAL!!!! good god.
But what the hell, I'm getting the XS to the Max.

 

[omenatarhuri]

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.

Yep, you were right. R was indeed the budget.

 

[henrykiiryaa14]

Brethren I know the names are confusing ba the game is changing, because I believe the team had to debate about it as many time as possible so here we go I will definitely own iphone XS MAX

 

[RealSkyDiver]

iPhone X Retarded
iPhone X Superpriced
iPhone X Superpriced to the Max

 

[whsbuss]

So, no AirPod or Pad announcements.... no good. One thing not really explained is the Xr haptic to replace 3D touch. Not sure what Phil was saying about it

 

[democracyrules]

iPhone X Retarded
iPhone X Superpriced
iPhone X Superpriced to the Max

Please grow up. iPhone X is a premium device and appropriately priced accordingly. Apple does what a premium brand company always does. I am very satisfied what Apple does by putting their foot down to their premium product with proper price. If you do not like it, get other brand or get a lower price one and move on.