Apple should drop the names and numbers

[dontwalkhand]

Apple should really drop the 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S crap. This does nothing but cause most of the whining about why there is no iPhone 5. They should simply call it

iPhone

Just take a look at the iPod Touch, the MacBook Pro, the iPod Nano, etc. You do not use a MacBook Pro 5, nor an iPod Touch 4.

Drop the '2' from iPad as well.

This would solve a lot of the naming confusions etc. Just come out with the new updated products, no need for names.

 

[frostbit3]

Apple should really drop the 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S crap. This does nothing but cause most of the whining about why there is no iPhone 5. They should simply call it

iPhone

Just take a look at the iPod Touch, the MacBook Pro, the iPod Nano, etc. You do not use a MacBook Pro 5, nor an iPod Touch 4.

Drop the '2' from iPad as well.

This would solve a lot of the naming confusions etc. Just come out with the new updated products, no need for names.

Then how would they differentiate from the 3 different iPhone's that will be sold starting the 14th? (3GS/4/4S)

 

[admanimal]

I don't dislike the idea, but then what do I say when I go into a store and have to tell them whether I want an 3Gs, 4, or 4S?

 

[drb1992]

But with the macbook and ipods u have to specify which generation/year you own. In the end it would just be the same. You have to have some way to differentiate the products (name wise). Apple just decided to try something new with the iPhone, and I personally like saying the iPhone 4 than the iPhone 4th gen.

 

[FSMBP]

Apple should really drop the 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S crap. This does nothing but cause most of the whining about why there is no iPhone 5. They should simply call it

iPhone

Just take a look at the iPod Touch, the MacBook Pro, the iPod Nano, etc. You do not use a MacBook Pro 5, nor an iPod Touch 4.

Drop the '2' from iPad as well.

This would solve a lot of the naming confusions etc. Just come out with the new updated products, no need for names.

The problem with this is Apple only sells one generation of Macs & iPods at a time. Apple sells multiple generations of iPhone at the same time.

I really doubt Apple wants its customers to go in and say "I want to buy that old iPhone."