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The chance that this phone has a "5" in it's name is as close to happening as the next iPad mini being called the Newton.

Yeah, the 5 never made any sense considering this phone is supposed to feature the newest A9 processor. "iPhone 5 + whatever" sounds like 3 years old tech...
 
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Or how bout they call it the iPhone 6s Mini.
I feel like we won't know the name until it's revealed, but I've been saying this as well. Mini is both adorable and marketable. "Oh you got the new Mini?" sounds better than "Oh, you got the new j8y98aupuU*(Y(DYFShishfliahsfhasd8fu8DYFYSDFISDHFLSHDFIHhuidlif?"


Yeah, the 5 never made any sense considering this phone is supposed to feature the newest A9 processor. "iPhone 5 + whatever" sounds like 3 years old tech...
Yeah, that never made sense.
 
Dropping the number and using the latest processor makes sense. I expect the refresh cycle for the SE will be longer than a single year.

On a historical note I recall when there was the Mac IIx (68030) and Mac SE (68000) they were about to introduce an SE with the 030 processor. There was talk of naming it the Mac SEx. :rolleyes:

Don't forget the IIx, IIcx and IIfx!
 
John Gruber says that this phone was never intended to be called '5se'. This reinforces my hypothesis that Mark Gurman has good sources but that his knowledge is so-so, making him unable to ask good questions. A lot of the things he reports on are vague and if you were a bit more critical, you would ask your source to clarify.
 
I agree with everyone saying the iPhones should be Mini and Pro. I wish they'd just forget all the 6's and S's and go with iPhone Mini, iPhone, and iPhone Pro, but I guess that would cause confusion with (stupid) people.

;) Kidding.

They did it with iPods didn't they? Or iPod Touch's. Something was kept track of by "generations". We don't see iMac 41S+...lol. 2013 iPhone, 2015 iPhone Plus, 2017 iPhone Mini...and so on.

Apple needs to hire some of us. lol :p
 
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iPhone SE = Siri Edition although I prefer plain iPhone Siri
All iPhone5 versions had Siri, so Siri Edition would not be a distinguishing nomenclature for the upcoming SE.

In keeping it simple, I'm inclined to go with 'Special Edition', as in 'a smaller version with as many new features as we can fit, in a smaller form factor for those who prefer that'.
 
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John Gruber says that this phone was never intended to be called '5se'. This reinforces my hypothesis that Mark Gurman has good sources but that his knowledge is so-so, making him unable to ask good questions. A lot of the things he reports on are vague and if you were a bit more critical, you would ask your source to clarify.

More than likely Apple used the incorrect name to figure out who inside Apple is Gurman's source. Also, let's not forget Gruber is still a little salty over the fact that Gurman got everything right with the September announcement while Gruber got it mostly wrong.
 
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I can never keep track if 6 is a Samsung or Apple product, Same with 7.

SE or whatever, as long as they don't dumb down the internals. Some of us want small smart phones that are just, well, phones.
 
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All rumors have pointed to no 3D touch. Personally, I only use it to multitask and as a cursor for text editing. The shortcuts are useless IMO.

The fewer of the "new" features they include, the less compelling it is to upgrade from my current 5S. ApplePay? They want people to use it . . . they're getting the value from it, not me.
 
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