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Apple's Website Suggests iPhone 14 Plus Was Originally Going to Be Named 'iPhone 14 Max'

Mac Fly (film) said:
Still waiting for a genuinely miniature iPhone... smaller than the not updated "oh, it's not really mini" iPhone mini. Frankly, there's room in the line for a 5" mini (a small phone) and a 5.6" regular. Big iPhones are not for me. Us small phone lovers want one that disappears when we pocket the thing—a phone you don't want to spend your entire day staring into.

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While I understand your desire for a smaller iPhone (we all have different preferences), I don't think it will happen again. While it's easy to find people saying they want a small iPhone on an Apple fan website, even if they are a large number on the website, they are a minuscule portion of the non-techie people who are 99.999% of the consumer base for phone vendors.

If they were the group that wanted a smaller iPhone, the iPhone mini would have sold well and we'd have an iPhone 14 mini right now. Also, there would be a flood of small low-cost Android phones on the market too. But there are not and that shows that the general consumer wants larger phones.

It needs to be financially worth it for Apple to appeal to a small group of aficionados, and after the failure of the iPhone mini, Apple knows it's not.
 
Is the “iPhone Plus” a “full-figured phone?” I’m sure it wasn’t Apple’s intent to make that allusion, but aggressive marketing in the U.S. clothing industry has reshaped the general meaning and interpretation of that word. And, for as vanity-focused as Apple can be, I’m surprised they made the name switch.
 
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While Apple can name the iPhone in a more simpler way, there's clever marketing (believe it or not), behind the current naming selection.

You can offer to a customer the iPhone 14 on two sizes: 6.1 or 6.7...or you can offer the iPhone 14 vs the iPhone 14 PLUS...the best perceived value it's, of course, the "Plus" one. Since it implies more features not just a larger screen.

Ditto for the iPhone 14 Pro vs 14 Pro MAX.

It's a mind game, and Apple wins since those are the priciest ones.
 
Are we seriously referring to the iPhone 14 Plus as a low-end phone? It definitely isn’t.
 
lars666 said:
Still needs naming room for the iPhone 15 Plus Pro Max.
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iPhone 15 Plus Pro Max S+

also.

It is getting to remind me of Mac naming in the 1990s. It was a mess and this is headed that way.

Ideally the have three screen sizes, small, medium, and large with as identical features as possible. Maybe the small one can be thicker for a larger battery.

If they have to, then they keep one or two of the previous generation around at a lower price. As it is, nearly everyone has to spend a lot of time figuring out which is which.
 
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Doesn’t make sense at all. The whole point of the 6.7” iPhone (as was the 6.5”) was that it was the “full display” version of the Plus model. Just like Apple clearly laid out in their XS keynote. “What do you call a phone that’s bigger than plus size?”, Phil said…

iPhone XS Max

So for them to go back to the plus moniker is seriously inconsistent. But what do I know.🤷🏻‍♂️
 
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Makes sense that they'd rename it. Max is confusing against Pro. Like, which is better? But "Plus" just sounds like a larger size.
 
The line up name scheme is so confusing even Apple is unable to cope with the mess they made.
 
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Plus is a much better designation than "Max" - the latter makes me cringe for some reason.
 
DMG35 said:
As much as I like Apple, their naming devices department needs an overhaul…
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Apple's still not as bad as some companies.

Take HP for instance. What's an HP 15-dy2073dx or HP 15-ef2013dx? Dell has similarly cryptic models. i3515-A706BLK-PUS? Dell i7620-5624SLV-PUS?

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sw1tcher said:
Apple's still not as bad as some companies.

Take HP for instance. What's an HP 15-dy2073dx or HP 15-ef2013dx? Dell has similarly cryptic models. i3515-A706BLK-PUS? Dell i7620-5624SLV-PUS?

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Good point.
 
They should go back to differentiating the product line only on size. 2 sizes. That's enough.

Remember when there was just an iPhone?
 
newyorksole said:
ask them lol. they’re clearly trying to have *some* consistency between product lines.

no one said they have to be static or all aligned, but it just makes sense to use certain terminology/descriptions across the board.

it’s a normal thing. having a Plus Pro iPhone and a Max Plus Mac and an Air Pro iPad wouldn’t make a ton of sense right?
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Yes it makes sense to you… who does not have the complete picture, like Apple does. Product families have different consumer needs, demands and psychology hence why each product family has it’s own naming conventions. Yes some are retained where possible to relate to the overall brand. But individual segment needs must have individual marketing strategies, which naming convention forms part of.
 
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centauratlas said:
iPhone 15 Plus Pro Max S+

also.

It is getting to remind me of Mac naming in the 1990s. It was a mess and this is headed that way.

Ideally the have three screen sizes, small, medium, and large with as identical features as possible. Maybe the small one can be thicker for a larger battery.

If they have to, then they keep one or two of the previous generation around at a lower price. As it is, nearly everyone has to spend a lot of time figuring out which is which.
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No it doesn’t need to be like this just to suit you. What you don’t comprehend is that since Apple’s customer base has grown their range complexity has grown so they cannot simply have a simple product family to service all the customer needs they have. So as much as it would satisfy you it’s not feasible. Specific products are about the target customer’s needs and less about how they all fit and feel together. The customer buying one device has no interest on how the naming and alignment of the other products in the family is, they only care about their needs.
 
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How about just iPhone 14. Sell one model. Go back to your roots, which was based on the idea of simplicity. Easy to understand, easy to use.
 
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