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Does it bug anyone else how Apple names their phones?
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Well, in fairness, they didn't call the first iphone "iphone 1".
So I don't think there was originally the intent to go by number order, as the "3G" denoted 3G data speed, not the #3 phone.
So I don't think there was originally the intent to go by number order, as the "3G" denoted 3G data speed, not the #3 phone.
Can easily identify the parent's basement dwelling bachelors... when they compare inanimate tools to living breathing people.
So far, you can at least tell which model is newer with the existing naming scheme. I'd be interested in how they will name the 4.7" and 5.5" models.
I have other things to worry about then the naming convention Apple uses for the iPhone. I always just refer to it as iPhone, what does it matter?
How do you think they should have named them?
How do you think they should have named them?
Well, before the iPhone 5 debuted a bunch of geeks here were naive enough to think the iPhone 5 would be called the iPhone 6 because it's the 6th iPhone when the general public/average Joe wouldn't know jack squat on a flying rock what generation any iPhone is. The OP is along this same line of naive thinking. I'll quote a post from two years ago:
I don't know. Let me know if you ever find out.
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Well the original iPhone would have just been the iPhone as it was,
then the iPhone 3G should have been named iPhone 2 since it was very different than the 1st, but the 3Gs should have been 2s
iphone -> iphone
iphone 3g -> iphone 2
iphone 3gs -> iphone 2s
iphone 4 -> iphone 3
iphone 4s -> iphone 3s
iphone 5 -> iphone 4
iphone 5s -> iphone 4s
iphone 6 -> iphone 5
That would have been what I, knowing what it is today, would have renamed them since it fits in their "it's still the same phone but just faster and upgraded" kind of mentality with the s cycle.
But when the 4 came out, I think the next one should have been iphone 5 and it would have been back on track.
No what bugs me more is that they don't release a substantially changed phone each year using every bit of the latest technology without holding back on anything. In other words It's more than the mere naming, but the phones themselves. It should go from 5 to 6 to 7 with the appropriate leap forward each time. Tech changes enough each year for this to happen.
I hope this helps. This is how apple was probably thinking:
iPhone (2g) - To keep it simple, let's call it "iPhone."
iPhone 3G - The biggest feature here is 3G data, so we'll call it "iPhone 3G.
iPhone 3GS - The phone is almost identical to the previous phone, but it is speedier, so we'll call it "iPhone 3GS."
iPhone 4 - The biggest change to the iPhone yet, and so many new features. There is no way to tell which feature should be in the name. Look, it is our 4th iPhone, so maybe "iPhone 4."
iPhone 4S - Like the 3GS, this phone has few new features compared to the previous phone, but we think that siri is the biggest feature here. How about "iPhone 4S."
iPhone 5 - There's a pattern going on here. All of the larger updated phones have numbers going up in the name. iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, and now "iPhone 5."
iPhone 5S - The pattern we noticed earlier works here too. While large updates get numbers, smaller updates (and usually speedier) get an "S." iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S, and now "iPhone 5S."
I can't see why anyone can get mad at apple for how they named their phones. It is a simple pattern, and it makes it so apple doesn't have to be boring like samsung and their SG, SG2, SG3, SG4, SG5, etc.
iPhone (2g) - To keep it simple, let's call it "iPhone."
iPhone 3G - The biggest feature here is 3G data, so we'll call it "iPhone 3G.
iPhone 3GS - The phone is almost identical to the previous phone, but it is speedier, so we'll call it "iPhone 3GS."
iPhone 4 - The biggest change to the iPhone yet, and so many new features. There is no way to tell which feature should be in the name. Look, it is our 4th iPhone, so maybe "iPhone 4."
iPhone 4S - Like the 3GS, this phone has few new features compared to the previous phone, but we think that siri is the biggest feature here. How about "iPhone 4S."
iPhone 5 - There's a pattern going on here. All of the larger updated phones have numbers going up in the name. iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, and now "iPhone 5."
iPhone 5S - The pattern we noticed earlier works here too. While large updates get numbers, smaller updates (and usually speedier) get an "S." iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S, and now "iPhone 5S."
I can't see why anyone can get mad at apple for how they named their phones. It is a simple pattern, and it makes it so apple doesn't have to be boring like samsung and their SG, SG2, SG3, SG4, SG5, etc.
I think when Apple named the iPhone 4, they were thinking that people would think that it was capable of 4G speeds when it was only a 3G phone. Apparantly it worked, because I and others I know have heard people calling it the iPhone 4G.
My father was a total Apple noob back then and was totally shocked that the iPhone 4 didn't have a 4g antenna.
It didn't help that at&t collaborated with Apple to have iOS 5.1 magically add 4G in the signal indicator when it was still HSPA+.
He was running a Blackberry Storm back then so he didn't have any knowledge of that, but that's such a tease.
iPhone VI is coming out this fall! No, it doesn't bug me.
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How less could you care?
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How less could you care?
I remember that. Also, just recently I read an article about the term "4G". The definition seemed to have changed over the years. There didn't seem to be a clear definition of what 4G is. Some consider HSPA+ to be 4G. Now, I don't really hear the term used at all. Now, it's LTE that has the fast data speeds.