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This shows how damn important it is to name your product right. iPhone just makes complete sense, and everything you need to know is in the name: it's made by Apple and it's a phone.

vs. something meaningless like "Galaxy S III", which might as well be the name for a space telescope.

We only associate the iSomething branding due to Apple's marketing. Otherwise "i" would have just as much innate meaning as "Galaxy", which is to say, none.

I'll grant the word "phone" was sensible.
 
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