That's poor timing. If they knew they were going to call it that, why would they release it and then have millions of people get directed to a porn site?
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That's poor timing. If they knew they were going to call it that, why would they release it and then have millions of people get directed to a porn site?
Who does that?
Apple does that. It wasn't until November 22nd they acquired the domain. Wonder how many people actually went to the site trying to find apple's site.
Here is the news article: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1280339/
The stupidity in this thread is incredible.
The naming scheme with all these numbers just gets stupid and un-apple like in general.
If you want to use any logic look what they did with the iPad naming. Just "iPad" and hopefully the phone this year will be back to just "iPhone". Hell, every iPhone built since the original only has the name "iPhone" on the rear of it.
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Are you serious? "Worst naming scheme of all"?
iPhone 7 may not confuse much, but marketing wise it's starting to look ridiculous. Open apple.com and look at their line of products. Simplicity. Imagine if the iPod kept numbers all these years?
The naming scheme with all these numbers just gets stupid and un-apple like in general.
If you want to use any logic look what they did with the iPad naming. Just "iPad" and hopefully the phone this year will be back to just "iPhone". Hell, every iPhone built since the original only has the name "iPhone" on the rear of it.
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Are you serious? "Worst naming scheme of all"?
iPhone 7 may not confuse much, but marketing wise it's starting to look ridiculous. Open apple.com and look at their line of products. Simplicity. Imagine if the iPod kept numbers all these years?
No one in this thread said that the iPhone had to be named with a number. It could be something like the iPhone E.
The iPad was a special case I always thought. I mean obviously you had people using iPads and iPad 2's and I mean since nothing really changed in the iPad area, they didn't really have a reason to call it anything but an iPad.
The fact of the matter is that sometimes you have to shake it up a little. When everyone's using different versions of iPhones, you have to designate a difference somehow.
Our detective team are just ruling out the possiblities. And we will have a definitive answer in the coming weeks.
I agree that the numbering system is going to get ridiculous. At what point do they stop? If they make a new iPhone every year for the next 20 years, they will be up to the iPhone 25. Would Apple really call it that?
You're right. Makes no sense. Just like the iPod. Every year there's a new iPod. You would never think it'll be called the new iPod.
Or how about the iMac? I notice they currently call it the iMac 12, cause there's no way they'd want people to be confused with the iMac 11.
You're on to something with the letters though. Maybe this will be the iPhone E, and next year the iPhone F. Definitely possible.
How can you say you've never seen anything like it before, when you've still never seen the official design?
^ Out of this quite pitiful thread, I found two posts to agree with
One question: Seriously?
+1 IMO they will do the same thing they did with the new iPad. They think it is more simple and will confuse less customers.
of course it won't be any of those; it will simply be the new iPhone
This would be the most logical name.
So what will next year's iPhone be called then ? "The New iPhone2"
It will also be "The New iPhone". Just like with Macs. In the future, if one has the need to specify which iPhone (s)he owns, one will simply say "iPhone (2012)".
I wonder if Apple will change the 'iPhone' name on the back to indicate which one you have !
I remember when the 4s was released and a few new owners expressed their disapointment that it did not indicate anywhere what iPhone they owned.
Personally I think Apple just leave it saying iPhone because that's enough street cred needed ! lol
+1 on that. But this would make up some confusions, especially with the original iPhone and all of the future generations.
It'll be called the new "iPhone" and will hopefully eventually follow the same naming scheme as the Macbooks and iPads. You don't see anyone saying they have a Macbook Pro 6 or something.
We can cross out the following because Apple just wont call it due to its incompatibility across the globe with 4G/LTE:
- iPhone 4G (X)
- iPhone LTE (X)
I am 100% Sure it wont be a Quad-Core Processor, mainly because apple has been bringing their best to the iPad first then the iPhone.
- iPhone A6
100% Sure there will be no 3D on this iPhone, as much as I hate to burst anyones bubble but at more times apple fans are a bit unrealistic with their asking's and I feel apple is no where near ready to bring something like 3D into mass production anytime soon:
- iPhone 3D (X)
100% Sure apple will not launch that "Cheaper iPhone", again another one of those things that people keep asking/thinking they are going to get....be realistic....If apple wanted to make "Cheap" phones dont you think they would release 2-3+ models/year? But no thats not the case, those that are seeking a cheaper iPhone, that iPhone exists already...its the model from the year before and if you want to go even cheaper...then its the model from 2 years before, that is what Apple calls "Cheap/Cheaper iPhone"
- iPhone Pro (X)
100% Sure apple wouldn't pick a name like "SLIM" to go along with its iPhone because it just doesn't sound professional...their goal is to make slimmer, lighter, and quality devices not name them based on their offerings because iPhone 4/4S were already the "SLIM" if not the slimmest phones in the world at launch...
- iPhone Slim (X)
Only Possible names left with are:
- New iPhone (based on the iPad's calling, We can expect it to be called this as apple is moving away from the numbering system much like it did with its Mac lineup....there is no Macbook 1 or 2 or 3 or 5...its just Macbook (Pro/Air) and user it self can call it by its internal name such as Macbook Pro 8,2 etc. They just want everyone to have an iPhone...and not be differentiating it in a crowd by yelling out "iPhone 3G,3GS,4,4S" this way only the user knows which model he/she has...not everyone the block...much like the iPhone 4/4S doesn't show the GB Size on the back anymore...everyone in a room can have an iPhone 4/4S...but no one knows what size...
- iPhone 6
- iPhone 5 --> I doubt it because it would confuse alot of people...6th generation iPhone being called iPhone 5...
- iPhone IV (4) <--I'm not sure why OP stated this but i think this if apple owns the name for WHOIS then its/it was probably for the iPhone 4/4S...and nothing to do with the future iPhone...even if they registered it much after the release of i4/4S....