Agreed, who cares what they call it! I call my new iPad MINE!
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Nice breakdown. So what is the over/under on what Nokia, RIMM and Moto presented to ETSI?
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Agreed, who cares what they call it! I call my new iPad MINE!
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Nice breakdown. So what is the over/under on what Nokia, RIMM and Moto presented to ETSI?
Maybe. But Apple is all about being simple. If they're targeting non-techy people, imagine people going in an Apple Store in a couple years asking for an a previous gen iPhone - "I'll take the old New iPhone". How confusing will that get?
I'm not saying numbering things are the way to go, but using "New" in a product name seems asinine.
I don't see anything in that article that says about how people have been voting, just that Apple's made their design bigger (so saves less space) and that Apple is expected to use their design in 2013.
Sim cards are old tech. Cellphone companies need to embrace the cloud. I don't remember the last phone I used that had a sim card.
Then you must be on a CDMA network as all GSM networks use SIM cards.
While I understand Apple saying more space but how much can 1 or 2 square mm really save them? As i would imagine the actually connected on the board is probably a set size, so why not just make the foot print of that smaller?
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Enjoy sticking to your current CDMA carrier. The others won't let you use your phone on their network.
I've used my iPhone on 5 different GSM/UMTS networks - all thanks to the mighty SIM.
I don't need to tell any of them that I'm doing it either.
Thanks for the explanation... The MR article should have included this as background to begin with.
Yeah, just completely ignore what I wrote after that. And again, that all makes sense when there is one model being sold at a time. Either way, they will at some point give it a number. They won't be calling the 2012 iPad the "New iPad" in 2013 when it is being sold side-by-side with the latest iPad (same with iPhone).
Well, the (slightly) smaller nano-SIM design championed by Nokia uses a completely different connector, meaning that there's no way to cut an existing card down for it, or provide a passive adapter to use a newer card with an older phone.
The nano-SIM design being championed by Apple is effectively as small as you can get without changing the connector. That lets you keep backward/forward compatibility between the standard [mini|micro|nano]SIM cards simply by sticking the smaller versions in a completely inert plastic 'ring'.
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"New" isn't part of the name. It's an adjective. Do you really think that every year Toyota releases the New Highlander? Or do you realize that they're releasing the new Highlander. Sure, technically, every 3 years or so it's the completely redesigned Highlander, but it's certainly never been called the Completely Redesigned Highlander.
Take a look at the back of the iPhone 4s. See the device's name? It say 'iPhone'. It doesn't have the model designation on the device at all. I'm fairly sure it's be that way for every iPhone model.
My suspicion is this:
Apple will release the new iPhone, which looks like the iPhone 4/4s, and will start referring to them as the iPhone single/double/quad core to distinguish them in-store.
Yeah, but you don't buy a new iMac to show off to your friends, but having the latest, greatest mobile device is a HUGE selling point to the mass market.
"Hey I got that new Samsung LED monitor that came out last week for my PC!"
'oh... that's nice.'
"Hey I got the new HTC One X that came out last week!"
'Oh sweet lemme see that'
Yes, I agree. The article only implies one member perhaps voting for Apple.
The Finnish sites in their endless pessimism for Nokia success wrote more strongly based on Verge article that "it looks like Apple is going to win the vote".
"New" is not part of the iPad product name, so it wouldn't be for the iPhone either. It isn't named "the New iPad". The box says "iPad". The back of the device says "iPad". The "New" is just part of the marketing.
Notice if you add it to your cart on Apple.com, it doesn't say "New iPad with Wi-Fi 64GB - Black". It says "iPad with Wi-Fi 64GB - Black (3rd generation)". The "3rd generation" is all you need to know, just like iMacs, MacBooks, MacBook Airs, now iPads and soon, iPhones.
Same, I hate holding my friend's iPod Touch, even with the case on. By the way, haven't seen ya in a while i5
Hey, that's personal preference, but don't fool yourself, the iPhone 4 is clunky compared to the iPod Touch 4 (and I have a 4S, but some days long to have my 3GS back, if only for how ergonomic it felt in my hand).
Don't just say things to try to prove your point either, I reject any sort of contrarianism or blind allegiance.
Then you must be CDMA. GSM networks all use sim cards.
The part about sim cards I like is I can switch phones very easily with out doing any extra things.
An example of when I will switch my sim out of my phone is when I am going to go do a higher risk activity. I would rather crush an old phone than my current one.
That or I can switch between different phones.
wow, I think smaller is better....I like the ipod touch size/weight A LOT more than the iphone 4. I thought most would feel this way, but it seems a lot of ppl like the iphone size
I guess so, Apple isnt one for changing too much on tradition. Yes, the iPad name changed from numbers to the simple phrase, but the iPhone has been around much longer. Changing that tradition "almost" seems un-Apple like
Actually, only the iPhone 4 was ever a "numbered" release of the iPhone.
Yep, exactly. The "3G" and "3GS" were not numerical releases. So the iPhone 4 was actually the one that "broke tradition".
Apple doesn't use "New" in any product name.
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Sure they will. They'll say "The new iPad is here". Just like they are saying now.
Just like they said "The new MacBook Air". Are you confused and thinking "new" is part of the name ? You do realise Apple does this "The new XXXXXXXX" all the time right ?
Now, are you saying the "old New MacBook Pro" ? Of course you're not.
I think you're making this way more complicated than it is. Apple is heading towards the simplest model possible : iPhone. Selling multiple generations at the same time ? It's going to be dead simple : iPhone (5th generation), iPhone (6th generation). And so on.
sure, but this new 'nano' sim from apple is going to gain you tiny fractions of a cc in space savings. Barely worth yet another change in standards. And the argument that you can retrofit it in older handsets isn't clear either - I've tried using passive plastic adapters for micro sims and they are not good to use