The new iPhone 7

[steponeman]

Hi guys, i wish you are doing good

there is an idea that i want to share with you and want to see your opinions

why Apple name its new iPhones iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s plus

it would be better if it called them iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus

does Apple try to take revenche from Samsung which name its smartphones "s3, s4, s5,s6" or it's just a coincidence?

what do you guys think?

 

[AbSoluTc]

Hi guys, i wish you are doing good

there is an idea that i want to share with you and want to see your opinions

why Apple name its new iPhones iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s plus

it would be better if it called them iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus

does Apple try to take revenche from Samsung which name its smartphones "s3, s4, s5,s6" or it's just a coincidence?

what do you guys think?

Same design - S designation.
Different design - # designation.

That's why.

 

[DynamicSausage]

This has been the system since the 3G and 3GS. The 'S' stood for speed and stood as a boosted version of the 3G. Nothing to do with Samsung at all, just a good way for Apple to save design cost and keep churning out phones every year.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

I think everyone knows that they slap on a "s" so they can sell an assload of iPhones with very little changed exterior-wise. The 7/7 Plus would be a new design.

 

[16Paws]

Hi guys, i wish you are doing good

there is an idea that i want to share with you and want to see your opinions

why Apple name its new iPhones iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s plus

it would be better if it called them iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus

does Apple try to take revenche from Samsung which name its smartphones "s3, s4, s5,s6" or it's just a coincidence?

what do you guys think?

Look back through the iPhones, every one year so far (except for the original to the 3G) has been Number then Number s, example:

iPhone 3G - iPhone 3Gs the next year
iPhone 4 -> iPhone 4s the next year
iPhone 5 -> iPhone 5s the next year

Apple has been going this for a while, it doesn't have anything to do with Samsung, it is just how they name the phones. It is called a Tick/Tock cycle. The tick is the major number upgrade and the tock is the 's' cycle. The number upgrade includes a redesign and the 's' cycle has to do with upgrading internals and adding new features.

 

[garirry]

Apple adopted the S thing before Samsung even released their first phone.
S originally stands for "speed". That being said, it means that the 6S is mostly a speed and small features increase from the 6, not meriting a new number because the design is the same.

 

[sniffies]

S - internal changes
Number - external changes

 

[16Paws]

Apple adopted the S thing before Samsung even released their first phone.
S originally stands for "speed". That being said, it means that the 6S is mostly a speed and small features increase from the 6, not meriting a new number because the design is the same.

If I remember correctly:

3GS: S = Speed
4S: S = Siri
5s: S = Security (Touch ID)
6s: S = Speed... again? I dunno.

 

[caligurl]

If I remember correctly:

3GS: S = Speed
4S: S = Siri
5s: S = Security (Touch ID)
6s: S = Speed... again? I dunno.

6S: screen

 

[16Paws]

6S: screen

Nice.

 

[garirry]

If I remember correctly:

3GS: S = Speed
4S: S = Siri
5s: S = Security (Touch ID)
6s: S = Speed... again? I dunno.

I believe the only official one was 3GS with its speed. Only thing is I haven't watched the 4S event so I dunno.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

If I remember correctly:

3GS: S = Speed
4S: S = Siri
5s: S = Security (Touch ID)
6s: S = Speed... again? I dunno.

I don't think the "s" stands for anything anymore. It's become meaningless and ubiquitous like the "i" in iDevices.

 

[AYNOM]

If I remember correctly:

3GS: S = Speed
4S: S = Siri
5s: S = Security (Touch ID)
6s: S = Speed... again? I dunno.

Granted, it did stand for speed on the 3GS... why does it matter if it stands for anything.

As beaten to death millions of times, # = design change S = mid-cycle bump on the internals.

 

[16Paws]

I don't think the "s" stands for anything anymore. It's become meaningless and ubiquitous like the "i" in iDevices.

I like to find meaning in nothing.

I believe the only official one was 3GS with its speed. Only thing is I haven't watched the 4S event so I dunno.

yes the only official one was 3GS from what I remember, but my list is more fun!

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

I like to find meaning in nothing.

Make it Steve then.

 

[Bbqthis]

Apple adopted the S thing before Samsung even released their first phone.
S originally stands for "speed". That being said, it means that the 6S is mostly a speed and small features increase from the 6, not meriting a new number because the design is the same.

Umm I do think Samsung had released a phone or two out when the 3GS came out...

 

[garirry]

Umm I do think Samsung had released a phone or two out when the 3GS came out...

Sorry, I meant their first Galaxy S phone.

 

[redheeler]

6S: screen

Why? The screen is identical to the 6/6+, with the exception of Force Touch.

Maybe s stands for sense, as in sensing how hard someone presses on the screen?

 

[Macsidia]

Sorry, I meant their first Galaxy S phone.

Yeah the first Galaxy S was just "S" with no number, So apple had no idea that Samsung were going to name their next ones S2 through to the current S6, so most likely it seems its just a coincidence.

 

[TheRealAlex]

If I remember correctly:

3GS: S = Speed
4S: S = Siri
5s: S = Security (Touch ID)
6s: S = Speed... again? I dunno.

7S: S = Saphire as in Saphire Glass Oh god I hope not I hope its gets it on the regular 7 release.