It really doesn't matter what they call it. The owner will call it "my iPhone", just like the other billion owners.
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Upcoming 6.5-Inch iPhone Could Be Called 'iPhone Xs Max'
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It really doesn't matter what they call it. The owner will call it "my iPhone", just like the other billion owners.
It almost comes out as "Tennis Match" for me, using "Ten" in place of "X"
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Since the 7 was basically a 6SS and arguably the 8 a 6SSS, why cant the new phones just be 11? With the lower-end phone named the 9?
9
X (at a lower cost)
11
11+
Tim Crook threw out the naming book that Steve had implemented;
The customers, they flew into a rage and on the forums lamented;
"Give us back the quality we're paying for, Tim Crook you dirty scoundrel!";
Crook looked up from counting his piles of money and slowly started to chortle;
"Never!", he replied, "Apples mine, ALL MINE! To do with as I see fit";
"And if you don't like it, we'll get India and China, because Jony and I don't give a s***!"
I know, It doesn't rhyme all that well, but it's funny as f to me.
The customers, they flew into a rage and on the forums lamented;
"Give us back the quality we're paying for, Tim Crook you dirty scoundrel!";
Crook looked up from counting his piles of money and slowly started to chortle;
"Never!", he replied, "Apples mine, ALL MINE! To do with as I see fit";
"And if you don't like it, we'll get India and China, because Jony and I don't give a s***!"
I know, It doesn't rhyme all that well, but it's funny as f to me.
While indicating the size would make the description quite accurate, I think using qualitative terms instead of technical terms works better for the layperson.
"So which size iPad did you buy?"
"Um .. the bigger one."
Sometimes people can't remember the exact dimensions of the product so it might be better to use qualitative words. Just an idea.
It worked without an extra word for the MacBooks for decades. No need to add it now.
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I am feeling nostalgic though—miss the “2 year contract” days. I created my own ad hoc “Day 1 Upgrade Program” juggling 3 family lines (of course not upgrading one of my parents lol) so that I can upgrade every year.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I miss the 2 year contracts too. I don’t even know what we have now. We have two iPones and two iPads on it. We have AT&T. I know a lot of people don"t like them but I/we’ve had all the major carriers sins 1993 (remember CellularOne and the Motorola brick?) and AT&T has worked out the best.
The last time we had to change plans, after they looked at our usage they actually suggested a cheaper plan. Said try it out, you can always increase if you need to. Well, the cheaper plan works great and we’ve not needed to upgrade to more expensive plan.
Our local AT&T store is in same mall as local Apple store so lots of convenience there’ and the AT&T workers have been great for all the years we’ve used them.
I am feeling nostalgic though—miss the “2 year contract” days. I created my own ad hoc “Day 1 Upgrade Program” juggling 3 family lines (of course not upgrading one of my parents lol) so that I can upgrade every year.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I miss the 2 year contracts too. I don’t even know what we have now. We have two iPones and two iPads on it. We have AT&T. I know a lot of people don"t like them but I/we’ve had all the major carriers sins 1993 (remember CellularOne and the Motorola brick?) and AT&T has worked out the best.
The last time we had to change plans, after they looked at our usage they actually suggested a cheaper plan. Said try it out, you can always increase if you need to. Well, the cheaper plan works great and we’ve not needed to upgrade to more expensive plan.
Our local AT&T store is in same mall as local Apple store so lots of convenience there’ and the AT&T workers have been great for all the years we’ve used them.
Fair enough, but the size of the MBP screens haven't really changed over the years, but the phones have.
Similarly, the iPhone 8 plus isn't called the iPhone 8 5.5", nor is the iPad called the iPad 9.7". You wouldn't want to. So this naming convention works. Why not make it consistent across the board?
I agree. It's like Droid Razr Maxx or something. I have the Xs Max and I can't stand the name.