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Why the name "iPhone 4"

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mocque

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you think they chose iPhone 4 so the next generation when LTE is fully deployed will be called the "iPhone 4G"?

anyways, just a thought.
 
I was never a fan of iPhone 3GS as a name.. I'm glad Apple chose iPhone 4 because it is simple, clean and distinct. Next iPhone will likely be called iPhone 5.
 
Possibly, but the naming is only logical. It is the fourth iteration of the iPhone. iPhone HD seems a little colloquial as the only thing 'HD' about it is the 720p of the camera. Also, the 'HD' makes it sound like an Android/HTC device.
 
I think they went with just "4" to stop any confusion, lots of people I know don't know much about phones and would think that a 4G iPhone means its 4G speeds not 4th generation.... lots seem to have problems grasping this with the 3G tbh....

/Rookie
 
would be too confusing

iphone 3g was called the 3g because one of the biggest new features was the ability to use the 3g network

now that 4g is actually started to become implemented, if apple called it the 4g for "fourth generation" people would be confused and assume it could use the 4g network just like the 3g could use the 3g network hence, iPhone 4
 
I think it's sort of a play on the '3' in '3G' and '3GS'. The 3GS was a relatively small upgrade from the 3G, I think the 4 is supposed to express that it's a bigger upgrade than the phones that were branded with a 3.
 
It will have just 'iphone' on the back so does it really matter lol.

Given the camera and screen they could have called it the 'HD'

iPhone 4 is simple though as it pulls the name and the generation together.
 
iPhone 4. Enough said. It is the 4th gen iPhone. Being iPhone 4G would be misleading since most would assume it would run on a 4G network. It doesn't though, so cut to the chase; iPhone 4 it is.
 
The next one will be called iPhone 4G and will support 4G networks. With the '4' name they start a new dynasty of sorts, which is good.
 
I'm pretty sure they had to ditch the "3" to make it really feel like this phone was new. The 3GS didn't feel like a new phone; it was simply an upgrade from the 3G. If they used 3G anywhere in the naming of the new phone, people would still associate it as more of an evolution of the older phone.

I love the new name. :)
 
Hopefully at some point they'll go back to calling it iPhone. It's not like Apple had crazy naming schemes for Macbook, iPod, or Cinema displays. They just had one name for the line. The iPhone seems to be the only product with a crazy naming scheme.
 
mocque said:
you think they chose iPhone 4 so the next generation when LTE is fully deployed will be called the "iPhone 4G"?

anyways, just a thought.
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Because maybe they wanted to get back the name "iPhone" but couldn't (seeing as the 1st Gen is called this). So instead of some wierd name like 3GS, they opted for a clean start and just named it iPhone 4, as in 4th Generation iPhone.
 
Kilamite said:
I was never a fan of iPhone 3GS as a name.. I'm glad Apple chose iPhone 4 because it is simple, clean and distinct. Next iPhone will likely be called iPhone 5.
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Nope, the next one will be iPhone Vista, to be quickly followed by iPhone 7.
 
jav6454 said:
Because maybe they wanted to get back the name "iPhone" but couldn't (seeing as the 1st Gen is called this). So instead of some wierd name like 3GS, they opted for a clean start and just named it iPhone 4, as in 4th Generation iPhone.
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It's not like they name every generation of iPod, so it's not like they couldn't have just called it iPhone.
 
I could never figure out if the 3G meant the network or generation 3.

Unfortunately, this probably isn't going to go away as 4G network is next.

Maybe they should just use that clever little 'i' they love so much.

iPhone i4 which uses 4G.

see?
 
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