Will Apple drop the "i"?

[recoil80]

I don't think they'll change the name of iPhone and iPad since they are so famous. They may drop the i in every new product like they did last year with Apple Watch

 

[kdarling]

Interestingly, Apple registered these names in China before the "iPad" was announced.

APPLE PAD
APPLE SLATE
APPLE TAB

Maybe it was done to throw people off, maybe just to stake a claim on any similar names, or perhaps it was a backup naming plan

 

[Merkie]

Again, Apple Music today. I'm more and more convinced we won't see an iProduct again.

 

[imlynxy]

They drop i , when iphone will be only one one the market. It will be just phone or the phone I don't see any reason to by Apple Watch and I don't want Apple music, I have imac, iphone and ipad. The formula works for me : No i = no buy

 

[kcmartenslol]

Not with products already containing "i", but for future products, yes.

 

[Ethos Evoss]

I was wondering if apple will be renamed to iApple

 

[DCIFRTHS]

Not gonna happen.

The 'i' meant 'internet' in the case of the iPhone, borrowing from the name of the iPod (in this case, the 'i' meant 'intelligent').

The iPad's 'i' have the same meaning as the iPhone.

The Watch isn't primarily used to connect to the internet, so there was no need for the 'i'.

Neither does Apple Pay.

Most payment transactions either use a phone line (and modem) or they traverse the internet at one point or another. This includes Apple Pay.

There is an article regarding the birth of the "i", and I don't think it mentioned intelligent anywhere. I'm guessing the "i" (in iPhone) was just a carry over from a major brand name that already existed - regardless of what Job's or anyone else may have said on a stage somewhere...

 

[ZombiePete]

I think that it was a bad move not to think of a more inventive name or just use 'iWatch', and that it has damaged sales of the Apple Watch.

You think that the name has hurt sales? What a petty reason to not give it a chance. I think the Apple Watch is great, and I think it would be great had it been called iWatch or Tim Cook's First Big Product Watch. There really is no pleasing some people, I get that, but this is really bottom of the barrel stuff.

 

[ZombiePete]

Personally, I like the new naming convention better. It's simple and looks and sounds more professional to me. i-Device has been around for a while and has started to be used with derision, so moving away from it was probably the right move.

 

[DCIFRTHS]

Personally, I like the new naming convention better. It's simple and looks and sounds more professional to me. i-Device has been around for a while and has started to be used with derision, so moving away from it was probably the right move.

Well said, and I agree with you.