Talk:IPhone naming

Redundant?

I'm new to the project, so probably wrong. But this information doesn't seem to warrant its own stub? The information already exists, verbatim at IPhone, including the chart. And at List of iOS and iPadOS devices in a different format. Similar "naming" stubs don't seem to exist for car brands' models, Samsung phones, etc. Pathologix (talk) 04:50, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

Ideas for expansion

• Apple's naming idiosyncrasies:
  • "iPhone 3G S" with a space, then without a space[1][2]
  • Switch to lowercase "4s", "5s"[3][4]
  • Refusing to use plurals and articles[5][6]
• "S" officially stood for "Speed" with the 3GS,[7][8] but in later models had no meaning except serving as a designator for the "tick-tock" release cycle.[9] The cycle is still ongoing, but without the "S" in the name, and switch to a 3-year supercycle since the iPhone 6 in 2014[10][11] There were some exceptions to the cycle too.[12] This tick-tock cycle is caused either by 24-month cellular contracts, or by a need to "pace" the rate of major releases and keep things up their sleeve.[13]. The term "S year" term gets occasionally used by the media even after the "S" suffix was abandoned,[14][15][16] and is also used by Apple employees.[17]
• The iPhone 4S was predicted to be named "iPhone 5"[18][19] (possibly irrelevant)
• "XS Max" name was criticized in the press.[20][21] and caused confusion re: pronunciation and product lineup complexity.[22][23][24][25]
• Source for the Pro Max name first appearing in the iPhone 11: [26]
• Source on what distinguished "Pro" iPhones from non-Pro iPhones: [27]
• iPhone mini dropped from the lineup due to low sales: [28][29]
• The Verge commenting on the overall naming scheme: [30] Gruber commented on the "no more numbers" suggestion: [31][32]; blog, but high WP:UBO, so can be used if attributed to him.

DFlhb (talk) 12:35, 26 May 2023 (UTC)

iPhone naming - Wikipedia

iPhone naming - Wikipedia

2409:4081:1392:3DF1:0:0:20E0:20A1 (talk) 05:32, 11 August 2024 (UTC)