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Ironically it has become too confusing to know which Iphone to buy. The X* naming convention isn't helping one bit either.

Redoubts 8y ago
How is it hard to discern X vs XS compared to 7 and 7S?
- washadjeffmad 8y ago
  Is X the newest? I don't really Apple, but I feel like models of the 8 or 9 came after the X. I assume X means 10 like 'OS X', so I would assume it's the 10th gen iPhone, but I don't know.
  - jki275 8y ago
    the X models are the newest. There is no 9, the 8 is the last "non-X" model.
    - swampthinker 8y ago
      So whats the difference between the XR, XS, X max (is that a thing? Feel like I've heard that). Which iPhone has a notch? Which one has a home button still? These are questions I've heard over the holidays from friends and family, questions that were unthinkable when Jobs ran Apple.
      - jki275 8y ago
        Honestly, I have no idea what the differences between those models are. I presume there are some processor differences and such, I think the X models don't have the home button, I think all the X models have the notch as it's where the camera/ir module for the face unlock is located.
      - Redoubts 8y ago
        > XR, XS, X max... Which iPhone has a notch? All of them. > Which one has a home button still? None of them. > So whats the difference <>S is the refresh, same as it's been for years. Max is the physically larger size, what used to be called the "Plus". > These are questions I've heard over the holidays from friends and family, questions that were unthinkable when Jobs ran Apple. I mean, Max/Plus is annoying, but I think Jobs was alive when iPhones refreshed with an S so this seems like a silly statement.
        swampthinker 8y ago
        There are now 4 phones consumers are supposed to be aware of. On top of the naming scheme being confusing, most people who asked me during the holidays think Xs is just a smaller version of the X. Frankly X was just a dumb name.
        Redoubts 8y ago
        Sounds like the people you know don't want to do entry level reading on a $1000 purchase.
        swampthinker 8y ago
        That's exactly right. It's normally a purchased through a carrier's 2 year upgrade plan, and the expectation has been simplicity. Why are we suddenly expected to do more research on various models when part of the reason why the iPhone was successful was due to it's simplicity?
        washadjeffmad 8y ago
        I don't know, would you intuit the model called the X or the XS (read: "excess") as being the bigger, better phone? How many others might have thought it was "Xtra Small"? And even if you knew the XS was the refresh, would guess the XR preceeded or succeeded it? R comes before S, so maybe S is the newest? Personally, the X naming feels like kind of a gaff.
wtetzner 8y ago
I like that the iPhone X came around as OS X became macOS. Feels like there's a disconnect in the marketing department.

Redoubts 8y ago

How is it hard to discern X vs XS compared to 7 and 7S?

washadjeffmad 8y ago
Is X the newest? I don't really Apple, but I feel like models of the 8 or 9 came after the X. I assume X means 10 like 'OS X', so I would assume it's the 10th gen iPhone, but I don't know.
- jki275 8y ago
  the X models are the newest. There is no 9, the 8 is the last "non-X" model.
  - swampthinker 8y ago
    So whats the difference between the XR, XS, X max (is that a thing? Feel like I've heard that). Which iPhone has a notch? Which one has a home button still? These are questions I've heard over the holidays from friends and family, questions that were unthinkable when Jobs ran Apple.
    - jki275 8y ago
      Honestly, I have no idea what the differences between those models are. I presume there are some processor differences and such, I think the X models don't have the home button, I think all the X models have the notch as it's where the camera/ir module for the face unlock is located.
    - Redoubts 8y ago
      > XR, XS, X max... Which iPhone has a notch? All of them. > Which one has a home button still? None of them. > So whats the difference <>S is the refresh, same as it's been for years. Max is the physically larger size, what used to be called the "Plus". > These are questions I've heard over the holidays from friends and family, questions that were unthinkable when Jobs ran Apple. I mean, Max/Plus is annoying, but I think Jobs was alive when iPhones refreshed with an S so this seems like a silly statement.
      - swampthinker 8y ago
        There are now 4 phones consumers are supposed to be aware of. On top of the naming scheme being confusing, most people who asked me during the holidays think Xs is just a smaller version of the X. Frankly X was just a dumb name.
        Redoubts 8y ago
        Sounds like the people you know don't want to do entry level reading on a $1000 purchase.
        swampthinker 8y ago
        That's exactly right. It's normally a purchased through a carrier's 2 year upgrade plan, and the expectation has been simplicity. Why are we suddenly expected to do more research on various models when part of the reason why the iPhone was successful was due to it's simplicity?
        washadjeffmad 8y ago
        I don't know, would you intuit the model called the X or the XS (read: "excess") as being the bigger, better phone? How many others might have thought it was "Xtra Small"? And even if you knew the XS was the refresh, would guess the XR preceeded or succeeded it? R comes before S, so maybe S is the newest? Personally, the X naming feels like kind of a gaff.

wtetzner 8y ago

I like that the iPhone X came around as OS X became macOS. Feels like there's a disconnect in the marketing department.