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I'm just happy they dropped the stupid 'X' nomenclature. Now they need to rename Xcode to Apple Code or something...

• ido 7y ago
  11 Code Pro & 11 Code Pro Max, according to precedence.
• Flavius 7y ago
  Yeah, the X was confusing, but now the new iPhone 11 is not really the new iPhone 11. The iPhone 11 Pro is the new iPhone 11. Still confusing...
  • wmf 7y ago
    The argument has been made that the 11 is just as good as the flagship iPhones of the past but now they have another beyond-flagship model above that.
  • wlesieutre 7y ago
    They're changing the product positioning in the line so that the most popular model is now the "normal" one, and premium models are a step up from that. Honestly I like it better than giving the high end model the default branding with a worse model below it that most people will actually buy.
  • johnnycab 7y ago
    If you think that differentiating between three phones in the new range is confusing, you should keep far away from Xiaomi!
• sorum 7y ago
  The X was roman numeral 10
  • eddieh 7y ago
    That's what I think is stupid. Roman numerals are stupid and make things inconsistently named. iPhone ten vs ecks-code.
    • mike_d 7y ago
      I think it was a fun "throw back" to when they released OSX (the previous version was called OS 9).
      • dymk 7y ago
        "OSX" is pronounced "ozz-icks" :)
    • sorum 7y ago
      Fair point. Once you start listing it out, you see how confusing they made it for users: - OS X = "OS ten" - iphone X = "iphone ten" - Xcode = "ex-code"
      • bdcravens 7y ago
        Plus "XS" was "ten S"
        • holy_city 7y ago
          Which always sounded like "iPhone tennis" to me
        • stordoff 7y ago
          It's just occurred to me I never made that connection - every I know just calls it the XS (ecks-ess).
    • closetohome 7y ago
      Shit, are we supposed to be pronouncing that "tencode"?
    • jsgo 7y ago
  • bdcravens 7y ago
    Except a ton of people said the letter (since iPhones 3-8 used Arabic numerals), and the "XS" was written together, to make it even more confusing.
  • jedberg 7y ago
    Yeah that may have been what they intended, but everyone I know, including people who work retail selling the phones, calls it an "excess Max".
    • RandallBrown 7y ago
      If you type the say command into Terminal on a Mac and have it say "iPhone X" or "Mac OS X" it will pronounce it correctly (Ten instead of X). Doesn't relate much to the argument, other than being a neat easter egg.
      • jedberg 7y ago
        Well it at least shows what they intended. :)