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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
    They can call it what they want and I understand what they were going for, but it'll always be iPhone Ecks to me.
  • koyote 7y ago
    Huh, I always called it the iPhone Ecks. I can't really think of a 'tech thing' with 'X' in the name that is not pronounced Ecks.
• 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. :)