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I feel like at some point in the near future phone naming conventions will adopt the car manufacturer naming convention of just being the name of the car and th
by izzydata 7y ago
I feel like at some point in the near future phone naming conventions will adopt the car manufacturer naming convention of just being the name of the car and then whatever year it is. It would be silly to have the Samsung Galaxy S26 or the Apple iPhone 32 XR instead it should just be the Samsung Galaxy (2028) and the Apple iPhone (2025) or whatever year it is. The updates to the phones will start to get very insignificant from year to year.
- stevewodil 7y agoFor Apple specifically it seems that they are more keen on keeping their iOS devices on a different naming scheme. The macbook lines already do the naming convention based on 'early' 'mid' and 'late' year, for example mid 2018 macbook pro
- iwasakabukiman 7y agoPhil Schiller has openly said that the iPhone names are swiped from car manufacturers[1]. > "I love cars and things that go fast, and R and S are both letters used to denote sport cars that are really extra special," he said with a smile. [1] https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/22/iphone-xr-phil-schiller-interview/ https://www.engadget.com/2018/10/22/iphone-xr-phil-schiller-...