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I wish companies would use descriptive names for their products. The iPhone X/XR/SR/SE lineup names are just gibberish

by gentleman11 7y ago

rimliu 7y ago
Can you provide examples of such names?
- soylentgraham 7y ago
  Galaxy edge
Rerarom 7y ago
I suppose you didn't enjoy 2002-2004 when almost all phones were like that
alpaca128 7y ago
It feels like Apple product naming gets closer and closer to the confusion known from other manufacturers. Back then it was just the iPhone with an incrementing number afterwards. Now we get 2 different iPhone generations(8 and X) launched at the same time with a gap inbetween, and additional letter combinations afterwards with unknown meanings. What does XR mean and what XS? No idea, but those two letters cost extra.
- grandinj 7y ago
  Without a strong design person at the top to push against this, marketing loves to comes up with these things. For some reason, they really dislike the simplicity of simple numbering. Probably because it doesn't give them any scope to do much.
- s1t5 7y ago
  > Back then it was just the iPhone with an incrementing number afterwards. I just had to look this up - the only actual increment in version numbers was iPhone 8 following iPhone 7. And even that counts just barely considering that they released iPhone X a month after 8. I agree with your feeling on the confusing product line though - it mostly comes from very similar models being released at the same time which wasn't the case in the past.
  - jorvi 7y ago
    That's just patently false. You have iPhone 3G > iPhone 3GS > iPhone 4 > iPhone 4S > iPhone 5 > iPhone 5S > iPhone 6 & Plus > iPhone 6S & 6S Plus > iPhone 7 & 7 Plus so the naming scheme was consistent for a very long time. The iPhone 8 & 8 Plus actually broke the $N > $NS cadence.
    - s1t5 7y ago
      Incrementing a number means increasing it, usually by a fixed amount (in this case 1). That's the context in which 7 to 8 is the only increment.
agloeregrets 7y ago
Well yes. That’s why they make the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro...the X was supposed to be “ten” but that just got turned into X, so that didn’t help. But the SE is just they capitalizing on a successful prior model that people liked.
pentae 7y ago
I agree. If I was running the marketing department i'd name this upcoming SE the "iPhone Classic"

I wish companies would use descriptive names for their products. The iPhone X/XR/SR/SE lineup names are just gibberish

rimliu 7y ago

Can you provide examples of such names?

soylentgraham 7y ago
Galaxy edge

Rerarom 7y ago

I suppose you didn't enjoy 2002-2004 when almost all phones were like that

alpaca128 7y ago

It feels like Apple product naming gets closer and closer to the confusion known from other manufacturers. Back then it was just the iPhone with an incrementing number afterwards. Now we get 2 different iPhone generations(8 and X) launched at the same time with a gap inbetween, and additional letter combinations afterwards with unknown meanings. What does XR mean and what XS? No idea, but those two letters cost extra.

grandinj 7y ago
Without a strong design person at the top to push against this, marketing loves to comes up with these things. For some reason, they really dislike the simplicity of simple numbering. Probably because it doesn't give them any scope to do much.
s1t5 7y ago
> Back then it was just the iPhone with an incrementing number afterwards. I just had to look this up - the only actual increment in version numbers was iPhone 8 following iPhone 7. And even that counts just barely considering that they released iPhone X a month after 8. I agree with your feeling on the confusing product line though - it mostly comes from very similar models being released at the same time which wasn't the case in the past.
- jorvi 7y ago
  That's just patently false. You have iPhone 3G > iPhone 3GS > iPhone 4 > iPhone 4S > iPhone 5 > iPhone 5S > iPhone 6 & Plus > iPhone 6S & 6S Plus > iPhone 7 & 7 Plus so the naming scheme was consistent for a very long time. The iPhone 8 & 8 Plus actually broke the $N > $NS cadence.
  - s1t5 7y ago
    Incrementing a number means increasing it, usually by a fixed amount (in this case 1). That's the context in which 7 to 8 is the only increment.

agloeregrets 7y ago

Well yes. That’s why they make the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro...the X was supposed to be “ten” but that just got turned into X, so that didn’t help. But the SE is just they capitalizing on a successful prior model that people liked.

pentae 7y ago

I agree. If I was running the marketing department i'd name this upcoming SE the "iPhone Classic"