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I always wonder why, out of all the mobile products, is the Apple Watch the only one not called the iWatch? iPod, iMac, iPhone, iPad ... Apple Watch? Feels li

I always wonder why, out of all the mobile products, is the Apple Watch the only one not called the iWatch? iPod, iMac, iPhone, iPad ... Apple Watch? Feels like somewhere along the line they decided that naming all their products something with the letter 'i' was silly and dropped it.

_s 4y ago
Previously held trademark / copyright somewhere if I remember correctly - the company that owned it came out and more or less no to the name being used; when rumours were swirling about the "iWatch".
marban 4y ago
Given that the I was the prefix of the dotcom-days, I'd say it has become too much of an obviousness for a device to be connected.
emadabdulrahim 4y ago
Because Apple is a tech company, but also considered a luxury brand. A watch is mostly a fashionable accessory. iWatch would've been a gadget-first name. Apple Watch sounds much better if you're trying to sell it to fashion aware people, besides people interested in the best tech. That's my theory anyway. Probably wrong lol.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  >Apple Watch sounds much better if you're trying to sell it to fashion aware people Fashion aware people are mostly wearing traditional watches or go for colorful oversized G-Shocks if they're some celebrity looking to make a bold statement or something. I recommend 'The Urban Gentry' on Youtube.
  - nicky0 4y ago
    The real elite are wearing F-91W's thanks very much. :) But Apple is not necessarily selling to watch aficionados, they are selling (partly) to people who want to be seen as fashionable in a general sense. Calling it "Apple Watch" instead of iWatch, and putting it next to Hermès straps is about adding that gleam of luxury and glamour.
    - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
      >people who want to be seen as fashionable in a general sense That's funny. I'm not deep into the celebrity/fashion cult, but whenever I see interviews with various celebrities, actors, business people, fashion people, athletes, etc, they always wear some sort of Swiss/Japanese mechanical watch with their fashionable formal or casual attire, never an Apple watch.
- ChuckNorris89 4y ago
  >but also considered a luxury brand Who is considering it a luxury brand? Maybe teenagers on the school playground, or in developing nations where a iWatch costs over a month's average wage (I'm from a developing nation). But in the west (US, Sweden, etc) it's far from being a luxury brand of any kind. It's just a gadget/tech brand making stuff that almost anyone there can afford. Hardly comparable to something like LVMH.
mrweasel 4y ago
It's also the AppleTV, not iTV (but that might be to avoid battling it out with ITV, a TV station). With the exception of the iMac, there's also only Mac computers. Really there's only the iMac, iPad and iPhone left with the i prefix.
- mattl 4y ago
  It was announced as iTV and then ITV noticed and it was released as Apple TV.
spongeb00b 4y ago
The Apple Watch is the only one of those products post Steve Jobs. Since then they have specifically removed that prefix from the OS too, e.g. iPhoto > Photos
dwaite 4y ago
I don't believe there's ever been an official explanation of when Apple stopped using the 'i' prefix for new products, but Apple Watch came out after that date. My guess - the 'I' prefix was tied to the Digital Hub initiative, where software and devices would tie in via your home computer to share music, home movies, photos, etc. When it became clear that the cloud would replace having all of that maintained on a home computer for most people, adding 'i' as a prefix ended - with iCloud.
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_s 4y ago

Previously held trademark / copyright somewhere if I remember correctly - the company that owned it came out and more or less no to the name being used; when rumours were swirling about the "iWatch".

marban 4y ago

Given that the I was the prefix of the dotcom-days, I'd say it has become too much of an obviousness for a device to be connected.

emadabdulrahim 4y ago

Because Apple is a tech company, but also considered a luxury brand. A watch is mostly a fashionable accessory. iWatch would've been a gadget-first name. Apple Watch sounds much better if you're trying to sell it to fashion aware people, besides people interested in the best tech. That's my theory anyway. Probably wrong lol.

ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>Apple Watch sounds much better if you're trying to sell it to fashion aware people Fashion aware people are mostly wearing traditional watches or go for colorful oversized G-Shocks if they're some celebrity looking to make a bold statement or something. I recommend 'The Urban Gentry' on Youtube.
- nicky0 4y ago
  The real elite are wearing F-91W's thanks very much. :) But Apple is not necessarily selling to watch aficionados, they are selling (partly) to people who want to be seen as fashionable in a general sense. Calling it "Apple Watch" instead of iWatch, and putting it next to Hermès straps is about adding that gleam of luxury and glamour.
  - ChuckNorris89 4y ago
    >people who want to be seen as fashionable in a general sense That's funny. I'm not deep into the celebrity/fashion cult, but whenever I see interviews with various celebrities, actors, business people, fashion people, athletes, etc, they always wear some sort of Swiss/Japanese mechanical watch with their fashionable formal or casual attire, never an Apple watch.
ChuckNorris89 4y ago
>but also considered a luxury brand Who is considering it a luxury brand? Maybe teenagers on the school playground, or in developing nations where a iWatch costs over a month's average wage (I'm from a developing nation). But in the west (US, Sweden, etc) it's far from being a luxury brand of any kind. It's just a gadget/tech brand making stuff that almost anyone there can afford. Hardly comparable to something like LVMH.

mrweasel 4y ago

It's also the AppleTV, not iTV (but that might be to avoid battling it out with ITV, a TV station). With the exception of the iMac, there's also only Mac computers. Really there's only the iMac, iPad and iPhone left with the i prefix.

mattl 4y ago
It was announced as iTV and then ITV noticed and it was released as Apple TV.

spongeb00b 4y ago

The Apple Watch is the only one of those products post Steve Jobs. Since then they have specifically removed that prefix from the OS too, e.g. iPhoto > Photos

dwaite 4y ago

I don't believe there's ever been an official explanation of when Apple stopped using the 'i' prefix for new products, but Apple Watch came out after that date. My guess - the 'I' prefix was tied to the Digital Hub initiative, where software and devices would tie in via your home computer to share music, home movies, photos, etc. When it became clear that the cloud would replace having all of that maintained on a home computer for most people, adding 'i' as a prefix ended - with iCloud.

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