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I think it's just called the iPad. Right now it's new, so they're referring to it as the "new iPad". This naming convention is simpler that appending a hardwa
by joejohnson 15y ago
I think it's just called the iPad. Right now it's new, so they're referring to it as the "new iPad".
This naming convention is simpler that appending a hardware version number to the name at each refresh. Also, it's what Apple currently does with most of their other product lines. It's the MacBook Pro, not the MacBook Pro 3. The iPods were always called just that, an iPod. People referred to them as the nth generation iPod, but Apple labeled them iPods. Easy.
I wouldn't be surprised if this naming convention spreads the iPhone.
- Confusion 15y agoMacbooks are versioned. The versions people refer to are 'mid 2007', 'late 2008', etc. iPods are also versioned. People refer to their '4G iPod shuffle' or their '2G iPod touch'
- joejohnson 15y agoRight, customers call them that, but Apple calls their products iPods and MacBooks when they are selling them. The names are simply "iPod", etc. The hardware revision number is only used when need to disambiguate.
- thatjoshguy 15y agoBut that's not the actual product name, as used by Apple publicly.
- jaredsohn 15y ago>I wouldn't be surprised if this naming convention spreads the iPhone. This naming convention would be especially convenient for the iPhone. The next one would be the sixth generation but it could confuse people if they call it 'iPhone 6' since there was never an iPhone with a '5' in its name. For reference, here are the previous iPhone names: 1. iPhone 2. iPhone 3G 3. iPhone 3GS 4. iPhone 4 5. iPhone 4S