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> Let's hope for a iPhone 6S mini next year. Or an iPhone 6S Minus. Am I the only one who thinks "iPhone Plus" sounds oddly un-Apple-ish?
by currysausage 12y ago
> Let's hope for a iPhone 6S mini next year.
Or an iPhone 6S Minus. Am I the only one who thinks "iPhone Plus" sounds oddly un-Apple-ish?
- Aloha 12y agoMacintosh Plus.
- ajross 12y agoNot the archetype: Apple ][+
- redidas 12y agoNo you are not. In fact Gruber's podcast yesterday talked about that very thing. They thought it might be called iPhone "pro" because anything else meaning bigger just doesn't sound like Apple. Overall this whole event was odd. It was more Apple reacting to trends rather than setting them...
- delecti 12y agoHaving a "pro" means the other option is "un-pro". Apple knows their iPhones are (to some extent) status symbols, and just like the 5c failed because it was perceived as the "cheap model", they had to come up with a value neutral modifier for "big". And given both 6 models are larger than all previous ones, they could hardly have the 6 and 6 mini.
- pcl 12y agoThe first thing I thought of when I saw the naming was the Macintosh Plus. Maybe next year we'll see the iPhone ][!
- kalleboo 12y agoI'm holding out for the iPhone SE/30
- whyenot 12y agoIf anything, it's very Apple-ish. Apple II+, Apple III+, Macintosh Plus, Apple IIc Plus, Laserwriter Plus, ...