It makes sense and I think that was probably their original intention as the original iPhone had no identifier.
Almost none of their products use version numbering - Airport, Time Capsule, Mighty Mouse, Macbook, iMac, Mini.
It seems fairly certain it will use 4G networking though so it could be called the 4GS. The name doesn't matter particularly, as long as it gets a redesign.
This new naming scheme or lack thereof I find confusing and I imagine consumers will, too. When they call Apple for tech support, which model are they supposed to say they have? Although I guess they could refer to the model year, like Apple does with the computers, and as car companies do.
I bet (hope?) they will eventually change it and call it iPad 3 or iPad HD or something like that.
I think this will be very confusing part of this discussion forums. But that is very interesting topic.But I think they have some technical name for newest model of Apple and iPhone also. But what's that I don't know. I have ever confused in this naming system in iPhone and Apple.
It seems to me that the first iPhone was "3G" because of the new cellular wireless technology at the time (actually 2.5G or the like). This new faster technology would make all the difference in what was becoming "smart phones" and consumers would rush to exchange their analog or 2G ordinary cell phones. When 3G really came around with carriers, Apple released the "3GS" because it really took advantage of the available speed, for real. After that, people thought there would be an even better, faster 4th generation "4G" of wireless, and this is probably why Apple launched the iPhone 4 but without including the "G" because no one really knew for sure it would be the recognized technology.. So it wasn't so obvious, although now we talk about 4 LTE...
In any case, without knowing this, it's hard to know why there was no iPhone 1 or 2... and naming it 5 doesn't really make sense in this aspect..
Bottom line, I understand a version naming convention is interesting to differentiate versions... not only for iPhone but also for the iPad and iPod.
After that, people thought there would be an even better, faster 4th generation "4G" of wireless
Given that it existed at the time and was available in some devices already, yeah.
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, and this is probably why Apple launched the iPhone 4 but without including the "G" because no one really knew for sure it would be the recognized technology..
No, that's about as far from the truth as anything could possibly be. It was iPhone 4 because it was the 4th iPhone. Period. It still had 3G tech. It didn't profess to have 4G anything.
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it's hard to know why there was no iPhone 1 or 2
The original iPhone was the iPhone 1. How could there not have been an iPhone 1?
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I understand a version naming convention is interesting to differentiate versions? not only for iPhone but also for the iPad and iPod.
Fortunately we don't have to worry about it anymore.
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Almost none of their products use version numbering - Airport, Time Capsule, Mighty Mouse, Macbook, iMac, Mini.
It seems fairly certain it will use 4G networking though so it could be called the 4GS. The name doesn't matter particularly, as long as it gets a redesign.
It seems fairly certain it will use 4G networking though so it could be called the 4GS.
But it's the first in a new case set, so it can't have an S if you go by past naming conventions.
Personally I'm glad the argument's finally over. It'll be just iPhone, and it'll stay that way forever.
I bet (hope?) they will eventually change it and call it iPad 3 or iPad HD or something like that.
In any case, without knowing this, it's hard to know why there was no iPhone 1 or 2... and naming it 5 doesn't really make sense in this aspect..
Bottom line, I understand a version naming convention is interesting to differentiate versions... not only for iPhone but also for the iPad and iPod.
After that, people thought there would be an even better, faster 4th generation "4G" of wireless
Given that it existed at the time and was available in some devices already, yeah.
, and this is probably why Apple launched the iPhone 4 but without including the "G" because no one really knew for sure it would be the recognized technology..
No, that's about as far from the truth as anything could possibly be. It was iPhone 4 because it was the 4th iPhone. Period. It still had 3G tech. It didn't profess to have 4G anything.
it's hard to know why there was no iPhone 1 or 2
The original iPhone was the iPhone 1. How could there not have been an iPhone 1?
I understand a version naming convention is interesting to differentiate versions? not only for iPhone but also for the iPad and iPod.
Fortunately we don't have to worry about it anymore.