Pretty strong indications that this document is fake:
1. As pointed out above, its in English.
2. FTA: matches a fan render imagining how three cameras could work
3. Seems unlikely that they'd call it the iPhone XI, so again -- very likely fake.
They could just have the line be called the iPhone 2019 or the iPhone A13 and A13 Plus.
I wouldn't mind (or even be surprised) to see them make a big branding change
For the iPad 3 they branded it as "The new iPad". Maybe the next iPhone could be branded "The New iPhone".
I'm also pondering "Apple xPhone."
Or more realistically "The Apple Phone."
I've been wrong before. I thought the largest iPad Pro would be called the "Max iPad".
They seem to be slowing moving away from the letter prefixes (like iSomething). Which I personally like since it's pretty dated.
As for "The Apple Phone", that's the same as Phone only spelled out. This is where they are now:
TV Watch Music Arcade Card News Pay
I could see them doing this with the phone (Phone) and iPad (Pad) but maybe not with the Mac branding. But who knows.
Apple seems to be clearly taking an approach similar to Nike with their logo and branding and letting the logo speak for itself (in a way) and, in Apple's case, moving the company to center/foundation of the branding vs. the product alone. This would fit with an overall integrated ecosystem strategy of hardware + software + services. It's all about:
And everything hangs off of that. It actually enables them, in a way, to co-opt a generic (TV, Watch, Phone, Music, etc.) by attaching their name to it. Pretty clever actually.
This, by the way (for those who think/worry about such things), is something I think Steve Jobs would have very much liked.
Now seems like the right time to do it if they ever were to.
Agreed. I think the iPhone naming/branding is a mess right now.
BTW, I think by going with the year-based models (and naming) they could simply do away with the "s" designation. Alternating years might still have an "s" model. But, since the smart phone is maturing and innovation is slowing, the yearly incremental improvements aren't all that much anymore and they could just basically "hide" the "s" designation and simply refresh/reconfig the line into the new year with basically three sizes and probably memory options in each.
Can someone explain what “/s” means at the end of comments?? I see this on this forum and other places. Sorry not up on this slang or lingo
It's an indication that the post is sarcastic.
Example:
I absolutely love Samsung phones!! /s
It technically means 'end of sarcasm'. like in html code (open and closing) tags, Exmp: <p>text</p> where p= a paragraph tag. Sorry, had to geek out there momentarily.
iPhone and iPad roll off the tongue quite smoothly. I here a tonne of people saying 'Apple Phone' and it really sounds awkward to me, especially when some say 'Apple iPhone'.
Apple used AppleTV/TV branding because iTV was taken and they weren't likely to take it as easily as they did iPhone
That scemo would undoubtably exist in English at some point, and probably later in Chinese. But I'd say fake as well.
And the camera centrally located would be a little more functional to use, but look like crap from an aesthetic standpoint. Apple wouldn't make three cameras form an equilateral triangle. That just.won't.happen.
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1. As pointed out above, its in English.
2. FTA: matches a fan render imagining how three cameras could work
3. Seems unlikely that they'd call it the iPhone XI, so again -- very likely fake.
They could just have the line be called the iPhone 2019 or the iPhone A13 and A13 Plus.
As for "The Apple Phone", that's the same as Phone only spelled out. This is where they are now:
TV
Watch
Music
Arcade
Card
News
Pay
I could see them doing this with the phone (Phone) and iPad (Pad) but maybe not with the Mac branding. But who knows.
Apple seems to be clearly taking an approach similar to Nike with their logo and branding and letting the logo speak for itself (in a way) and, in Apple's case, moving the company to center/foundation of the branding vs. the product alone. This would fit with an overall integrated ecosystem strategy of hardware + software + services. It's all about:
And everything hangs off of that. It actually enables them, in a way, to co-opt a generic (TV, Watch, Phone, Music, etc.) by attaching their name to it. Pretty clever actually.
This, by the way (for those who think/worry about such things), is something I think Steve Jobs would have very much liked.
Now seems like the right time to do it if they ever were to.
BTW, I think by going with the year-based models (and naming) they could simply do away with the "s" designation. Alternating years might still have an "s" model. But, since the smart phone is maturing and innovation is slowing, the yearly incremental improvements aren't all that much anymore and they could just basically "hide" the "s" designation and simply refresh/reconfig the line into the new year with basically three sizes and probably memory options in each.
They manufacture in India too.
Apple used AppleTV/TV branding because iTV was taken and they weren't likely to take it as easily as they did iPhone
That scemo would undoubtably exist in English at some point, and probably later in Chinese. But I'd say fake as well.
And the camera centrally located would be a little more functional to use, but look like crap from an aesthetic standpoint. Apple wouldn't make three cameras form an equilateral triangle. That just.won't.happen.