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The complaint about naming of the next iPhone is stupid. They can't stick with the iPhone+number naming convention forever. It would start to look really silly after a while (e.g. iPhone 14).

Having a range of 3 iPhone's, each priced differently and with different specs is better. So the lowest spec, cheapest model is 2 years old, the mid range is one year old, and then the highest spec is the newest one. This is pretty similar to the way computers are sold. A new MacBook comes out, the old one is cheaper at retailers.

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But what happens when the next next iPhone comes out? Then you have the current model, the iPhone, and the previous model, the iPhone, both for sale. What do you call it then? I very much doubt they'd like it to be called the "old" iPhone.

Normally people will start calling Iphone + released year. Eg iphone 2012 version. This won't work if Apple launches more than one version per year, which I doubt..maybe...

They'll use descriptors based on release date like they do with the Macs. My MacBook Pro is the MacBook Pro (Late 2011).

They won't have different iPhones on sale they will have 'iPhone'. But there will be different prices levels and spec levels, just like with computers. Most people don't go to a computer store and ask for a specific generation of product. That look at the price and specs and choose which is best for them.

They won't have different iPhones on sale they will have 'iPhone'. But there will be different prices levels and spec levels, just like with computers.

I very much doubt it, given that Apple seems to do all that it can to hide the specs of the iPhone to consumers. And rightly so, IMO- a 1.2GHz CPU vs a dual core 1GHz processor means absolutely nothing. The model numbers they have right now makes a lot more sense.

People seem to do alright with the Macbook, iMac, Mac Pro, and iPod despite their lack of version numbers.

They rarely sell multiple versions of them simultaneously, though. They just get an upgrade bump every year.

The odd thing is that they started numbering the iPhones in the first place. the 2nd generation iPods were called the new iPod. not iPod2.

Apart from a personal preference, why does that sound stupid to you? It's not artsy sure, but it's nothing new.

You see cameras, washing machines, microwaves, digital watches and even mobile phones[1] among other things with similar nomenclature. Sure it's more organized than just sequential numbering, but why does something like that sound too outlandish for the iPhone?

[1]: Nokia Lineup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nokia_products#1000.E2....

It's mainly personal preference but also simplicity, something Apple highly values. Stupid probably wasn't the right word.

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