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iPhoneXsMax, Now That's a Tongue Twister (om.co)
Veteran journalist Om Malik writes: iPhoneXsMax -- When I heard the name and saw it up on the stage, I shuddered. Apple's name for its newest, biggest iPhone made one [Microsoft employee] quip on Twitter: "And I thought we sucked at naming. #AppleEvent iPhone Xs Max September Refresh CTP1"
Microsoft and other technology companies were mocked by Apple veterans for their naming conventions. But now Apple is doing the same -- fighting hard to come up with names that are fighting Samsung, Huawei, and many others when it comes to being tongue twisters. It is pretty sad to see that a company that took pride in its ability to communicate clearly and succinctly about its products, the company that was able to name them with such elan and made them memorable, has come. iPhoneX(s)Max.
Microsoft and other technology companies were mocked by Apple veterans for their naming conventions. But now Apple is doing the same -- fighting hard to come up with names that are fighting Samsung, Huawei, and many others when it comes to being tongue twisters. It is pretty sad to see that a company that took pride in its ability to communicate clearly and succinctly about its products, the company that was able to name them with such elan and made them memorable, has come. iPhoneX(s)Max.
It has a whole zero syllables more than "Galaxy Note 9"
Great job Apple
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
We gave the iPhone Xs to Xzibit so you can phone with your phone while you phone, dawg. Just wait till you see what we do with your keyboard.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
its pronounced as "iPhone Excess" or "iPhone Excess Max".
You forgot to mention the lack of a 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone jack.
I find it rather petty to complain about the naming convention, Xs Plus would have been more logical to me, but Xs Max isn't really worse, just different.
The area that does disappoint me however (and I am a longtime generally happy Apple user), is that even by the incremental improvement standard set by the "s" phone releases, this one does seem a particularly timid nano-incremental improvement. Screen, camera and processing are a bit better, and I think that's about it. Nothing really fresh.
The Apple Watch v4, now that had an interesting and substantial innovation: the ECG/EKG function in a small device for general consumer use. Now that was cool and points to the future of the Apple watch becoming more and more a complete health monitor / coach.
Sadly, I didn't see anything fresh like that in the current new phones. The XR could be ok to replace my relatively old 6 Plus for price reasons, but I hope that my current phone holds out another year to see what the next generation brings.
The iPad Mini survived being called the Mini Pad, and the folks who buy the XS are probably proud of their ability to do so. Think birds with huge displays of plumage to attract mates.
1. How bad does Apple have to make the iPhone before people finally just stop buying so many of them?
2. When will Android manufacturers and Apple stop borrowing the worst things from eachothers designs?
Still better if the manufacturer has too few words to compose names and uses them ALL. Especially when looking for the firmware for *your* model...
Sony Xperia Pro
Sony Xperia Mini
Sony Xperia Mini Pro
Sony Xperia X10 Mini
Sony Xperia X10 Pro
Sony Xperia X10 Mini Pro
Xiaomi Mi 5
Xiaomi Mi 5s
Xiaomi Mi 5s Plus
Xiaomi Mi 5X
Xiaomi Redmi 5
Xiaomi Redmi 5 Plus
Xiaomi Redmi 5A
Xiaomi Note 5A
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro
Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 AI Dual Camera
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See how that works.
In terms of how to convince people to justifying paying $1100+ for a Smartphone. Apple's strategy? Use lots of "best", "awesome", fastest", "cool" adjectives during their presentations.
You forgot to mention the lack of a 1/8" (3.5mm) headphone jack.
Cut them some slack, this ain't about what the iPhone Xs Max lacks, Jack.
I agree. The biggest challenge for me without looking at the specs... which one do i buy, that is to say which one is like the one I have but newer. I had to actually read tech specs and pricing to know. Previous generations this was unnneeded because the naming conventions matched previous generations. I the âoemachine learning coresâ are good if they actually are dedicated for that, which I would doubt. Really the single biggest improvement is all in iOS and some application launch time improvements. Even the watch, aside from the additional sensor for heart rate really has no new features or battery time to speak of. A larger screen, which is cool, and no physical buttons which I love. All in all apples launch webpages were rushed, disorganized, had clear formatting issues (that were a break from the reason if the website symmmetry). Their livestream was one of the least impressive Iâ(TM)ve seen. Perhaps the speakers, perhaps the vocabulary, but something of the polish seems lost. The product offerings on this release cycle are the worst improvements in a long time. My company usually keeps me updated on hardware, no need this time for a new apple device anytime soon, just not compelling enough until mine break.
In fairness, there's still not much fragmentation among iPhones/iPads. The big difference is basically just screen resolution, and the event yesterday suggests they're pushing toward 3 sizes of the same aspect ratio. It's not even clear you need to worry much about the difference between the iPhone X and the iPhone XR, since the XR seems to be similar in size but lower resolution. Your UI elements can just be displayed at a lower resolution.
But more importantly, there's basically 1 iOS. There are 50 different vendors struggling to differentiate their own version of iOS. While Android vendors often don't let users upgrade to the latest version of Android, Apple's pretty good at pushing people to keep their devices update, so developers can mostly focus on making sure their app runs on the latest version of iOS.
And when you complain about the "iPhone Xs Max SE Plus Rose Gold Special Edition", I don't know why the color matters at all.
There's still things to complain about with Apple, but it still doesn't seem very fragmented, compared to Android at least.
To each their own. I use my wired headphones all the time with my iPhone. Used to have a Bluetooth earpiece; switched to headphones because I prefer them. Better sound quality and no batteries to maintain. I have enough stuff to keep charged up; I need less not more. Oh... I also use the cigarette lighter in my car - to keep my freakin' phone charged up and to run my dedicated nav device (which works in places a phone-based nav doesn't). Used to use it to keep my Bluetooth earpiece charged up, but I switched to wired headphones that don't need battery maintenance. I want to simplify my life, not complicate it.
Cars seem like they have it figured out. You have model year, make and mfg. The rest of the options matter only on resale, insurance or maintenance.
I may buy a 2019 Honda Soulless Touring Elite, and I'm paying a bit because I'm buying the very latest model with the latest features, but after I buy it, it's just my Soulless. The same for my iPhone, the most important part is that it's an iPhone, that says a lot about what it is and can or can't do. The rest is just speaking to features and profile, which for devices like this are either bundled (Xs versus Xr) or are options (Big [Max] or Small, storage size). That's important on the website, but not otherwise. So why not just call it the 2018 iPhone and let the rest be between the purchaser and Apple through a website interface...which is what it actually is anyway, just with more verbiage.
All of these things seem to have some meaningless numbers after their names "iPhone X" or "Galaxy Note 9", the numbers have no actual meaning and, for reasons, don't necessarily monotonically increase. Or even remain in arabic numerals. Who can keep track, and who cares. All I want to remember is I bought my last phone in 2016, that's the model year I'm working with. The rest is maybe just some stuff in the settings tab I can look up if needed, or break out a ruler and measure.
Let's just call it "maximum excess" and be done with. Because it's what it is.
lim t -> oo ( Apple ) = Microsoft
Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
Right, this is wildly different and much worse than a name like Xbox One X.
1. How bad does Apple have to make the iPhone before people finally just stop buying so many of them?
A lot worse. Apple would really have to shit the bed with a big quality problem or security issue and even then they might still survive one bad product cycle. As long as they remain technologically competitive at a price point people are willing to pay then Apple is going to continue to sell huge numbers. They don't have to lead the pack on features and given the volumes they sell they probably couldn't. The bigger risk is that they fail to continue to improve the devices enough to convince people to "upgrade". For example I have an iPhone X but I'm not really seeing anything about the iPhone XS (or the XSmax or XR) that is a compelling reason for me to care. The XS Max and XR are bigger than I want and the XS doesn't really add much aside from a minor speed bump over what I already have.
2. When will Android manufacturers and Apple stop borrowing the worst things from eachothers designs?
Probably never. No one company is going to have a monopoly on all the good ideas or bad ones. Problem is that it's not always clear which are which in advance.
Who gives a fsck?
It’s not hard to say "ten smacks"
iPhone Ten Ess Max. What's so hard? Don't get me wrong, I absolutely hate the name, but if you have trouble saying that you might have had a mild stroke.
Then X3,X4,X5, zero, legends, battle network..
I find myself saying the name of my phone a whole zero times daily. I'm far more concerned about things like the actual functionality of a phone than the name. If it does what I need it to do, they can name it whatever they like and it really doesn't matter one bit to me.
In the age of smartphone addiction and devices that cost as much as some refrigerators, “iPhone Excess” may not be great for branding.
It's perfect for branding Apple.
There will obviously be plays on words, as the new phones roll out. Xs = Excessively costly, etc. etc.
And admittedly it's a bit difficult spitting out "iPhone Xs Max". But what usually happens is people shorten up the names to whatever they find comfortable. Pretty sure the new iPhones will start getting called either an Xs or a "Max"?
At least with Apple, you don't have the problem of them making dozens of variations of a phone for different pre-paid carriers to sell. I can't even remember what the name is of the cellphone I got my kid with a prepaid Simply Mobile plan. She wanted a case for it and it was a huge effort locating the right one to fit it. There are simply too many models that all look roughly alike in photos.
So basically, this guy admitted that Microsoft sucks at naming.
But yes, "iPhone X [s] Max" is a terrible name. Apple painted themselves into a corner by naming last year's model "iPhone X". And then they doubled down on the stupid by going with "Max" instead of "Plus" like the previous years.
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I used Bluetooth exactly two times in the last decade, otherwise it's always disabled.
But I've used headphones every single day in the last decade.
See? Everyone can talk about their daily use of technologies.
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Wait, are you still talking about Apple products?
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I was thinking about this yesterday. The phone has become so ubiquitous that almost nobody thinks of their phone's model name / number. It takes me a moment to recall the specific generation / variant I own because it is so constantly referred to as just "iPhone" or "my iPhone". For any phone. The real factor remains "Android" or "iPhone", most details after that are secondary to 99% of the conversations I have about smartphones.
Perhaps the names are getting so specific because the differentiation between phone generations is now so iterative that companies feel pressure to market those differences increasingly through the brand. Maybe now, if a company comes out with a truly different phone, they should break from brand category names like "Galaxy" or "iPhone" entirely. It's about time for a shakeup. Folding OLED display flip phone?
If anyone thinks the Max iPhone naming is bad, just wait for the iPad version. The new MaxiPad.
iPad, iPad 2, iPad, iPad Mini, iPad, iPad Air, iPad Mini 2, iPad Air 2, iPad Min 3, iPad Mini 4, iPad Pro, iPad, iPad Pro
...to the Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch? That is an actual phone name.
Actually the name is either "Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G" or "Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch" depending on who you ask. Unless you ask a provider, then the name of the provider in parentheses will be put behind either.
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.
Like the company that produced the iPhone smartphone without 3G at a time when 3G was being quickly adopted, that proceeded to produce the iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS shortly after, and when the world started quickly adopting 4G they produced the iPhone 4 and 4S both of which didn't have any extra GS despite claiming to be cutting edge.
A few years ago, the rant was against Android fragmentation. There was just one iPhone, one resolution. Well now that THAT is no longer the case, Apple has tossed it all to the wind and gone to name fragmentation... Can't wait for the iPhone Xs Max SE Plus Rose Gold Special Edition!
Oh look, its LynnwoodRooster, the smartiest pant on Slashdot. Tell me how many Galaxy S III there are. Not all Samsung Galaxy phones, just versions of the S III. Heck, not even the S III mini, just the S III.
Of course news about a fake are Fake News.
Problem solved.
It also comes in cooler colors
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Far worse that the name of the phone. Glasshouses, stones>
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Let me untwist your tongue. I will simply call it the eye phone Smacks The other I will refer to as the eye phone Pixar.
Not that it really matters what stupid-sounding name Apple slaps on their latest overpriced abominations. They discontinued the last iPhone with a headphone jack! They have now passed the last day I was willing to give them to update (and actually IMPROVE) the Mac Mini. I give up. I am done with them and sick of their shit.
Apple is dead to me.
Our reign has gone on long enough. Indeed. Summon the meteors.
Look back at some of the older Macintoshes.You had Performa's, LC series, etc. You had Performa 475's, 476's that were equivalent to LC 475's, which were also Quadra 605's. Apple has had just as bad of naming schemes before. You had Power Macintoshes/Performa/Workgroup Server naming schemes....
I mean you even had the iPhone SE...
That was during the time after Steve left. When he returned he really cut down and focused the product line to a laptop and a desktop each for both user and professional.
Now they have desktops shaped like garbage cans, keyboards that break if they are dusty, and phones with ridiculous names.
âoeiPhone Ten Ess Maxâ is a tongue twister?! Whatâ(TM)s got your tongue tied in a knot?