June 7th is iPhone announcement day

[va1o]

I find it strange that Apple are numbering them, they have never done that for any products before, e.g. the iMac has always been the iMac whatever the generation, same with the MacBook and iPod Touch. They might just revert to calling it the iPhone....

[Zod]

They're not really numbering them. There was no iphone 2. Who says there will be an ipad 2?

[jamieboy]

Zod said:

They're not really numbering them.

Or at least they weren't until the iPhone 4.

[Podie]

va1o said:

I find it strange that Apple are numbering them, they have never done that for any products before, e.g. the iMac has always been the iMac whatever the generation, same with the MacBook and iPod Touch. They might just revert to calling it the iPhone....

With a name like va1o, shouldn't you be a Sony fanboy?

[tinman0]

va1o said:

I find it strange that Apple are numbering them, they have never done that for any products before, e.g. the iMac has always been the iMac whatever the generation, same with the MacBook and iPod Touch. They might just revert to calling it the iPhone....

erm, Apple 1, Apple 2, Apple 3?

Macintosh LC, Macintosh LC2, Macintosh LC3, Macintosh LC4?

Macintosh and then Macintosh II?

[PJ S]

Podie said:

With a name like va1o, shouldn't you be a Sony fanboy?

He was, but now loves his Apple kit - name change needed, rather than computer brand change.

[PJ S]

tinman0 said:

erm, Apple 1, Apple 2, Apple 3?

Macintosh LC, Macintosh LC2, Macintosh LC3, Macintosh LC4?

Macintosh and then Macintosh II?

Ssshhh!
A bit before va1o's time, if not his recent Apple conversionism.

[va1o]

tinman0 said:

erm, Apple 1, Apple 2, Apple 3?

Macintosh LC, Macintosh LC2, Macintosh LC3, Macintosh LC4?

Macintosh and then Macintosh II?

Oops. In my defence I'm too young to remember any of those!

Podie said:

With a name like va1o, shouldn't you be a Sony fanboy?

I should probably change it sometime

[va1o]

... but the point with the numbering was more the fact the iPhone is their only current product that seems to get a name change every generation.

[PJ S]

va1o said:

... but the point with the numbering was more the fact the iPhone is their only current product that seems to get a name change every generation.

A bit of a necessity so future buyers knew which model did what.
The original iPhone was just that, but quickly monikered 2G since that was the protocol it worked on.
3G is self explanatory, and 3GS marked that one out as the improved version.
iPhone 4 is now the 4th Gen iPhone, with marked improvements over it's predecessors.

If you look through the older iPods, you'll see they had monikers to differentiate them too.
There's a logic being applied to the iPhones name, which isn't required or outwardly for their computers.
You're overthinking the whole thing - relax!

[tinman0]

va1o said:

... but the point with the numbering was more the fact the iPhone is their only current product that seems to get a name change every generation.

I have no idea why you are pushing this particular boat.

World hunger, extremism, crime, Apple's naming convention for the iPhone....