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postalrat · 2023-06-05 23:59:42

Nah, Apple thinks these names are perfect.

wrong_variable | karma 873 | avg karma 2.16 · | 2016-02-19 19:06:53

You have to hand it to apple - they are awesome at naming.

catchnear4321 | karma 1340 | avg karma 1.03 · | 2023-05-07 09:04:09

Apple hasn’t been flawless with naming, but does seem less clumsy on average.

Intel’s latest move is just absurd.

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maz1b | karma 296 | avg karma 3.15 · | 2019-11-04 03:02:58

For a company with a relatively smaller product line, Apple sure is not the best at naming things. How does something like this happen?

amelius | karma 42902 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2015-07-23 07:51:36

I think it is just Microsoft's way of making fun of Apple's product naming convention.

captainredbeard | karma 608 | avg karma 1.07 · | 2019-09-30 15:31:50+00:00

Apple has code names for code names.

null_shift | karma 97 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2022-06-06 15:01:40

A pretentious naming convention that Apple uses to make their devices seem more important than they really are.

shwaj | karma 228 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2023-06-05 19:59:08

I wonder how intentional Apple was about picking a name that can’t be turned into a schoolyard insult like “Glasshole”?

duskwuff | karma 18781 | avg karma 3.23 · | 2020-06-13 01:59:18+00:00

Apple has control over that, though! They could easily reject applications with overly generic names if that were a concern.

itazula | karma 191 | avg karma 1.28 · | 2013-08-27 04:02:38+00:00

It looks like they ended up with a better, more generally applicable, and yet, still recognizably Apple-product-related name.

moolcool | karma 2808 | avg karma 4.72 · | 2022-07-22 14:22:48

Apple had a blank slate for a new naming scheme and already botched it

rewgs | karma 958 | avg karma 2.0 · | 2019-06-04 04:51:47+00:00

Agreed, and the solution is stupidly simple -- just swap the names! The whole thing is so un-Apple.

felixding | karma 184 | avg karma 3.54 · | 2023-05-20 20:33:52

I find it's amusing that people follow Apple's naming conventions (ChatGPT -> chatGPT), even when products makers don't.

sneak | karma 23753 | avg karma 1.62 · | 2012-03-09 06:27:39+00:00

Apple hasn't historically had multiple names for a single product before. That's what I see as sloppy about it.

benj111 | karma 3842 | avg karma 0.84 · | 2023-07-23 14:58:44

I'm not saying it's good branding, but if you look at apples i prefix, branding everything X makes some sense. It is very generic though. Apple never released the 'i'

gsich | karma 1325 | avg karma 0.48 · | 2020-07-15 14:11:14

Apple is the company name. The product names (ios, mac os, ipad ...) are all unique enough.

kgin | karma 1683 | avg karma 3.39 · | 2020-05-20 04:31:20+00:00

Can't imagine they'd go with that name and risk appearing like a Google Glass follow-up.

Apple always names products to sound like they live in their own universe, apart from any possible competitors.

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excalibur | karma 2847 | avg karma 2.57 · | 2018-09-12 20:31:52+00:00

You know, like the Xbox One S X Box1. Apple seems to enjoy mimicking Microsoft's retarded naming conventions.

tobr | karma 9868 | avg karma 5.28 · | 2019-08-28 11:15:45+00:00

My first thought too. Wouldn’t Apple still own a trademark of some kind for this word?

jimbobjim | karma 23 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2013-03-01 08:38:01

That's what Apple call them now, like it or not.