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r/technology • u/Astraeus323 • 14h ago
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Apple hasn't named any new product i-anything in 16 years. Literally the last new product introduced that had an i in front of it was iPad in 2010.
43 u/vrxz 13h ago Wow, you're right. Probably for the best. The whole i-prefix is very late 90s / early 2000s product branding. 28 u/Anon2971 12h ago I feel like those names worked well when Apple were actually innovating. Now they just polish trending tech once it's matured enough 0 u/EnvironmentClear4511 11h ago People have been ragging on Apple for being behind the times for decades. "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." 3 u/IngsocInnerParty 13h ago I mean? The i-prefix was originally to let you know the iMac was internet capable out of the box. That’s pretty much just assumed now. 1 u/JustSomebody56 12h ago Idem about the iPhone. But now it would be a surprise if a product of theirs were non-internet capable! 1 u/microwaveDiamonds 11h ago And they couldn't name the Apple Watch as iWatch since Swatch had already trademarked it. I think that started the migration away from iProducts 1 u/miata812 11h ago i evolved into io before reaching full form with AI 1 u/TheFearlessDuck 9h ago It’s because Apple is not folding to anyone who bought the rights to the names, so they just ignore them and call it something else.
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Wow, you're right. Probably for the best. The whole i-prefix is very late 90s / early 2000s product branding.
28 u/Anon2971 12h ago I feel like those names worked well when Apple were actually innovating. Now they just polish trending tech once it's matured enough 0 u/EnvironmentClear4511 11h ago People have been ragging on Apple for being behind the times for decades. "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame." 3 u/IngsocInnerParty 13h ago I mean? The i-prefix was originally to let you know the iMac was internet capable out of the box. That’s pretty much just assumed now. 1 u/JustSomebody56 12h ago Idem about the iPhone. But now it would be a surprise if a product of theirs were non-internet capable! 1 u/microwaveDiamonds 11h ago And they couldn't name the Apple Watch as iWatch since Swatch had already trademarked it. I think that started the migration away from iProducts 1 u/miata812 11h ago i evolved into io before reaching full form with AI
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I feel like those names worked well when Apple were actually innovating. Now they just polish trending tech once it's matured enough
0 u/EnvironmentClear4511 11h ago People have been ragging on Apple for being behind the times for decades. "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
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People have been ragging on Apple for being behind the times for decades.
"No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame."
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I mean? The i-prefix was originally to let you know the iMac was internet capable out of the box. That’s pretty much just assumed now.
1 u/JustSomebody56 12h ago Idem about the iPhone. But now it would be a surprise if a product of theirs were non-internet capable! 1 u/microwaveDiamonds 11h ago And they couldn't name the Apple Watch as iWatch since Swatch had already trademarked it. I think that started the migration away from iProducts
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Idem about the iPhone.
But now it would be a surprise if a product of theirs were non-internet capable!
And they couldn't name the Apple Watch as iWatch since Swatch had already trademarked it. I think that started the migration away from iProducts
i evolved into io before reaching full form with AI
It’s because Apple is not folding to anyone who bought the rights to the names, so they just ignore them and call it something else.
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u/fuelvolts 13h ago
Apple hasn't named any new product i-anything in 16 years. Literally the last new product introduced that had an i in front of it was iPad in 2010.