12-31-2012, 08:21 AM | #1 | |
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What’s in a Name? The Madness in Smartphone Nomenclature
http://thetecnica.com/2012/09/madnes...artphone-names
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htc one x htc one s htc one v motorola raz motorola razr m motorola maxx motorola maxx hd and this is happening with android tablets too... why not just stick with a name and put a number after it for newer version? (galaxy s2 -> galaxy s3, iphone3 ->iphone4 ->iphone5) find another name for their mid-range phone stick with that name. Flagship names should not be tainted (i'm looking at you Samsung). google should do the same too for their 3 flagship devices my suggestions: nexus 4 nexus 4.2 nexus 4.3 nexus 4.4 and so on (if they make a phone that is at least 5.0", name it nexus 5, nexus 5.2 and so on) nexus 7 nexus 7.2 nexus 7.3 nexus 7.4 nexus 10 nexus 10.2 nexus 10.3 nexus 10.4 etc.... What will Amazon do with its Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD line? Kindle Fire HD 2 Kindle Fire HD 3 Kindle Fire HD 4? something like that? Apple simple brand name is easy for consumers to understand iphone4 iphone4s iphone5 ipad ipad 2 ipad 3 (wtf with "new ipad") ipad 4 ipad mini ipad mini 2 ipad mini 3 ipad mini 4 http://mashable.com/2012/02/12/snl-smartphone-spoof/ SNL Spoofs Confusing Smartphone Marketing the Video is in the link and it is pretty funny. Last edited by Top100EbooksRank; 12-31-2012 at 08:42 AM. |
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12-31-2012, 03:11 PM | #2 |
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Man, you just don't understand.
There are marketing types making big bucks coming up with these names. Good for the economy! |
12-31-2012, 04:33 PM | #3 |
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I concur with Top100, names for most electronics are a complete mess.
Apple isn't perfect either. You have the model in increments, except when you don't (e.g. 4S), and you also have the iOS in increments. Lots of devices don't have iteration names, so it can be difficult for non-techies to know what type of Macbook they own. |
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The reasoning behind the HTC stuff is to give them a single brand to promote in the form of HTC One, whereas until they made that change they had a wide variety of device names and brands that they had to try and promote on a budget far less than the main rival in the android market which is samsung.
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01-01-2013, 05:53 AM | #5 |
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My day job has involved phones and smartphones for several years. It's never made any sense. I wonder if it's intentionally confusing.
Manufacturers often use a meaningless jumble of numbers and letters because they selling in many different territories with different languages. See also cars. I know that Nokia have reused the same 4-digit model number for completely different generations of phones, which is just unhelpful to everyone, really. They must have had some old boxes to reuse, or something. |
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01-08-2013, 03:28 PM | #7 |
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No different than other products.
Look at car naming. |
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I was just going to make mention of some auto makers and their odd alphanumeric car names. Those things confuse me more than phone names anymore.
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01-12-2013, 12:27 AM | #9 |
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instead of
nexus 4 nexus 4.2 nexus 4.3 nexus 4.4 and so on would this work better? Nexus 4 Nexus 4B Nexus 4C Nexus 4D Nexus 4E Nexus 5 Nexus 5B Nexus 5C TV models for Samsung goes like this C450 D450 E450 F450 will come out pretty soon I think |
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