It stands for nothing!
What?
That’s what Phil Schiller from Apple had to say in a media report this week. Everyone has been intrigued to know how Apple decides on naming its iPhones (especially after coming out with the iPhone X (ten) last year).
Turns out, there’s no rocket science or even logic behind the nomenclature from the Cupertino-based giant, and that’s rather puzzling to say the least. So, why does Apple launch an S variant after coming out with the regular 6, 7 or even the X (ten), because they can, duh!
Having said that, Schiller was quick to point out that for him the S and R has a different meaning.
“I love cars and things that go fast, and R and S are both letters used to denote sport cars that are really extra special,” is what Schiller said in this report.
Many people over the years have felt that Apple had a hidden meaning behind the names of iPhone, but Schiller basically quashed them away with this admission.
Probably for the exception of the iPhone SE (denoted as Special Edition back then), all the head scratching behind wanting to decipher the code behind iPhone names has come to naught.
Schiller says the R and the S letters aren’t anything special to him and it just serves to differentiate its models. These are Schiller’s own thoughts and not that of Apple, officially.
Speaking of the iPhone XR, the last phone from Apple’s 2018 lineup goes on sale across the world from 26 October onwards and the reviews have started coming in. Most of them believe that for around Rs 76,900, Apple has kept the best for last to give it some finishing touches, and quietly justifying its value and feature set.
Talking about features, the new iPhone XR gets an aluminium body finish and sports vibrant colours like blue, orange and few more. It sports a 6.1-inch LCD screen with 1792x828 pixels resolution and this means you’re getting a display that’s low on quality, especially for its price.
It packs the same A12 processor like the iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max though, so its performance will match the latest flagships.
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