Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by soneil on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @05:47PM
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I think "Pro" is just admitting that they're running into two tiers now. They released the 8 and the X together, they released the XR and XS together. The iphone has diverged into two products and hopefully they've picked a consistent name to differentiate them - because the difference between XR and XS isn't obvious at all.
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Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by ryantgtg on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @06:27PM
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“XS” seemed to me like a blunder of a name. First off, I don’t know anyone who calls the X iPhones “ten” - they call them “x”. And so XS looks and sounds like “extra small.”
Without knowing anything about the X phones, I at first assumed that XR was the top of the line X phone. XR just... sounds like a better phone.
I think they resolved this with the 11 line.
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by sjwright on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @02:36AM
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To me I couldn't help but read it as "excess", as in this phone is excessive.
Re:iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max
by dfgdghdf on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @08:24AM
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Exactly. It's the same as with iPad and Mac. The name "pro" is just a throw-back to an earlier Apple, and it works because customers already understand the term. It doesn't matter if it is for real professionals or not.