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iPhone X Are we pronouncing this "Ten S"?
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You were never supposed to say the iPhone X as "Ex" ... it's always been the Ten. So no reason to call the upcoming model "Ex Es"
For those who pronounced X as Ex, how did you pronounce Super Bowl LII?
It certainly wasn’t Lee.
By the way. It’s Ten S.
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[doublepost=1535756334][/doublepost]Apple sucks at this though because the X Serve was not the Ten Serve.
It certainly wasn’t Lee.
By the way. It’s Ten S.
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I hear it out of the same person at times. He will say iPhone ten sometimes and ex others.
[doublepost=1535756334][/doublepost]Apple sucks at this though because the X Serve was not the Ten Serve.
Haha yeah my mom pronounces it both ways at various times.
Apple really does have a naming conondrum on their hands. I think it's time to just drop the numbering tbh.
The OP is right. People here tend to forget that if you read and post on these forums, that alone proves that you probably care about and pay more attention to Apple products than at least 90% of the people buying them. Tons of people still think that the X is called the "Ex". I've had conversations with people who thought that there was already an iPhone 9 (why else would there be one called the "ten"?). Trust me, most people don't know or care very much about the tech they buy. They basically go into the store and say, "I'll take an iPhone, please!" I've known people who literally don't know which model they bought!
For us it is simple. We see Apple announce it and how the pronounce it. We follow the products. Must people they just read iPhone X and for most it just reads “ex”. This is not helped also by the fact that the X is used as a letter in many other products (Xbox one X, Mortal Kombat X, etc). Most non techie people I have interacted with refer it as iPhone “ex”.
Leading up to the reveal most of the tech community even thought that it would be pronounced "Ex", and if you watch some of the earliest hands-on videos you'll see that it even took some techies some time to break the habit!
iPhone ex sounds much better
I’m curious as to what they will call the 6.1 in. Some rumors said iPhone 9 which wouldn’t make sense if they update it next year or the next as they can’t call it iPhone 10.
Here’s a curveball, maybe they’ll call it the X SE?
Exactly, not every iPhone user or potential iPhone user reads forums/tech sites, or watches the keynotes.
There’s also ‘X’ pronounced as ‘ex’ used a lot on other phone brands/names
In India nobody I know (except me) pronounces it as iPhone 10. Those who can afford it definitely don't pronounce it as iPhone 10.
you worry too much for nothing.
seriously the Super Bowl thing is a non issue. Naming of a stupid phone is a non issue. In twenty years will you look back at 2018 and be like yea I lived through that and it was rough for humanity.
Common.
Everyone should just breath and pick up a damn hobby
All the more reason I think they should just drop the numbering system. It’s not like they even brand the phones themselves, or the boxes, with numbers.iPhone ex sounds much better
I’m curious as to what they will call the 6.1 in. Some rumors said iPhone 9 which wouldn’t make sense if they update it next year or the next as they can’t call it iPhone 10.
nobody but none techy people called the X actual X. Its called the ten. so who's the wanker now?
Your post doesn’t actually make sense, but I can assure you that the vast majority of people, including so called “techie” people, refer to it as the “ex”. Literally nobody calls it the “ten”, and anybody that does would look like a wanker. Lmao
its called the ten. deal with it.
None techy people meaning the majority of people that dont care about tech sites or keep up to date on any of this call the phone X. Its called the ten...
You can call it the ten if you like. But most people call it the ex. Deal with it
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...-how-to-pronounce-pronunciation-a7943686.html
Who's the wanker now calling it something it's not. If apple is calling it the ten then that is what it is....
You’re missing the point. Indeed it might well officially be pronounced the “ten”, but in practice the vast majority of people call it the “ex”, and pronouncing it the “ten” makes you sound pretentious at best, and a lot of the time people wouldn’t even know what you were talking about.
As I said the only people that call it the X are people that arent informed and non techy people
My mom calls it the X.
You can call it the X if you like but calling people wankers that call it by its ACTUAL name makes no sense.