Other Naming convention change?

[tedley]

While I really like some of the upgrades in the iPhone 13 like the substantial increase in battery life and the camera upgrades, it seems like this is really more of an (s) upgrade. Based on past models, this could have been more of a 12s than a 13. I wonder if Apple is going to back away from the (s) updates in the future. Thoughts?

Or does this seem more like a more significant update that I'm imagining?

 

[Lihp8270]

While I really like some of the upgrades in the iPhone 13 like the substantial increase in battery life and the camera upgrades, it seems like this is really more of an (s) upgrade. Based on past models, this could have been more of a 12s than a 13. I wonder if Apple is going to back away from the (s) updates in the future. Thoughts?

More people will feel their iPhone 12 is out of date when the new version is 13 compared to it being a 12 and a 12s

 

[sniffies]

I wonder if Apple is going to back away from the (s) updates in the future. Thoughts?

They already have backed away from S updates. This has been evident since iPhone 11:

11 > 12 > 13

And I'm pretty sure the next iPhone is 14.

 

[tedley]

They already have backed away from S updates. It's been clear since iPhone 11:

11 > 12 > 13

Hmmmm. Good point! The 11->12 seemed a little more significant than the 12->13 due to the redesign of the body and 5g, but that's subjective, I suppose.

 

[redheeler]

While I really like some of the upgrades in the iPhone 13 like the substantial increase in battery life and the camera upgrades, it seems like this is really more of an (s) upgrade. Based on past models, this could have been more of a 12s than a 13. I wonder if Apple is going to back away from the (s) updates in the future. Thoughts?

Or does this seem more like a more significant update that I'm imagining?

I agree it's more like an s upgrade but it doesn't seem like iPhone 12 cases will fit them. The s upgrades in the past have been mostly compatible with the non-s cases.

 

[eyoungren]

They already have backed away from S updates. This has been evident since iPhone 11:

11 > 12 > 13

And I'm pretty sure the next iPhone is 14.

Also, 8 > X

There was no iPhone 9.

 

[iHeartsteve]

what about the far future, is there going to be iPhone 103 ???