Maria, Yes, I'm aware that X is the Roman numeral for 10. My point was that I wondered why they switched from Arabic to Roman numerals if they were going to call it a 10 anyway.
Alan -----Original Message----- From: 'Maria Reyes' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 7:12 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple's new iphones The X is the roman numeral for 10 and if it was iPhone XI it would be iPhone 11. Speeking about the iPhone X it has been discontinued. > On Sep 12, 2018, at 8:07 PM, Alan Lemly <wale...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mike, > > Thanks for this summary of the new models. No surprises here which is why I > got a new iPhone 8 about a month ago. I also wasn't ready to give up the home > button. > > I'm kind of curious where Apple is going with its iPhone naming convention. > They chose that Roman numeral X but everyone calls it a 10 anyway and I'm not > thinking they will go to a Roman numeral 11 XI model. It seems that most car > models these days are a combination of letters and numbers so maybe they > thought the X was fashionable. > > Alan Lemly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Mike Arrigo > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2018 6:51 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Apple's new iphones > > It looks like Apple is done with the home button for good, the 3 new iphones > that Apple announced are based on the new iphone X form factor, the Iphone XS > replaces the Iphone X from last year, the Iphone XS max sounds like it's the > plus version with a larger screen, and the Iphone XR is the cheaper version. > The iphone 7 and 8 will remain as Apple's budget iphone models and the Iphone > SE has been discontinued. This means that Apple no longer sells any phones > with a small form factor now or that have a headphone jack. I got an iphone 8 > and iphone SE earlier this year so have no interest in getting any of these > new ones at this point, and I'm just not ready to give up the home button yet > either. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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