Not The IPhone 9 Or SE 2, This Is Apple's Name Of Choice For Cheap Cellphones

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JAKARTA - Soon, Apple will soon release its inexpensive device. However, there are widespread rumors that Apple will not carry the name iPhone 9 or iPhone SE 2, for its cheap smartphones.

This latest leak was revealed by Jon Prosser via the YouTube channel Front Page Tech, where Apple will only name its newest device 'iPhone'. He got this information from an insider who claimed to work at Apple.

In addition, he said, Apple also would not market its cheap cellphones with numeric labels or codes like its predecessor series. This step is similar to what Apple did when it released a cheap iPad a few years ago.

Apple is also rumored to be selling this cheap iPhone with a price range of US $ 399-450, or around Rp.5.5 to 6.2 million. If there are no obstacles, this cheap iPhone will be released by Apple on March 30 or 31, 2020.

That is, if Apple is not affected by the corona virus which is endemic to a number of countries. Given the phenomenon of the spread of the corona virus also affecting Apple's business processes, because many iPhone manufacturing plants in China are not allowed to reopen production facilities until mid-March.

Even though the price is cheaper, this cheap iPhone is rumored to have qualified specifications. According to a well-known analyst who focuses on Apple products, Ming Chi Kuo, cheap iPhones will have the A13 Bionic chipset like the iPhone 11, 3GB RAM and 64GB and 128GB internal memory variants.

Naming iPhone

Maybe not many years if the name 'iPhone' is not owned by Apple products for the first time. In fact, the name 'iPhone' was first used by a telecommunications company called Cisco.

Apple also had to negotiate long enough to get the right to use the name 'iPhone'. Until finally Cisco agreed to give their trademark after being sold for a lot of money from Apple, on February 21, 2007.

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Apple has also started to embed the name 'i' in each of their products, since launching the iMac G3 in 1998. That's what made them willing to spend quite a bit to get the trade rights of the name 'iPhone'.

Quoted from Cult of Mac, the letter 'i' in Apple products refers to the word internet. Even so, in the end, Apple continued to use this naming scheme for products without the internet such as the first generation iPod. Initially, the name iPhone was used for a cable telephone product manufactured by InfoGear.

Robert Ackerman is one of the financiers who played a role in the release of this iPhone and also revealed the meaning behind the name of the iPhone. According to him, iPhone can mean internet phone or information phone.

The initials of the letter 'i' are always embedded by Apple in each of their product lines. No exception to the naming of iOS for the operating system developed by Apple. Now that the iPhone has been transformed into a big and very iconic brand name, the iPhone device has always been the best-selling product from Apple.