Talk:IPhone

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IPhone or iPhone after a sentence?

This article have one occurrence where "iPhone" is spelled with a lower letter 'i' after a sentence and one vice versa.

iPhone since that is the official name. RaymeAwesome (talk) 16:39, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Jony Ive

Why no mention of Jonny Ive, the designer? 2A01:4B00:881D:3700:F9B1:9BF4:7505:224E (talk) 20:42, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

Operating system support - Lifespan

The meaning of the columns "Lifespan min. / max." in the table "Operating system support" cannot be understood at first glance. I would recommend adding a legend below the table. Similarly, Lifespan refers to the time period during which Apple provides software updates. The min is the time period for a device purchased on the last, and max is the time period for a device purchased on the first official day of sale. In my opinion, Lifespan is not applicable either, since the devices are still alive, they just don't get support anymore. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.79.188.213 (talk) 10:34, 28 March 2020 (UTC)

Splitting proposal

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section. A summary of the conclusions reached follows.

The result of this discussion was to Stay 2405:201:C803:17FE:8BF:D9E7:F639:2A7E (talk) 02:54, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

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This article is already too long, and will get even longer as more iPhones are released over time, adding to the problem. To make to easier to read, it should be split into "iPhone" and "iPhone Max". iPhone Max should be a collection of Apple's "plus" and "max" phones while iPhone should focus on the main phones. the ultraUsurper (talk) 08:54, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

I think this would serve to only further confuse people, especially since there are "Plus" and "Max" models. If the article is too bulky, then we should take some info out. Each iPhone already has its own article, so I propose taking out things that have to do with specific iPhones, rather than info that can be said about several or all iPhones. For instance, the introduction section talks about hardware changes for each new iPhone when that information could just go on their own articles and just be briefly alluded to. Katabatic03 ^talk 00:25, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

I understand what you mean, and I agree, but the article will nevertheless keep expanding as iPhone models keep getting released, and if even if we shorten the page, the page will continue to get longer and harder to read, and we eventually have to split it. If we do split it, we could put a tag on the iPhone page saying something like for the plus or max models, please visit iPhone Max to not confuse people. But we shall see what happens. the ultraUsurper (talk) 04:24, 22 June 2020 (UTC)

• Opposed Very little of the content of this article is solely dedicated to iPhone Max. There's a lot of room to trim content if VERYLONG is a problem here, but the proposed split is arbitrary and will make little difference to this article's length. The draft article shows this pretty clearly, having nearly no actual content and just a list of announcement and release dates for various models of Max. This remains the main topic and must mention in some capacity all models and lines. This is not a valid size fork proposal, and it's unclear if "iPhone Max line" has enough dedicated independent sourcing on it's own. The AFC decline of the draft is spot on. -- ferret (talk) 11:37, 22 June 2020 (UTC)
• Opposed Max and Plus models are just larger version of models, technically they are same, except screen. iPhone 2G, 3G, 3GS, 4, 5, 5s, 5c, SE, SE 2 and X do not even have Plus/Max versions. Article about Plus/Max will have no sense and will be deleted. Jack Pomi (talk) 09:17, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
• Oppose for reasons above. I do think the intro is too long, and am in the process of thinking about a new version. I don't think we need to list all the version models. Blythwood (talk) 16:41, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

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Second Splitting Proposal

Since the last splitting proposal failed, i believe to have come up with a more relevant split. Sections based on the "S", "C" and "R" models of the iPhone, such as the iPhone 3GS, 4S, 5S, 5C, 6S, XS and XR can be split into a separate article. Since these models of the iPhone recycled the design of previous models and then introduced something big, such as the App Store on the 3GS which has the same design as the 3G, Siri on the 4S, which had the same design as the 4, Touch ID on the 5S, which had a similar design to the 5, the 5C, Apple's first attempt at creating an affordable iPhone, came in various different colours, the 6S, which had the same design as the 6, introduced 3D Touch, etc. Since this is a bigger split than the previous proposal, and one that makes sense, I think this split should be done. If it is done, to avoid confusion, we could add a template at the top of the iPhone page saying - "For the S models, go to 'insert page name here'". the ultraUsurper (talk) 03:14, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

• The article needs to be trimmed, but I don't see the sense in splitting it arbitrarily. Calidum 03:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)

{re|Calidum} As more iPhone models are released, the article will continue to expand and the only way to prevent that from happening is a split, and this is the most sensible split that i can think of AstraUsurper (talk) 03:51, 29 June 2020 (UTC)