Phil Schiller had mentioned it in the launch keynote. The next major upgrade was in which involved an exterior design change as well as improvement in several technical aspects. As expected, the next phone in retained the same physical design but improved upon hardware specs. Although the 64 bit architecture and M7 co-processor were major features in their own terms, from the end user point of view, the fingerprint sensor was something which was very much evident and visible and hence the star of the show.
But what will the version after that i. Other theories for why certain iPhones carried the letter S attached to the end of them are as follows:.
Why 10? Simple: the iPhone X was the 10th anniversary iPhone launch. As Apple moved towards a new design era, it wanted new branding that reflected the physical design of the phone. And make no mistake: an iPhone 8 Plus will still be plenty powerful. Even now. You can click pictures, selfies, record videos, reply to messages, switch keyboards, and much more. Later in , Apple launched iPhone XS in Well, S in iPhone XS means small and being used here as half.
Hence, it became the next half version of the iPhone. The point is to be noted how Apple brilliantly add and modify names for their smartphone. So, these were the meaning behind the Apple iPhone name.
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I take it as something like second thought , or maybe superior. I agree with other answers, but I'd like to note something. Whenever Apple appends an S to an iPhone, they change the interior rather than the looks of it. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. The iPhone 5s " s " apparently stands for s ecurity they added touch ID , but the " s " in iPhone 6s is still largely debated, though some have speculated that it might be for s ensitivity as per the new 3D Touch features However, apple has never really released any official information regarding what the s stands for in any models other than the 3GS and 4s.
Improve this answer. The 4s did have an official s in the form of an interview question answer. It's debatable. Fans also sometimes make up their own meanings for what the s stands for: iPhone 4s: Siri iPhone 5s: Security for TouchID However, at this point, Apple's naming scheme is set after almost a decade and they'll just give every other iPhone name an s, so it likely does just mean successor.
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