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Apple’s new OS naming could make ‘iPhone 17’ sound even weirder
Just when it seemed like the internet had finally moved on from obsessing over Apple’s iPhone naming conventions… here we go again.
To be fair, I don’t actually hate today’s report that Apple will rename its operating systems to reflect the release year. Once we get past the initial awkwardness of jumping straight to iOS 26, skipping a handful of version numbers along the way, I’m pretty sure it’ll start to sound natural sooner rather than later. I wrote recently about how Apple’s rumored move to replace the “Plus” variant with an “Air” model could give it a perfect opportunity to clean up the rest of the lineup, too, retiring “Pro Max” and going all-in on “Ultra.”
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