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Apple drops space in 'iPhone 3G S'

24 June 2009 3:54 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 17 comments

According to a new Twitter post, it appears Apple has dropped the space from the iPhone 3G S making it the simpler 3GS (no space).

This is not earth shattering news, obviously, but it is a welcome move to the tons of journalists out there right now which have been somewhat confused by the naming scheme.

Apple�s Greg Joswiak says it is now 3GS however, which should make for added confusion when trying to write about multiple iPhone 3Gs (lower case S).

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DSWarrior (Junior Member) 24 June 2009 7:16
LoL! I still don't know what the "S" stands for. But it will add confusion. They should've named it 3G C or something else... :-P! [ + quote]
shaffaaf (Senior Member) 24 June 2009 7:50
3GTX [ + quote]
vyze (Newbie) 24 June 2009 9:40
or used an old naming scheme like Apple 3G II :) [ + quote]
johncchc (Senior Member) 24 June 2009 9:41
i should name it apple iphone 3G force. G force is really fast just like the roller coaster.. anyone like this name? [ + quote]
algtz1 (Member) 24 June 2009 12:04
The "S" stands for suckers!!!! [ + quote]
dragnandy (Senior Member) 24 June 2009 12:15
*Originally posted by algtz1:* The "S" stands for suckers!!!! i think so,too. [ + quote]
DSWarrior (Junior Member) 24 June 2009 13:13
*Quote:* *Originally posted by algtz1:* The "S" stands for suckers!!!! i think so,too. Me three...It really doesn't have anything the 3G didn't have, except the camera and "bigger" flash drive. I really think there's no big need to upgrade. Besides, all of the features they added are software-based and are easily accessible with the 3.0 firmware. [ + quote]
shaffaaf (Senior Member) 24 June 2009 13:20
because a new CPU is clearly software. [ + quote]
DSWarrior (Junior Member) 24 June 2009 13:25
*Originally posted by shaffaaf:* because a new CPU is clearly software. It has a new CPU?..................................If it does then...MAYBE it would be an improvement. But otherwise.... :-S [ + quote]
DVDBack23 (Staff Member) 24 June 2009 13:37
*Quote:* *Originally posted by shaffaaf:* because a new CPU is clearly software. It has a new CPU?..................................If it does then...MAYBE it would be an improvement. But otherwise.... :-S new cpu runs at 600mhz compared to 450mhz for the regular 3g [ + quote]
DSWarrior (Junior Member) 24 June 2009 13:40
*Quote:* *Quote:* *Originally posted by shaffaaf:* because a new CPU is clearly software. It has a new CPU?..................................If it does then...MAYBE it would be an improvement. But otherwise.... :-S new cpu runs at 600mhz compared to 450mhz for the regular 3g That's interesting news...I guess I retract what I said about "all" the improvements. Anyway, I'm stuck with a 2 month-old 2 year contract and I don't intend to put a $30.00 data plan on my account for an iPhone only... [ + quote]
IM1 (Senior Member) 24 June 2009 15:38
The S stands for speed. The new iPhone 3G S is twice as fast as the previous model. [ + quote]
ivymike (Member) 24 June 2009 22:20
The "S" stands for something synonymous with crap. [ + quote]
shaffaaf (Senior Member) 25 June 2009 3:40
its not twice as fast, as loading web pages in half the time. its not jsut a speed bump on the proccessor, its a different proccessor entirely. iPhone 3G (ARM11)______________ iPhone 3GS (ARM Cortex A8) Manufacturing Process: 90nm___________ 65nm Architecture In-Order ____________ In-Order Issue Width 1-issue ___________ 2-issue Pipeline Depth 8-stage __________ 13-stage Clock Speed 412MHz ___________600MHz L1 Cache Size 16KB I-Cache + 16KB D-Cache___________ 32KB I-Cache + 32KB D-Cache L2 Cache Size N/A 256KB [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 25 June 2009 3:41
keith1993 (Member) 26 June 2009 6:42
Ah good times I bet Acorn never thought they'd be making proccesors for APPLE PHONES! AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+, MSI K9A2 Platinum, 2x2GB PNY DDR2 800MHz RAM, XFX ATi Radeon 4850 512MB, Colors IT 650Watt, 320GB Samsung Spinpoint 7200RPM 16mb SATA II, Bosse Galaxy III, Wharfdale 19" Wide Screen LCD (TV), Windows 7 RC [ + quote] This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 26 June 2009 6:44
eLeCTR0n (Member) 26 June 2009 15:09
S = "suckers who are helping fund the next generation if iPhone" It's a good thing we have a lot of S's, so in about year we can have a better phone. [ + quote]
sidcypher (Newbie) 29 June 2009 10:31
the "s" is supposed to stand for speed... personally..i think suckers.. min cost for iphone 3gs w/o text messaging = 1679.16 yr contract of 450min and the req'ed data plan [ + quote]