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Apple drops space in 'iPhone 3G S'

Written by Andre Yoskowitz @ 24 Jun 2009 3:54 User comments (17)

Apple drops space in 'iPhone 3G S' 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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124.6.2009 07:16
DSWarrior
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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!

224.6.2009 07:50
shaffaaf
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3GTX

324.6.2009 09:40
vyze
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or used an old naming scheme like Apple 3G II :)

424.6.2009 09:41
johncchc
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i should name it apple iphone 3G force. G force is really fast just like the roller coaster.. anyone like this name?

524.6.2009 12:04
algtz1
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The "S" stands for suckers!!!!

624.6.2009 12:15
dragnandy
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Originally posted by algtz1:
 The "S" stands for suckers!!!!
i think so,too.

724.6.2009 13:13
DSWarrior
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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.

824.6.2009 13:20
shaffaaf
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because a new CPU is clearly software.

924.6.2009 13:25
DSWarrior
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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

1024.6.2009 13:37
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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

1124.6.2009 13:40
DSWarrior
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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...

1224.6.2009 15:38
IM1
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The S stands for speed. The new iPhone 3G S is twice as fast as the previous model.

1324.6.2009 22:20
ivymike
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The "S" stands for something synonymous with crap.

1425.6.2009 03:40
shaffaaf
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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

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 25 Jun 2009 @ 3:41

1526.6.2009 06:42
keith1993
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Ah good times I bet Acorn never thought they'd be making proccesors for APPLE PHONES!

This message has been edited since its posting. Latest edit was made on 26 Jun 2009 @ 6:44

1626.6.2009 15:09
eLeCTR0n
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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.

1729.6.2009 10:31
sidcypher
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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

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