Note: I know some of you will think I am over-thinking this, but I have been thinking about this since I got a iPhone 4S on Sprint coming from a HTC Evo 4G just two weeks ago. But I think I have a logical argument here given Apple's history in naming their phones.
I recently re-watched the Apple keynote when Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone 4 and he said that it was the 4TH generation iPhone. Let's look at that...
iPhone (1st gen)
iPhone 3G (2nd gen)
iPhone 3GS (3rd gen)
iPhone 4 (4th gen)
If you notice there was no iPhone 2 because obviously I suppose they wanted to show that the next iPhone had 3G connectivity. They couldn't call it iPhone 2 or 2G because that would make no sense. And, since they called the iPhone 4 the iPhone 4, that would be assumed because it is the 4th generation iPhone (and not because it has 4G connectivity or whatever).
So all I am saying is that if we go by this logic, then we would have to assume that the iPhone 4S was the 5th generation iPhone and if Apple makes a big jump again in design like they did from the iPhone 3G/3GS to the iPhone 4, then wouldn't it make sense to call the next iPhone the iPhone 6?
I don't think there's any way around the logic. Apple likes even listing their products, and people even refer to iPods by the generation iPod it is so you can differentiate which one it is. So it wouldn't make any sense to name the 6th generation iPhone the iPhone 5. I think that would confuse a lot of people.
I recently re-watched the Apple keynote when Steve Jobs revealed the iPhone 4 and he said that it was the 4TH generation iPhone. Let's look at that...
iPhone (1st gen)
iPhone 3G (2nd gen)
iPhone 3GS (3rd gen)
iPhone 4 (4th gen)
If you notice there was no iPhone 2 because obviously I suppose they wanted to show that the next iPhone had 3G connectivity. They couldn't call it iPhone 2 or 2G because that would make no sense. And, since they called the iPhone 4 the iPhone 4, that would be assumed because it is the 4th generation iPhone (and not because it has 4G connectivity or whatever).
So all I am saying is that if we go by this logic, then we would have to assume that the iPhone 4S was the 5th generation iPhone and if Apple makes a big jump again in design like they did from the iPhone 3G/3GS to the iPhone 4, then wouldn't it make sense to call the next iPhone the iPhone 6?
I don't think there's any way around the logic. Apple likes even listing their products, and people even refer to iPods by the generation iPod it is so you can differentiate which one it is. So it wouldn't make any sense to name the 6th generation iPhone the iPhone 5. I think that would confuse a lot of people.