The reasons are as follows:
1. Highlight the revolutionary nature of iPhoneX
iPhoneX is the iPhone10 identified with Roman letters, and the naming is different from the previous version. And this is Apple’s first full-screen mobile phone, which is a milestone in Apple’s history. If it is named iPhone9, it obviously cannot highlight this point.
2. Commemorating the 10th anniversary of the launch of Apple’s iPhone
iPhoneX, the X in it can also be understood as an unknown number X, which represents any iPhone phone in Apple’s history, and this phone The forward-looking nature also means that Apple mobile phones can always lead the industry trend in the industry. The iPhone
Tenth Anniversary
When iPhone 9 is about to be produced, 2017 is the tenth anniversary of the launch of iPhone, so the launch of iPhone X is a commemorative model of the tenth anniversary. Secondly, the most powerful reason for uploading it on the Internet is because of the great superstition from the Western music industry-the curse of the Ninth Symphony.
Beethoven, Bruckner, Schubert, Dvo?ák and other famous musicians all died after writing the Ninth Symphony. From then on, "9" seemed to be a hurdle that musicians could not overcome. , anyone who tries to cross this limit will end up with no good results, so Apple deliberately avoids the number "9".
Furthermore, the competition between Apple and Samsung also led to the name skipping iPhone 9. If the 2017 iPhone is named iPhone 8, then the iPhone launched in 2018 will be named iPhone 8s, so the number in Apple’s iPhone name will fall behind that of rival Samsung.
At that time, Samsung’s flagship phones might be named Galaxy S9 and Note9, which would give consumers the illusion that Samsung had surpassed Apple.
In fact, naming methods similar to skipping version numbers are not uncommon. On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, 360 Search released version 5.0 of 360 Search, but actually skipped version 4.0. It is also because this version has added many innovative and revolutionary functions, such as taking photos and writing poems, content streaming display, etc. Some Chinese people also avoid 4, which may be the reason for skipping this version.