Unsatisfactory: what the "R" should be in the iPhone XR

Marketing Director Phil Schiller gives the answer

Soon you will be able to buy the iPhone XR at Apple and in the stores. But what is really the "R" on iPhone XR? Phil Schiller, the marketing director of Apple in person, now gives the answer that might disappoint you a little. Is the "R" for R …?

With the iPhone X celebrates Apple's birthday: 10 years of iPhone! To celebrate this big birthday, Cupertino decided to deviate from the usual naming scheme for iPhone. With the iPhone 8, there was directly the iPhone 10, that is to say the iPhone X.

The successors published in 2018 followed Apple's logic halfway. Because every time the company technically upgraded an existing smartphone generation, but the base remained the same, an "S" was badociated with the name. The first S-Update has seen the iPhone 3GS. "S" means "Speed", was then in 2009 an attempt at explanation.

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With the "R", Apple introduces a new letter in 2018. Perhaps you have ever wondered what the letter stands for on the iPhone XR. In an interview with the US magazine Engadget, Apple's marketing director, Phil Schiller, now gives the answer. However, this is not entirely satisfactory, because Schiller admits that Apple's letters should in no way express something special. But compared to the magazine, Schiller indicates what the "R" means to him personally.

"I like things fast, for example fast cars." R & # 39; and "S" are used to describe very special sports cars. "
Phil Schiller, marketing director at Apple, opposite Engadget.com

In everyday life, however, the iPhone XR should not be faster than the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max. Finally, the same processor (A12) is used in all three Apple phones. We will talk about the exact differences between iPhone XR and iPhone XS in more detail here.

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