The Missing iPhone 9 - What Happened?
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- Опубліковано 15 гру 2023
- In 2017, Apple would release the iPhone 8 & 8 Plus alongside the iPhone X- the 8 being a refinement of the iPhone 7, and the iPhone X being a massive leap in design- but what happened to the iPhone 9?
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I'd like to imagine a reality where the iPhone 9 met Windows 9 and they all lived happily ever after.
...But assuming this isn't the case, what's your personal theory? What happened to the iPhone 9, and why'd Apple decide to skip it? Very curious to hear opinions on this one!
Well we all know that Seven Eight Nine! (;
@@MarioNotLuigi I resisted making that joke all video and you just had to go and ruin it haha
I think the reason Microsoft skipped windows 9 is because of Windows 95 and Windows 98.
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@@91Techforgot about se version of iPhone
I heard that Samsung went from S10 to S20 because it was 2020 and they wanted the releases to coincide with the year, ie 2020 =S20, 2021 =S21, 2022 =S22, etc.
It does, I worked in a phone shop during 2017 and know some reps, thats the exact reason it happened according to Samsung reps.
This is correct! Not speculation.
It is tho. I think this is not a speculation at all.
that is horrendously stupid id be perfectly happy with Samsung releasing the S15 next year
Says the same company who released the A54 long before 2054
Never really thought about it, as Apple simply wanted to make their fully redesigned iPhone on the 10th year anniversary have a milestone name, so iPhone X made way more sense than iPhone 9 or a third iPhone 8 (i.e 8s, 8 Pro, or similar). Makes enough sense to me.
But if we were going to ask where the iPhone 9 went, I'd say the XR or the second iPhone SE fits the bill.
To me the XR is the true iPhone 9. It's a redesigned iPhone 8. Same build materials, but into the modern era. I would've loved if that was the iPhone 9 instead of the XR. That made no sense at all in terms of nomenclature.
Apple shouldn't skip numbers its dont make no sense why iphone se 1 and iphone se 2 including iphone se 3 have fake names apple should rename iphone se be call iphone mini 6 for iphone se 1 and mini iphone 8 for iphone se 2 including mini 7 iphone for iphone se 3 more processor chip power
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That makes no sense, the XR came after the X? How could that be a 9?
Because it's a clear downgrade from X but upgrade from 8. Duh..@@bradstercivic
There is no iphone 9 its 8 to 10 thats it they just skip a number i swear people are so dumb lol
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The XR is the iPhone 9 in my book. Granted, we may never know the true reasoning behind the jump from the 8 to the X, but in this case I think we can assume (to a reasonable degree) that the XR was the iPhone 9.
There was rumors that the XR was originally called iPhone 9 but it was changed to XR last second right before it’s announcement. To be fair; it was probably a better idea.
I had the XR for five years i got it when it was first out and it was brilliant for me. Only upgarded to the iphone 15 last October. It does seem like a good middle ground between the 8 and the iphone X.
I'd say iPhone SE 2020 is the missing iPhone 9, and SE 2022 is the iPhone 10 (not X).
It's weird but so is Apple naming convention, iPad 4 was high end in 2012, but 5 years later they released the iPad 5 which was the cheapest iPad.
Same could be said about iPad Air 2 and Air 3, high end to mid range.
Kinda similar to the iPhone situation in my books.
List of iPhones naming schemes in the SE lineup if a year later after the IPhone SE (1st gen) were the SE naming scheme are being scrap, and cancel.
iPhone SE (1st gen), 2016, 1 model (SE (1st gen)).
iPhone 9R, 2020, 3 Models (9R, 9R Pro, and 9R Pro Max).
iPhone 9R-2, 2022, 4 Models (9R-2, 9R-2 Mini, 9R-2 Pro, and 9R-2 Pro Max).
iPhone 9, 2024, 4 Models (9, 9 Plus, 9 Pro, and 9 Pro Max).
iPhone 19, 2027, 4 Models (19, 19 Plus, 19 Pro, and 19 Pro Max).
iPhone 20R, 2027, 4 Models (20R, 20R Plus, 20R Pro, and 20R Pro Max).
iPhone 21R, 2028, 4 Models (21R, 21R Plus, 21R Pro, and 21R Pro Max).
iPhone 22R, 2029, 4 Models (22R, 22R Plus, 22R Pro, and 22R Pro Max).
I mean, the 2022 SE could be the iPhone 9s? That would make some sense
@@bradstercivic Indeed, I was thinking in the iPad way, but 9S makes indeed more sense.
The xr should have been the original IPhone 9
Aint no way bro just turned into Vsauce
It’s pretty crazy just how little has changed over the years with the iPhone other than the camera in the last five years or so. Apple really should consider some sort of UI refresh after all of these years. They’re still going with the same parallax UI from iOS 7 at this point.
It's crazy how apple releases the same phone every year and dumbasses still buy it
They refuse to update the ugly ass flat shaded interface because "it just works" and Apple is notorious for riding the ship until it sinks when it comes to adapting to change.
Okay? If it's not broken, then why fix it. Literally no one is complaining.
@@DavidKen878 a lot of people are complaining ☠️
@@IamJay02 maybe a lot of people in the tech scene but normal people just don't care as long as it works.
Or, the iPhone X was released in 2017 with only one size because they already had issues securing enough OLED Panels and Face ID sensors. It was a great way to start shipping a better iPhone despite these constraints.
Apple should’ve called the iPhone 8 the iPhone 7 S, because that is what it really was. The iPhone 8 didn’t add anything new externally except for a glass back that’s it.
Exactly!
That means they would not have a glass back with wireless charging
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Uh I think Samsung just matched the model names with the year. 2020 - S20, 2021 - S21 etc. Sounds good to me. Also wasn’t the SE 2 rumoured to be called iPhone 9 at first initially?
On point bro great video all makes alot of sense
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Bottom Line: The iPhone 9 is missing because 7, 8, 9. You’re welcome.
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I went from thinking it was some far fetched theory to being convinced by the end that you are right. Most likely the X would never have existed and instead of XS it would have been iPhone 9, 9 Pro and 9 Plus. But the form factor of 8 was so old at that point that they had to do release the X that year. And it seemed to have worked considering Android phones for years copied the notch. Unfortunately it’s unlikely Apple would ever say if you are right.
What flagship phones tried copying the notch? I mean, I guess budget Chinese phones, but I can't think of a phone from samsung, Google, oneplus, Sony, or any other major brand that decided to use the notch. It was very largely unpopular amongst android users and even many iphone users still wish their screen was uninterrupted. It kept me from iphone for a very long time. I still hate it, although I'm used to it.
@@hobosnake1 omg you dont remember the ugly google pixel 3 XL notch
iPhone XS is so underrated. It has so many improvements over the X, it started the new era that’s until today, the iPhone X ended the 6s -X era. It’s so much better, you should definitely check better and even use them side by side.
The reason is simple. The number 9 is considered bad luck in Japan. It holds a superstition the way 9 is pronounced it shares “ku” and that’s can be associated with agony
There is no windows 9 either
Naming is not so simple. Samsung wanted to follow the last 2 digits to the year they have announced
We are only 3 years away from the iPhone 20 anniversary edition so there may not be an iPhone 19 , but it's actually crazy that we have had iPhones for nearly 20 years now. I thought it was great to get a special anniversary edition iPhone that was totally redesigned and was the blueprint for all there future phones, i got one as a secondary phone and it's still such a capable device that's quite fast and the battery lasts all day even though it's at 87% battery health, i love it's size too because it's slightly smaller than the plus/pro models so it's easier to hold in daily settings. I definitely think the Xr was the iPhone 9 and i think it should have been named that because a lot of the backlash it received was because it was in the X family name which was quite high end, I think that's why the SE models work so well because they are their own family line and people know they are not the high end models whereas the Xr made it seem like you couldn't afford the X/Xs models.
12:49 Also from Samsung on why the Note series went from 5 to 7 and skipping the 6, is so the Galaxy Note lineup won’t appear as a generation behind from the flagship Galaxy S series.
Samsungs s8 was a very cool phone and a big upgrade but iPhone X was the biggest advancement in iPhone ever and was truly different than everything else out at the time. There will never be anything that different and innovative ever again
Because 9 for some reason is a cursed number. Notice, if you pay attention to it, how leaks are saying even Nintendo is going straight to Mario Kart X or 10 from 8 deluxe. Weird trend
The Xr is iPhone 9. That’s it.
yeah the Xr is faster than the 10 and it’s the 9😭😭
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Hey, yeah you reading this. If you ever called the iPhone 10; "X".. You're not longer invited to birthday parties ever.
With the iPhone X they should have completely stopped the S models. Having that one last year with an S model was stupid.
Probably cause the iPhone 10 had malfunctions that’s y
I never thought about it like this, but your theory makes complete sense.
I had the product red iPhone XR and I really liked that phone. I didn’t get any of the tens, but I went straight from the 10 hour to the iPhone 11 Pro Max. Huge upgrade. But the 10 hour was a good phone and it held its own. When people back on the iPhone and they look at the TR, it will be with fondness for what it was. And for what it was it rocked.
I remember the days of the rumor mills for the X that persisted for months. What would the design be? What would the features be? Some let their imaginations run wild. I was a big fan of everythingapplepro at the time, and he referred to what became the X as the 8, and what became the 8 and 8 plus as the 7s and 7s Plus. Feels like a lifetime ago now
I often felt that Apple error in naming their iPhone device releases were fumbled between the years of 2011 through 2013 with the S’s & C’s. I always felt that the S models weren’t necessarily needed to name the same current model touting speed. In 2013 the iPhone 5 & the 5C, and 5S was totally not needed. Given that is my reasoning of why there was no iPhone 9 to rush the anniversary model X in 2017.
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I just took the X as 9, XR as 10, XS as 10 Pro, and then came the 11 line. In this scenario, I also feel X being rushed out a year ahead also fits.
The X is far and away better than the xR so your theory means the 10 is a downgrade from the 9
@@vcall6121no it is worse, the X had a year older chip compared to the XR and as such could not support iOS 17
Does it all really matter? 2017 was a bloody long time ago. Nearly all original iPhone X purchasers from that time have moved on to newer models. Some did not make it through the pandemic.
When the Model Number is matching the Year it is much more easier for anyone to understand, so 2020 Galaxy S20, 2021 Galaxy S21... - 2023 Galaxy S23 etc.
You mentioned Xs wasn’t a big deal but I upgraded to this and it’s my favourite ever iPhone. Maybe because I didn’t have the X, and the UI was polished by its release!
The rush production of iPhone X was the reason there were so many iPhone 8 chasis laying around and ended up being the iPhone SE 2 and 3
Basically the 2018 iPhone lineup was also testing of names for models because the Xs and Xs Max are the pros of 2018 while the XR is the base of the 2018, the next year the iPhone 11 was the replacement for the XR being the base model and the 11 pro replacing the XS and the 11 Pro Max replacing the XS Max. I guess they just didn’t want to call them the pros yet or didn’t think of it that early.
Damn…can’t believe it’s been that long since iPhone 8+…
Now we’re on iPhone 15..crazy how time flies.
I have my own naming:
iPhone SE 2020 = iPhone 8s
iPhone SE 2022 = iPhone 9
the XR was a beast. my son had it for 5 years, only trading it in because it was $80 trade in plus a $320 promo, meaning if i didnt trade it up it wouldnt be worth anything at all. got him a 13 pro while the 14 was out so it was cheap and a good trade in value. XR screen was decent too.
I'd say the iPhone X had so few options because it was significantly more expensive than any other iPhone before. Maybe Apple was cautiously testing to see if people would be willing to spend 1.000$+ for an iPhone.
I have seen online where the iPhone model numbers (15,14,13 etc) are meant to be pronounced in English everywhere and written in Arabic numbers. Its not iPhone quince but iPhone fifteen and so on. That meant that if Apple did an "iPhone nine", Germans would mistake it for "iPhone NO" and Apple didn't want to do that.
Yeah but no, in german no is Nien
@@BunnyDoesArtThings Yes I know that. I was partly making a joke.
I always thought they skipped the nine because the 10 was so advanced that they wanted people to know it was so advanced that it even leaked over number nine.
I like how things turned out. X fits well as the 10 aniversary but because they released the Xs, now they will have to skip iphone 19 again because in 2027 iphone 19 is supposed to be iphone XX
I like to think like in some weird way that the iPhone SE 3 is the spiritual iPhone 9. It has some significant improvements over the 8 like 5G and a faster chip. of course this wouldn't make sense because the iPhone 10 didn't have 5G and the iPhone 15 chip but I like to think that if the iPhone 9 did exist, it would look like the 3rd gen SE. I don't know, just an interesting thought (:
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Samsung switched to match the calendar year.... S20 for 2020
Simple and highly effective naming... The current year is the current model.
Basically samsung was making phones so fast that their number caught up to apples, so they skipped to 10. In response to that samsung skipped to 20 to be petty 😂
Now if only apple could fix iOS so that you can put icons and widgets anywhere on the homescreen.
I would only be ok with apple adding an option to turn off the grid layout. I prefer the grid layout and how the home screen works. It's one of the reasons I haven't jump to android (but is one reason I could ignore if apple continue to refuse changing the battery in my iPhone)
The iPhone releases in 2016 and 2017 were the weirdest and the most confusing in my opinion, as neither the iPhone 7 and 8 had brought significant changes and improvements in their own right (besides the processor upgrade since regardless of form factor, Apple would develop a new processor every year), and as if the iPhone 7 and 8 could’ve been just one upgrade on its own in 2016 instead of spreading it out through 2 years. My theory suggests that on top of all the things mentioned in this video, Apple decided to release the iPhone 8 with pretty much the same form factor as the iPhone 7 perhaps because they were supposed to be one release but they might have not figured out the wireless charging in 2016. It would’ve made a lot more sense if they have combined wireless charging with the removal of the headphone jack for the iPhone 7 so it could be marketed as the “full wireless accessory iPhone”. Perhaps they were planning to release the iPhone X (or whatever they would’ve called the bezel-less/notch iPhone) in 2017 because it was the tenth anniversary of the iPhone and they had the opportunity of making it big, but because of the delay of wireless charging development they decided to leave it behind and made way for another small incremental upgrade before realizing their competitors were moving on faster than they had expected, so they had to quickly put the bezel-less iPhone back in development and release it along side with the 8.
When I had the Xr, the case I bought said Xr on sticker but under the sticker was another sticker that said iPhone 9.
Hay i see that AR tech, have you tried ar glasses with the new iPhone 15 yet
You should read "After Steve" by Tripp Mickle. They basically tell you why there wasn't an iPhone 9 and why the 8 was released alongside the X.
That nod to MatPat at the end after he left The Theorists made me emotional.
The regular gold iPhone X being in the FCC database and a scrapped advertisement:
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14 min of my life that i will never get back 😂
I love my iPhone 8 my Xr had the brightest green strip on the lcd that I could still see when I blinked
I have the iPhone 8 Plus and it still works like a champ he’s right the iPhone 8 was so underrated at the time
The Vsource music is crazy 😂
13:15 that line caught me off guard 😂
I've had this theory since I was about 9, but I think windows 8.1 was windows 9 in a way. Obviously it would have made more sense to either make a windows 9 or call windows 8.1 windows 9 but that windows 8.1 was technically the 9th windows since it was considered a major update. The iphone 9 makes less sense...
Apple said during 2016 that 2017 was gonna be something special so the X was definitely planned regardless if it was rushed or not.
I assumed it was a similar reason that Windows went from 8 to 10. To avoid confusion on servers with Windows 95/98 which both start with 9.
9 seems bad luck microsoft didnt release a windows 9 neither...
The iPhone X coming in only black and white could be a callback to the iPod classics(5th-7th gens) which only came in two colors (other than the occasional U2 color-ways)
i think the jump from s10 to s20 was to keep the number as the same year of its launch
“An iPhone theory” I loved that reference 😂🎉
The SE 2020 is the iPhone 9. they just called it the iPhone SE 2020
Don't forget the Quicktime 7 to X jump Apple performed way back when!
I loved the game theory reference at the end
Back then I thought Apple was going to call iOS 10 just iOX and start counting again
I was surprised that it’s written as
iOS 10 instead of iOS X.
@@Claro1993 or that, it would also make sense to be more concise with Mac’s OSX
The marketing team on the day forgot the I before the X and when it ran the guy pitching it was like “the iPhone X”. haha.
The silver and space black on the iPhone X looks like the back of the first iPhone
iPhone X should've been the iPhone 8: 10Yr Anniversary Edition for the new design. Then continue the new design for 9 and 10, design update for 11 and so forth.
Apple finally moved from macOS “X” to 11 and onwards beginning in 2020 - maybe because Microsoft was moving from Windows 10 to 11 then, too? Was it a marketing ploy? Was the release of the M1 chip finally enough to move macOS to version 11?
Should have been iPhone 8/8+ then the iPhone 8 Pro was the iPhone X. Then… 2018 would have the iPhone 9 be the iPhone Xr and the iPhone 9 Pro/Pro Max
It's actually a pretty interesting topic
I also think the XR is actually the iPhone 9...maybe if apple didnt mess up their lineup release, they will announce the X according to their plans and at the end 8 series got abandoned too soon.
The iPhone X is still a beautiful phone surprisingly.
The iPhone Nine would have introduced the power button touch ID and ditch the home button and the Use Three was supposed to have the nine design
I fell like the number 9 gives consumers a bit of an excuse to skip a product, 10 is just a number above but mentally it feels more like it has to be a leap forward, so why get the boring _x product_ 9 now when you can wait a year and get the new exiting _x product_ 10
MatPat is QUAKING
Both the iPhone 9 and Windows 9 are missing.
Coincidence??? 🤔 I think not.
I'm still a firm believer that the iPhone 8 was just the iPhone 10 in the better form factor. I'll only consider returning to Apple if they make an 5.5 inch SE Plus.
The iPhone 8+ is one of the best phones I ever used. I miss it
If iPhone X was considered iPhone 9, and iPhone Xs was considered iPhone 10, then it would be: iPhone 8, iPhone X (iPhone 9), iPhone Xs (iPhone 10), iPhone 11, iPhone 12 and so on
Straightforward explanation, they dropped the iPhone 9 in the sewer and now only the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are enjoying the phone-Codrin Bradea Satana
Another thing to point out is that the iPhone X has been on sale during the 11th year of iPhone, not 10th
Man you hit every nail I was ever thinking about with iPhone why did they skip i9? To me the XR is the i9 for me and it had the Best Battery Life I had seen on an iPhone I kept that Phone all the to the 14! Usually I would upgrade every year or two but that was the biggest gap for me. They need another just like that one…
They did make another one. It was the iphone 13 pro/max. It still has the best battery life of any iphone. Super premium even til this day. I think a lot of iphone 13 pro users are going to hold onto that thing until the iphone 18
@@hobosnake1 I would think so too!
I see why they didn't go through releasing the 9 alongside the X, but in hindsight, it would've made good sense and I personally would've seen it as a subtle/not-so-subtle jab at Samsung: "Oh, cute, you're releasing a new phone just like us to keep up? Well, guess what? We're doing three new phones this year..."
i would’ve believed the iPhone X is supposed to be the iPhone 9 because the specs had no significant improvement compared to its predecessor-iPhone 8 series. say the processor, the double stereo speaker. except the visuals, display, and the camera modules. and they had to name it iPhone X due to the anniversary thing, which idealistically the product should be aligned with the event.
to which, this leads us to another theory what happened to the iPhone X then? well the iPhone XS and XS Max are supposed to be the OG ten series. you can tell by the specs were improved, but the visuals remain the same. and the fact that iPhone XS has bigger model but they named it Max instead of plus. so i would say they are iPhone X and iPhone X plus-as this would’ve been the last plus model.
and what about the iPhone XR? well since the model came out along with the XS and XS Max but the spec is a bit lower than those two, i would say the R series would’ve been the next iPhone SE. why? the specs were downgraded/cut down a bit from the main line-ups, and it was released 2 years after the 1st gen. if we recognised the pattern of the SE, Apple always release the SE once per 2 years. say iPhone SE 2 and 3 that have been released in 2020 then 2022.
but that was my only guessing, Guys. feel free to comment.
My aunt and uncle still use their iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus to this day even though it got left behind on iOS 16, but they don’t care about stuff like that they’re cheap lol
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the true iPhone 9 is the friends we made along the way 👀
And i saw this video 9 hours after release 😂 pure coincidence? I THINK NOT!
I think Apple wanted to make the new iPhones since the X stand out from the "oldschool" iPhones before the X.
I think the reason Samsung jumped to the Galaxy S20 was to have their phones’ names in line with the year it came out (the S20 came out in 2020). I wish Apple would do the same thing (kind of like a car). So next year we would have the 2024 iPhone, the 2024 iPhone Plus, 2024 iPhone Pro, and 2024 iPhone Pro Max.