Re: What was Apple's reasoning for having a practically all white box w/an outlin...
Hey I have a off topic question. Well I was looking at the picture. I was asking myself. How does apple number there iphone. Because the iphone 2g is the first one. Then the 3G and the 3GS is the second. Because they are the same phone. And now the iphone 4 and etc. it confusing. But the new iphone 6. Would that really be the iphone 5.
The first one was simply iPhone (not "THE iPhone", just iPhone). It got the 2G nickname because it was only 2G cellular.
Next was the iPhone 3G, which used 3G cellular, followed by the iPhone 3GS, for some unknown reason. And the naming convention was born.
The iPhone 4 introduced the squared off form factor, and it was followed by the iPhone 4S. At this point, Apple established the pattern of changing up the physical design on the "tick" (the numerical change - iPhone 4, 5, 6). The "tock" updates were the S models (4S, 5S) which used the previous design, but with added features (for example, Siri and TouchID were introduced on the S models).
iPhone 5 came after the 4S and brought the 4" screen. It was followed by the 5C (rounded edge form factor reminiscent of the 3G/3GS in multiple colors) and the 5S (same form factor that was introduced with the iPhone 5).
iPhone 6 brought a larger, more rounded design on two screen sizes (4.7" and 5.5"). The smaller of the two is the iPhone 6 and the larger is known as the iPhone 6 Plus.
Not sure where this will lead, as far as future naming conventions, but if the pattern holds, next fall will bring the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus.