Why doesn’t Apple have iPhone 2 and iPhone 9?

Recently, Apple's autumn new product launch conference arrived as scheduled. The most eye-catching thing was the "heavyweight show" brought to everyone by Apple CEO "Tim Cook" - Show you my bathroom camera

But with the update and iteration of iPhone, have you found a problem?

Apple doesn't have iPhone 2 and iPhone 9?

Everyone must be curious why there is no iPhone 2 and iPhone 9? The official has not given the truth, let's take a look at these folk rumors!

About iPhone 2

There are many theories circulating in the market. One of them is that because there was already the great Apple II in history, and the second generation of Apple only had 3G network at that time, so it avoided iPhone 2 and was directly named iPhone 3G.

In 1977, the 22-year-old Jobs was like a whimsical product manager of the time. He came up with a crazy idea and designed an elegant plastic case for the bulky electronic computers at the time, so that ordinary people could use computers like owning a home appliance.

In the minds of many people born in the 1970s, Apple II was once a magical existence. Many programmers today wrote their first machine language program and first game program on Apple II.

If it weren't for the Apple II and the Zhonghua Learning Machine, perhaps many people would never have become fascinated with programming in middle school, and would not have become software engineers today who work in front of keyboards and screens all day long.

Another reason is that Apple’s early product names were not based on numbers. When the iPhone 3G was first released, 3G networks were popular, so the number 2 was skipped and the product was directly named iPhone 3G.

As for which statement is reliable? You can judge for yourself.

About iPhone 9

In the early days of learning English, most of us have played such a brain teaser: Why is 9 afraid of 7? In fact, this joke is also a widely circulated joke abroad.

Why is nine afraid of seven?

Because seven eight (ate) nine

The best Chinese translation is: Seven and Nine Foods!

It turns out that iPhoneX is a brain teaser that Apple CEO Cook gave himself?

Or maybe Cook also believed in the legendary "Ninth Curse" and deliberately chose "9" to save his life?

In fact, skipping "9" is not Apple's patent. The Windows system we are familiar with also does not like "9".

Let's take a look at what Windows has been called from the beginning to now. (by release date)

Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1, Windows NT 3.1, Windows 3.2

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10.

Going directly to Win10 after Windows 8.1 is the unified strategic direction of Microsoft as a whole, and of course Windows must also change accordingly.

Terry Myerson, Microsoft's head of Windows, gave this explanation:

Windows 10 is completely different from the previous Windows. This is a brand new Windows. This Windows is no longer a regular software, but a service. Like Office 365, it may not be renamed with updates.

So, in the same way, iPhone 8 is to ensure the continuation of sales performance, while iPhone X is a bet on the future. Indeed, although several generations of iPhone products in the "post-Jobs era" have also introduced new features such as 3D touch and dual cameras, they are rarely amazing.

Cook must have started his "breakthrough journey" with the unconventional iPhone X, which removed the home button and trimmed the bangs.

"9" is a great symbol in both the East and the West. Cook avoided the number 9, which symbolizes the end, and left himself an unknown X. In the future, we may see iPhone Y, iPhone Z or unexpected codes.