PSA: Apple® Grammar lesson
7Today I've learned that Apple has made their products plural and singular at the same time (grammar wise... why can't they have a nice name for that...)
So you do not have 2 Apple Watches. you have 2 Apple Watch, or if you're really anal... you have 2 Apple Watch Watches (which seems weird.)
You don't have 2 iPads, you have 2 iPad or 2 iPad devices. You don't have 10 iPhones you have 10 iPhone, or again, 10 iPhone handsets, 10 iPhone devices, or (Perhaps the worst...) 10 iPhone Phones. Thank you for your attention to detail!
Source article: http://www.redmondpie.com/phil-schiller-never-pluralize-apple-product-names/
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But really, who has two Apple Watch?
@curtise the poor sap that has to fix all of his family's electronics. He has to program 4 Apple Watch.
That's retarded.
@Al_Coholic I find this rather shallow and pedantic..
But it isn't retarded.
You don't have 2 Apple watches, you have a brain deficiency.
Phil Schiller can go fuck himselves.
@Pavlov Technically,
It makes sense when you realize they still have one button mice
@Kevin *mouse
@Kevin They don't - the Mighty Mouse (that default/ships with things one) just tracks which side of the mouse you click on and responds appropriately.
The OS defaults to "all clicks are primary", mind you. I have no clue why.
@Cyklown you're right, but there is still one button.
All trademarks, for all companies, are singular (unless trademarked otherwise) and typically require a noun after each usage. This is not unique to Apple. Trademarks are trademarked in a specific way. To protect the trademark, the company always uses it properly and should always follow it with a noun that can be made plural as needed. (I think trademarks are actually adjectives.)
That said, Apple chose some trademarks that sound pretty ridiculous with their respective nouns. (See: iPhone phone.)
We all know Apple pluralizes different.
That's ok most apple lovers can't write worth a damn anyway .