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Behold! Android Phone Name Generator reveals new devices such as HTC Droid Plus G1 E Z

Categories: Android, Hardware, Humor
By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 at 5:05 PM
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Have you ever noticed an odd trend with the names of Android smartphones? There’s the Samsung Epic 4G Touch, HTC Evo Design 4G, Samsung Galaxy S II 4G, Samsung Captivate Glide, LG T-Mobile myTouch Q, and so many more. Do you see any similarities? Yes, the names suck.

Introducing the Android Phone Name Generator. It’s a revolutionary new website designed to predict upcoming names of Android phones using random combinations of stupid descriptions, adjectives, and suffixes. Just visit the website to give it a go, and click the logo for fresh new ideas. It’s actually quite addictive. Here’s a few of my personal favorites:

  • HTC Droid Plus G1 E Z
  • Sony Ericcson Liquid Touch Prime Plus E
  • Samsung Fascinate Optimus V Prime G2
  • Motorola Mesmerize Plus S 4G+ G1
  • LG Motivate Touch E G2 G1

There’s a message trying to be conveyed here and it’s that manufacturers give Android phones awful names. Why do they all have to be so long and complicated? I never even liked the name “iPhone 3GS” because I find it too tacky. If I walk up to an iPhone owner and ask them what phone they have, they will tell me the model of the iPhone. If I walk up to an Android phone owner and ask the same question, more often than not they have no idea what the phone’s name is.

Simplicity wins this round.

[via Daring Fireball]

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George has followed technology news for quite some time, but he only started writing about it a few years ago. He's a self-proclaimed Apple fanboy, but that doesn't stop him from covering a wide range of topics in the mobile area. When he's not reporting for IntoMobile, you can usually find George listening to a wide array of music, trying to be funny and sarcastic, eating, or voicing his opinions about all things tech on his personal blog, GT Daily.

  • Boris Manzheley

    George, other than Apple and on special occasion “Samsung”; manufacturers do not name the handsets. All devices do have internal names that they go by during development and FCC approval but the carrier ends up naming each handset.
    The only exceptions like I mentioned are Apple and Samsung, however, samsungs decision is limited ex: The Galaxy, Galaxy S 2 is the only decision that the manufacturer made, the handsets name following that model is established by the carrier.
    But I do agree, most but not all of the names are a bit corny.