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[Entwood]

The "common" way of referring to phones such as yours is "Smartphone" for non-apple products and iPhone for apple products. Might sound pedantic but there are pretty major differences in what they can (and more often .. can't) do. Also .. I can help out folks with Samsung/Sony/Lumina etc .. basically anything that runs android, but haven't got a clue about apple software .. so if someone says they have an iphone I say sorry .. if the say they have a smartphone .. I'll take a look ..

but ... its your phone .. call it what you like   just expect others to think you have something you don't .... 

[STEMO]

The terms 'iphone' and 'ipad' are patented by Apple, so, as Nigel says, you can call it whatever you like, but if you say iPhone, people will expect to see an Apple product.

[grifter]

Probably still running unsupported Software, XP etc, what do they expect. 

Can confirm NHS does use a lot of old unsupported software, and a lot of idiots mainly managers . Part of the problem is they have so many old legacy systems that so many people are used to that they are struggling to come up with viable replacements quickly enough to enable them to switch off the old servers. Server 2003 is still running away on one of our machines believe it or not. There is also a lot of compatibility issues with Web based tools that will run on one browser and not another, including in that the auto update of IE which causes legacy systems to fail as they won't run on newer/latest versions of IE.

[TheBoy]

LZ, calling a Windows phone an iPhone is similar to calling a Focus an Omega. They both sort of do similar things, but are completely different.


My stupid Windows phone, a MS badged Lumia, drives me mad

[aaronjb]

LZ, calling a Windows phone an iPhone is similar to calling a Focus an Omega. They both sort of do similar things, but are completely different.


My stupid Windows phone, a MS badged Lumia, drives me mad

It's like saying you're going to do the hoovering when you own a Dyson.. oh, wait. Bad example!

[Lizzie Zoom]

The "common" way of referring to phones such as yours is "Smartphone" for non-apple products and iPhone for apple products. Might sound pedantic but there are pretty major differences in what they can (and more often .. can't) do. Also .. I can help out folks with Samsung/Sony/Lumina etc .. basically anything that runs android, but haven't got a clue about apple software .. so if someone says they have an iphone I say sorry .. if the say they have a smartphone .. I'll take a look ..

but ... its your phone .. call it what you like   just expect others to think you have something you don't .... 

Ah, right. Thanks. Just proves my ignorance when it comes devices that were not around when I was young!

[Lizzie Zoom]

The terms 'iphone' and 'ipad' are patented by Apple, so, as Nigel says, you can call it whatever you like, but if you say iPhone, people will expect to see an Apple product.

Thanks. Yes I know I am ignorant when it comes to electronic things

[Lizzie Zoom]

LZ, calling a Windows phone an iPhone is similar to calling a Focus an Omega. They both sort of do similar things, but are completely different.


My stupid Windows phone, a MS badged Lumia, drives me mad

Yes, others have already highlighted my ignorance  

[Lizzie Zoom]

LZ, calling a Windows phone an iPhone is similar to calling a Focus an Omega. They both sort of do similar things, but are completely different.


My stupid Windows phone, a MS badged Lumia, drives me mad

It's like saying you're going to do the hoovering when you own a Dyson.. oh, wait. Bad example!

There you are; I was not completely wrong then