People may love the new iPad, but it seems that not everyone loves the name “new iPad.” A recent poll found that more half of consumers don’t like it and would rather see Apple go back to specific model names like the iPad 2 or iPhone 4S.
According the poll, run by opinion and survey site SodaHead.com, 54% of users liked the old naming format better with 46% approving of the simpler designation of the device as simply “the new iPad.”
The poll, which SodaHead founder Jason Feffer claimed got more attention than most surveys the company conducts on its site, was designed by the companies staff and phrased the question in a pretty neutral manner:
Do You Like the Name of the New iPad? (It’s Just ‘iPad’)
The company offered simple yes or no style options to respondents:
No, I liked the old format.
Yes, it’s new and fresh!
In addition to serving up general poll results, SodaHead breaks them down according to an impressive array of demographics including income, location, and religious affiliation among others.
For example, people who identify as Pagan or Agnostic favor the older naming convention much more (by 67% and 65% respectively) than people who identify as identify as Muslim – 64% of whom favor the new naming convention.
In California, the difference was evenly split between people preferring one or the other. While NY, my home state, had slightly more people (56%) preferring the older naming convention than the average.
When it comes to income, there’s a definite trend of people with more money preferring the older iPad naming style.
SodaHead.com doesn’t measure trends and opinions with scientific accuracy. Its respondents also have the option of not providing demographic details. Still, this seems to show that a significant number of people don’t agree with Apple’s new iPad naming style.
Even if you quibble about how scientific this particular poll is or how slim the majority is when it comes to dissing Apple’s new iPad naming convention, it’s hard to look at the results and not see that a notable segment of the population doesn’t agree with Apple when it comes to the naming of the new iPad.
