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.
Ryan Faas is a technology journalist and consultant living in upstate New York who has written extensively about Apple, business and enterprise IT, and the mobile industry. In addition to writing for Cult of Mac, he is a contributor to Computerworld, InformIT, and Peachpit Press. In a previous existence he was a healthcare IT director as well as a systems and network administrator. Follow Ryan on Twitter and Google +.
15 responses to “Users May Love The New iPad But Hate The Name “New iPad””
I think the move to omit a specific model number is because Apple are continuing to sell previous models of iOS devices alongside the latest and greatest in an attempt to reach different markets and budgets. I’ve noticed Apple really take great pains to create the right brand identity and product perception so by going with ‘The New iPad’ rather than iPad 3, they can continue to market the iPad 2 to people with lower budgets without it seeming quite so ‘inferior’…and lets be fair, aside from a non-retina display, the iPad 2 is still one of the strongest tablets on the market.
It isn’t called the the “new iPad” it is called the “iPad.”
I like it. Just like the new Macbooks, this is simply the new iPad.
If only one model of iPad comes out in a given year, it could be referred to as the “2012 iPad”, ala car models. Not sexy, but also not confusing.
I was going to say the same thing! I like it!
It only makes sense. The iPad is technically a computer, not an idevice. It would be like calling the iMac, “iMac 3”. +1 for the change.
It’s being called “The New iPad’ for its product launch (as shown on the front page of the apple website), that’s what I was referring to. Pretty sure that will fall away in a month or two and we’ll be back to plain “iPad”
Are you people mentally defective? The device is called “iPad”. “New” is not part of its name. Do people think the latest iMac is called “The New iMac”? Get a grip already.
Precisely. There’s a difference between “the new iPad” and “the New iPad”. At the iPad event, Apple was using the former.
Yeah, grammar can be a demanding taskmistress.
I for one have been getting completely tired of every tech site insisting on calling it the “New iPad” just to ensure it gets more google hits. Its called the iPad. Next year wont change its name to “Old iPad”
Most tech sites don’t have the journalistic chops to know the difference between an adjective and a noun, apparently.
When people don’t know what to write, they get nonsense articles like this. Hos ridiculous this site has turn out
Yes it’s the New IPad like my two year old New MacBook Pro is just a, um, you know, MacBook Pro. We’re all sick to death of this kind of post. Stop it.
iPad Royale with cheese.
Those that are getting up in arms about the name are annoying.