Why there was never an iPhone 9: Apple saved the number for iPhone X
weskambale · x · 2026-09-19
Answering why there was never an iPhone 9: in 2017, marking the 10th anniversary of the original iPhone (2007), Apple skipped 9 and launched iPhone X alongside the iPhone 8.
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