At least it allows for differentiation between different hardware, rather than them all being called "Touch Pro" when it has CDMA rather than GSM (handy if you're playing with Radio ROM updates).
The iPhone has only one version, so why would they call it anything else?
The AT&T Raphael does have some different hardware (might have a different keyboard layout, has a different set of buttons, no forward facing camera - same as Tilt variants of the Kaiser).
Also, since operator branded devices tend to have different software on them, (T-Mo with My Faves, AT&T with internet apps etc) it allows differentiation between the software builds.
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l3v5y @ Aug 16th 2008 9:13AM
At least it allows for differentiation between different hardware, rather than them all being called "Touch Pro" when it has CDMA rather than GSM (handy if you're playing with Radio ROM updates).
The iPhone has only one version, so why would they call it anything else?
The AT&T Raphael does have some different hardware (might have a different keyboard layout, has a different set of buttons, no forward facing camera - same as Tilt variants of the Kaiser).
Also, since operator branded devices tend to have different software on them, (T-Mo with My Faves, AT&T with internet apps etc) it allows differentiation between the software builds.