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Why2 discriptions? It’s an iPhone 12 but has an 8 in parenthesis

iPhone 12, iOS 15

Posted on Nov 11, 2022 8:41 AM

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Phil0124

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Posted on Nov 11, 2022 8:48 AM

That (8) refers to the number of devices with the name "iPhone" that have been associated with the Apple ID. It has nothing to do with the model of the iPhone.

If you have more than one device with the same name, a number gets added to the end automatically to separate them.

You can change the iPhone name in Settings->General->About->Name to anything you want to avoid confusion.

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Phil0124

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Nov 11, 2022 8:48 AM in response to Lisawalkergarmon

That (8) refers to the number of devices with the name "iPhone" that have been associated with the Apple ID. It has nothing to do with the model of the iPhone.

If you have more than one device with the same name, a number gets added to the end automatically to separate them.

You can change the iPhone name in Settings->General->About->Name to anything you want to avoid confusion.

Nov 11, 2022 9:23 AM in response to Lisawalkergarmon

Nov 11, 2022 8:55 AM in response to Phil0124

Thank you both !!

Nov 11, 2022 9:25 AM in response to Lisawalkergarmon

That didn’t work

Nov 11, 2022 10:42 AM in response to Lisawalkergarmon

I changed my Apple ID and it removed it. Someone was tracking me now they can’t

Why2 discriptions? It’s an iPhone 12 but has an 8 in parenthesis