Will the iPhone SE 2 (or iPhone 9) be called simply "iPhone"? The latest iPhone SE 2 rumors suggest that Apple will drop its base model iPad-like naming system by number.

Brief summary: Multiple sources have confirmed that Apple plans to launch a low-cost, small-screen iPhone this spring. Case makers are already betting on the shape of the new iPhone, despite the threat of production delays due to the coronavirus.

But conflicting reports have raised question marks around the name of the upcoming iPhone. One suggests it will be called the iPhone SE 2, as it serves a similar purpose among Apple's flagship products as the original iPhone SE. Others say it will be the iPhone 9, as Apple has skipped the iPhone 9 between the iPhone 8 and iPhone X series. (Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech suggests that this next iPhone may be neither. An unnamed source told him that the name of Apple's next smartphone is "iPhone." Yes, an iPhone.

Front Page Tech's report is a compelling case, although it needs to be taken with a grain of salt: calling the next cheap iPhone the iPhone 9 is odd from a marketing standpoint, when it's clear there will be an iPhone X and an iPhone 11. Calling the new iPhone by a circumvented number sounds a bit like old news

. Furthermore, Apple has dropped the number naming from the base model iPad and instead identifies it by the year it was released; the same could be done with the iPhone.

Prosser's source also states that the 2020 iPhone will be priced at $399 for the 64GB model and $450 for the 128GB model. Once again, this should not be taken at face value. However, this is comparable to previous iPhone 9 price - or even iPhone price - rumors.

Whatever the name of the new iPhone is, expect to find out soon, and you'll be relieved to stop calling it iPhone 9/iPhone SE/just iPhone.