[General] My dad bought me.....

[Silverobama]

My father bought me an iPhone (the latest version) as my birthday gift (two months later). Is the following sentence natural to express the idea?

My dad bought me the latest version of iPhone as my 35th-year-old birthday gift.

 

[jutfrank]

My dad bought me the latest version of the iPhone as a 35th-birthday present.

 

[5jj]

I may be old-fashioned and/or stuffy, but I think it's more natural when adult to refer to one's parents as my mother and my father rather than my mum and my dad.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't really see the need for "version of". It's just "the latest iPhone". Alternatively, you could name it - "My dad bought me an iPhone 13 for my 35th birthday". As you can see from the last sentence, I don't see the need for "present" either.

It doesn't happen often but I disagree with Piscean on the terminology for one's parents. I don't think I've ever referred to my parents as "my mother/my father". They're just "my mum/my dad", regardless of who I'm talking to. I can say the same for all my friends and relatives. I'm less than a generation younger than 5jj (I think!)

 

[Tarheel]

I would probably say:

"My dad bought me an iPhone for my birthday."

Then if the person I'm talking to asks for details I can tell them more.

 

[Tdol]

I don't really see the need for "version of". It's just "the latest iPhone".

It is to me too, and I don't have an iPhone.