Re: Naming Standards clearly designed to confuse...
Actually...all Pis have had HDMI going back to the original 256MB Model B and Model A.
The confusing point is really the Pi2B as the v1.1 used the BCM2836 and the v1.2 uses the BCM2837. Where the Pi3*+ comes in is the shift to the BCM2837B0 with the flipped silicon and the metal heat spreader...plus the addition of 5GHz WiFi, also under a metal lid.