“Apple is expected to begin production of its long-awaited [white] iPhone 4 sometime this month, with shipments no later than early April, according to one analyst’s checks,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider.
MacDailyNews Take: 10 months late. Apple really screwed the pooch with this one.
“Manufacturers will initiate production of the GSM-based iPhone 4 version in white enclosures and begin dispatching them to Apple ahead of general availability planned for next month, Concord Securities Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo told AppleInsider,” Hughes reports. “Apple has made changes the ‘film material to solve the full-lamination problem that [was] the reason why white iPhones [were] delayed,’ he added. The handset was first scheduled to debut last June. Kuo did not provide a timeframe for a white CDMA-based iPhone.”
MacDailyNews Take: Why bother? iPhone 5 will be here before you know it (and probably before the mythical white iPhone).
Hughes reports, “Apple was forced to delay the white iPhone 4 numerous times in 2010 citing manufacturing issues. The most recent delay was announced by Apple in October…”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Well, look on the bright side, if Apple has to have some public screw ups, we’d rather it’s a product pigmentation boondoggle than something important. Until we’re told otherwise, we blame Papermaster.
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How hard is it to make a white iPhone 4? – October 27, 2010
Apple delays white iPhone until spring 2011 – October 26, 2010
White iPhone 4 appears in Apple Store app, reserve yours now – October 26, 2010
White iPhone spotted in New York, owner explains why it’s not yet available – October 15, 2010
Apple may finally be past white iPhone 4 obstacles – July 28, 2010
Apple: White iPhone 4 will not be available until ‘later this year’ – July 23, 2010
RUMOR: White iPhone 4 delayed by capacity, precision issues – July 19, 2010
Apple: White iPhone 4 will not be available until second half of July – June 23, 2010
There are still lots of people purchasing iPhone 4’s everyday. Not everyone is waiting for the iPhone 5. Even iPhone 3GS models are still sold daily.
Its Steve’s great white whale. But since there will be a (rumored) iOS announcement in April, and since the iPhone 5 will need to be submitted to the FCC for approval (a public process, so it will probably happen in April for a June release), I suspect that what we’ll see is announcement of an iPhone 5 in white and black models 9unless they really change the case design). The cheaper iPhone 4 may persist (possibly even in white models) much as the iPhone 3Gs has, assuming a significant increase in technology or capabilities of the iPhone 5. This could also signal an increase in iPhone 5 pricing, but that depends on hardware and is strictly speculation. But there’s no doubt people would pay more for a premium Apple product. They almost always do.
Anyone know if Apple took backorders for this thing back in June of last year?! “snicker”…
What’s the point? Has anyone here held off for the white one?
I have been waiting for the white model 4, 5, 6 whatever you wish to call it. All of my iphones have been white. I prefer it and it seems so much more “Apple.”
I too was waiting for the White iPhone 4. But I will go for the iPhone 5 when it comes out, bypassing the iPhone 4.
Uh Yeah? Like a couple million women?
Absolutely. My entire family and several friends.
So the iPhone 5 will pretty much be an iPhone 4 with new innards? Why bother with a white iPhone 4 case so close to the release of the next one?
Yes, I know iPhone 4 sales would continue regardless but why wouldn’t Apple just make them in black?
They’ll sell a boatload or two of them. The white iPhone 4 is really pretty. Chicks will dig it, plus some guys too.
The other thing is: many people don’t follow Apple rumors and don’t have a clue (or don’t care) that a new iPhone is just around the corner.
I suspect that Apple is announcing the white iPhone now to stimulate sales prior to the iPhone refresh and avoid the pre-iPhone 5 slump.
It will likely sell for $99 or $50 after the iPhone 5 is released. That would be the only reasonable time to get a white iPhone 4.
I don’t get it. What’s the big deal about
a white iPhone?
You won’t get it then.
I’m confused. I thought Apple has already released a white iPhone. Hasn’t anyone else seen it (him) on the T-Mobile commercials??
If apple is planning on shipping the white iPad on Friday, they must have mastered the process awhile ago. I would think it’s the same process for the iPhone, so how come the delays?
Let me guesstimate…
iPhone 5 = $199
iPhone 4 = $99
iPhone 3GS = $250, *no* contract.
Goodbye, Android wannabes. iPhone’s contract is the main thing holding it back.
Who will want one of these? I would wait for the iPhone 5 instead…
Better than releasing a white phone that would have to be recalled because of unanticipated flash/camera issues related to the rumored white opacity…
Ohhhhh, I get it. It’s coming out in April. As in April 1st. Haha, real funny.
I say no new iPhone until 4G is available to more people. Till then a spec bump and a white color option will do just fine.
If a product isn’t ready for people to pay their hard earned money for it, then wait until it is.
Releasing a flawed product just to make money would be as dumb as cramming Android 2.2 into a tablet. No one is that stupid! 😉
Wow. These by the time they arrive, they will be more popular than a bag of coke at a rehab clinic.
Ahh man….forget it already. Besides, black is soooo much cooler.
It’s brilliant. Just as sales of iPhone 4 start to taper off a bit during the quarter before the expected iPhone 5 release, Apple starts selling the white iPhone. There are more than enough customers out there who don’t read MDN and other “Apple news” sites every day, and don’t know or don’t care about product release schedule; they are probably the majority of customers. They just see a cool new white iPhone on display that none of their friends have.
I am not sure I see the wisdom in relwasing rhe white iPhone 4 at this late date. I expect that a lot of buyers will be totally unaware of Apple’s refresh cycle but, will be piqued when iPhone 5 is released.
I am surprised Apple hasn’t been sued for false advertising. Not even having a white phone manufactured before advertising it on the website was a scumbag behavior, and then stringing people along for months, about when it would release is despicable, meanwhile, they continued to leave it on the site taunting people. I know plenty of people who were pissed that Apple lied about the availability of the white phone.
On the subject of ridiculous delays…
where’s the new MDN app????
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