“Apple Inc said on Tuesday that it would delay release of its eagerly anticipated white iPhone again, this time until next spring,” Gabriel Madway reports for Reuters.
“The latest version of the popular handset, the iPhone 4, was released in June, but the white model was delayed first to July, then to the end of the year and now to early next year,” Madway reports. “‘We’re sorry to disappoint customers waiting for the white iPhone again,’ Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller. She declined to explain the delay.”
Madway reports, “Apple has never said exactly why the white iPhone has been so troublesome to produce. The company has only said the white model was ‘more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected.'”
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: By the time it’s ready, nobody will want it.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
Does MDN not read his own postings? The reason for the white iPhone 4 delay is because the white paint on the front and the back of the test models don’t match.
Does MDN not read his own postings? The reason for the white iPhone 4 delay is because the white paint on the front and the back of the test models don’t match.
Splashman wrote:
“…When the white model finally appears, people will be having gunfights in the queues at Apple Stores…”
A most astute observation.
Splashman wrote:
“…When the white model finally appears, people will be having gunfights in the queues at Apple Stores…”
A most astute observation.
People who lust for an iPhone4 will not buy
unless it comes in white? Doesn’t make sense.
People who lust for an iPhone4 will not buy
unless it comes in white? Doesn’t make sense.
Apple should just withdraw it completely until they are guaranteed it can be manufactured properly.
Apple should just withdraw it completely until they are guaranteed it can be manufactured properly.
The white one does not look as good, in my opinion. On the black iPhone 4, when the screen is OFF, the entire front surface looks black with the screen area blending in. It makes the screen seem larger (wider). On the white iPhone, the screen is an stark dark rectangle. It reminds me of the styling of the old white plastic-body iMacs and 1st thru 3rd gen iPods. There’s nothing wrong with that, except it’s a bit jarring next to other current Apple products.
But I understand people desire things that are harder or impossible to obtain. In the old days, the WHITE iPods were common and the “rare” ones were the BLACK “U2” special edition. And the white MacBook was “regular” and you had to pay extra for the black paint job. If Apple was having problems producing black iPhones instead, then the same people would want that one instead of the “common” white version.
Personally, I think it’s a clever ploy to increase sales of iPhone 4 during the quarter before the next iPhone is released.
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The white one does not look as good, in my opinion. On the black iPhone 4, when the screen is OFF, the entire front surface looks black with the screen area blending in. It makes the screen seem larger (wider). On the white iPhone, the screen is an stark dark rectangle. It reminds me of the styling of the old white plastic-body iMacs and 1st thru 3rd gen iPods. There’s nothing wrong with that, except it’s a bit jarring next to other current Apple products.
But I understand people desire things that are harder or impossible to obtain. In the old days, the WHITE iPods were common and the “rare” ones were the BLACK “U2” special edition. And the white MacBook was “regular” and you had to pay extra for the black paint job. If Apple was having problems producing black iPhones instead, then the same people would want that one instead of the “common” white version.
Personally, I think it’s a clever ploy to increase sales of iPhone 4 during the quarter before the next iPhone is released.
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My black iPhone 4 with the Apple bumper looks like the monolith from 2001, A Space Odyssey. I think I would tire of a white one.
My black iPhone 4 with the Apple bumper looks like the monolith from 2001, A Space Odyssey. I think I would tire of a white one.
How hard is it to get the maker of the home button to make it the same colour as the iPhone body colour?
Apple scrap the white one and bring out a nice silver one. . .Mmmm
How hard is it to get the maker of the home button to make it the same colour as the iPhone body colour?
Apple scrap the white one and bring out a nice silver one. . .Mmmm
Is this Apple telling us there won’t be an iPhone 5 in June?
iPhone 4 will take some topping in feature set
Is this Apple telling us there won’t be an iPhone 5 in June?
iPhone 4 will take some topping in feature set
@ Question
I’m sure there will be an iPhone 5, but perhaps it might have the same or very similar case design.
@ Question
I’m sure there will be an iPhone 5, but perhaps it might have the same or very similar case design.
What, no mention of the iPhone security issue that is all over the news? I must say it is rather nauseating how biased MacDailyNews is.
What, no mention of the iPhone security issue that is all over the news? I must say it is rather nauseating how biased MacDailyNews is.
You can have all the colors you want, so long as it’s black!
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You can have all the colors you want, so long as it’s black!
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White iPhone4 = collectors dream as long as not too many are produced.
@ johnny and As Henry Ford allegedly said… Could you reference said quotes please?
Here is a reference as an example of how to backup your statements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_ford
(Ford wrote in his autobiography, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black”.[17] Until the development of the assembly line, which mandated black because of its quicker drying time, Model T’s were available in other colors, including red.)
As you can see clearly, Ford offered cars for sale not colors!
White iPhone4 = collectors dream as long as not too many are produced.
@ johnny and As Henry Ford allegedly said… Could you reference said quotes please?
Here is a reference as an example of how to backup your statements.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_ford
(Ford wrote in his autobiography, “Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black”.[17] Until the development of the assembly line, which mandated black because of its quicker drying time, Model T’s were available in other colors, including red.)
As you can see clearly, Ford offered cars for sale not colors!
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