The real reason Apple’s white iPhone 4 is delayed

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“The white iPhone 4 has been delayed because it can’t take good pictures, a source with connections at Apple tells me,” Leander Kahney reports for Cult of Mac. “The white case leaks light back in — especially when the flash is used to take pictures.”

“On Tuesday, Apple said the white iPhone has been delayed until next spring,” Kahney reports. “This is the third time the white iPhone has been pushed back: first to July, then the end of the year and now to next spring.”

Kahney reports, “Once again, Apple didn’t explain the delay. In the past, the company has said the white iPhone was ‘more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected.'”

Read more in the full article here.

MacDailyNews Take: If, as Kahney’s source says, the problem may demand a complete redesign, then Apple ought to just cancel the thing and focus on iPhone 5. By the time they get the white iPhone 4 out, if they even get it out by spring, everybody will be waiting for iPhone 5 anyway.

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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

102 Comments

  1. The real reason is that it will be a way for Verizon iPhones to be differentiated at launch…Verizon’s own exclusive deal if you will…for a quarter until mass production is up and it is available on ATT

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  2. The real reason is that it will be a way for Verizon iPhones to be differentiated at launch…Verizon’s own exclusive deal if you will…for a quarter until mass production is up and it is available on ATT

    Reply

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