“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.
I give +1 to the poster “me” above.
I know the white iPhone was originally announced way-back-when for ATT, but the time frame of this latest delay is perilously close to the rumored Verizon launch. It just seems to make sense. And I would surmise that Apple is under no obligation to deliver a white iPhone to ATT, should they choose not to.
MDN MW: “plans”, as in I plans to get one once it’s released.
I have found that the best way of finding typos in your post is to click the send button. The 5 seconds before your screen refreshes somehow releases a ‘proof-reading’ hormone that makes your eyes rescan the post that you have already scanned twice before clicking,
It works well because you see the damn typos just as your post fades off into the ether…..
I meant….wife’s…sorry
I have found that the best way of finding typos in your post is to click the send button. The 5 seconds before your screen refreshes somehow releases a ‘proof-reading’ hormone that makes your eyes rescan the post that you have already scanned twice before clicking,
It works well because you see the damn typos just as your post fades off into the ether…..
I meant….wife’s…sorry
White iPhone’s will get dirty anyway, turn black eventually.
White iPhone’s will get dirty anyway, turn black eventually.
Forget this white iPhone silliness. Concentrate on the iPad version 2 with the camera, FaceTime, and the retina display. Nobody cares about white iPhones.
Forget this white iPhone silliness. Concentrate on the iPad version 2 with the camera, FaceTime, and the retina display. Nobody cares about white iPhones.
Buster
I agrea
Buster
I agrea
Doesn’t sound insurmountable to me, there are cameras with transparent cases. Only a tiny area would need to be sealed off from the leaking light.
Doesn’t sound insurmountable to me, there are cameras with transparent cases. Only a tiny area would need to be sealed off from the leaking light.
“what a lame. people don’t like a delay. especially, technology gadget. that’s why I stopped buying apple product anymore.”
what a lame, indeed.
“what a lame. people don’t like a delay. especially, technology gadget. that’s why I stopped buying apple product anymore.”
what a lame, indeed.
Just change the material.
Not that difficult.
Just change the material.
Not that difficult.
Real reason: They sent all the white paint to North Carolina.
Real reason: They sent all the white paint to North Carolina.
Yes, many of us are very disappointed but we white 3GS holders will be happy with our quasi MOMA design rather than settle for a black iPhone 4.
Yes, many of us are very disappointed but we white 3GS holders will be happy with our quasi MOMA design rather than settle for a black iPhone 4.
@TowerTone – No, that was white sheets.
@TowerTone – No, that was white sheets.
Apple has it’s reasons. Simple as that. Deal with it.
Apple has it’s reasons. Simple as that. Deal with it.
Oops… its
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