No because I was originally in the queue for the O2 store but I decided to queue up at Apple at the last minute. Then while I was in Apple waiting for the systems to come up I saw a guy who was behind me in O2 queue and he had purchased a white iPhone from the O2 store.
If this were true presumably 02 would know something about it? If white models were coming into their warehouses then you should be able to order one on direct fullfilment over the phone as they must have the option to sell you a white model?
they disable it once the stores are open (I assume to avoid giving the impression that they still have stock when in reality they sold the only one they had at opening time 🙂)