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White iPhone 4 Slightly Thicker Than Black iPhone 4

ten-oak-druid

ten-oak-druid

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HahaHaha321 said:
So you don't think it's a problem that a regular iPhone 4 case doesn't fit the white model. Ok.
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I'll believe that when I see it first hand. I think this is fake.

1mm is more than 10% of the thickness of the iphone 4. Do you really think that white iphone is 10% thicker than the black one? Even with the white iphone tipped in that picture to make it look thicker, it isn't 10% thicker.

But yes if it were really true it would be a problem.
 
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G4DP

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Mar 28, 2007
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It took them 12 months to come up with that solution?

Wow!

realistically who cares, just like the Ms Vs Apple profits story.

Arn please stop on the non-stories.
 
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Kissaragi

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Id be interested to know how much thicker it is. Its not issue for 99% of people, but can see how it might mess up some cases
 
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Thunderhawks

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Feb 17, 2009
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ouimetnick said:
Does Apple's website specs show this?

EDIT. Nope. Still 9.3 mm thin
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I feel another lawsuit coming on.

Class action for 0.01 mm AND I am sure the glue is not dry and it will shrink.

Nothing a little hammer wouldn't fix:)
 
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Full of Win

Full of Win

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Nov 22, 2007
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Ask Apple
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

The apple two-for-one special - it's UGLY and FAT, and all you have to pay for is ugly.

God the iPhone 4 I'm trying this message on looks so much better than the white one.
 
Adidas Addict

Adidas Addict

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Full of Win said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

The apple two-for-one special - it's UGLY and FAT, and all you have to pay for is ugly.

God the iPhone 4 I'm trying this message on looks so much better than the white one.
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Full of fail.....
 
chrono1081

chrono1081

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Jan 26, 2008
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Full of Win said:
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 4_2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.9 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Mobile/8C148 Safari/6533.18.5)

The apple two-for-one special - it's UGLY and FAT, and all you have to pay for is ugly.

God the iPhone 4 I'm trying this message on looks so much better than the white one.
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I'd be amazed if you could say something non-trollish for once.
 
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jon1987

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Jan 27, 2011
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Those iPhones in the photo are the exact same size, just a simple case of forced perspective. The White iPhone is tilted ever so slightly to give the illusion of increased size.
 
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AnthonyCM

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Jul 17, 2007
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At this point I'm sort of glad the iP5 won't (likely) come out until September. That'll give the white phone a few months of real world use. I'm curious if it'll still be white and pristine a few months from now.
 
Doctor Q

Doctor Q

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Is this good for case manufacturers (more product varieties to sell, more shelf space allotted, more chance to sell a new case to a user who changes models) or a headache (less economy of scale, more customer confusion)?
 
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Jako7286

macrumors newbie
May 5, 2009
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DS Flyer said:
Just says -

Depth: 0.37 inch (9.3 mm)...lies, available in white and black....

...oh well
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I honestly think "0.37 inch" is probably accurate enough for both white and black, as they are probably both within 0.365-0.375 inches. 0.01 inches = 0.25 mm, which is more like what it looks like the difference is in the pic to me...
 
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jellybeanie

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Apr 28, 2011
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citi said:
Uh no. This is a good thing for manufacturers. This means you have to buy another case. The last thing they want is for you to use the old one.
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It's not, actually. Every time a change in the phone comes out, the manufacturer has to make new cases to reach those new customers, necessitating new tools/molds/whatever (so more cost on their end). Any manufacturer would prefer that the same case worked for all iPhone4s because then they would only have to spend the manufacturing dollars once to reach every iPhone4 customer. Plus, less confusion when people are buying cases.
 
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