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Apple: White iPhone 4 Models Set for 'Second Half of July' Availability

I thought I wanted white, but having received a black 16 yesterday I am thinking of just sticking with it and getting my wife's 16 black asap. What I noticed looking at the white 3gs is that from the front it's a black phone, the 4's will be the first "white" iphone.

I'm 5gb free on the 16 and cant really imagine that the extra 14gb will ever be used.

So we'll zagg the screen and look for a case. I'd like to have something like the otterbox.
 
From Palo Alto Apple Store Queue Looks Like No White Here

From Palo Alto Apple Store Queue Looks Like No White Here. Oh well. The party was fun. :(
 
Yea! Want the White!

I think I will wait for the white...pristine, crisp, clean...:) The end of July is not bad.. also will give Apple time to fix any hardware glitches that are coming up with the dropped calls....:cool:
 
I've always had a black iPhone (except for the first model of course) but after seeing my co-workers white 3GS, I knew that I would never want a white one. Their phone is so discolored it literally looks disgusting.
 
Does anybody have an idea when they think the white iphone will hit the shelves??
 
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nicroma said:
I've always had a black iPhone (except for the first model of course) but after seeing my co-workers white 3GS, I knew that I would never want a white one. Their phone is so discolored it literally looks disgusting.
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I think that's an issue with your co-worker being dirty and not the phone. :p

I've had my 3G white for about two years now and there is no discoloration to speak of. I don't use a case and I don't baby my phone. It has plenty of the unavoidable scratches on the back but its still as white as the day I bought it.
 
release date

Im pretty sure apple wont make the white iP4 available for thirty days after the june 24th launch, can you imagine how may phones they would have to take back? (exchanges/restocking) That also lines up with the "second half of July" timetable.
 
If they keep pushing back the black one (it is 3 weeks now from Apple), it will be faster to get a white one!
 
nicroma said:
I've always had a black iPhone (except for the first model of course) but after seeing my co-workers white 3GS, I knew that I would never want a white one. Their phone is so discolored it literally looks disgusting.
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Your coworker is a slob then. I've owned a white 3G and 3GS. Neither were discolored in the slightest when i sold them. Never used a case, and didn't baby them at all. It wasn't a design flaw, it was human error causing your coworkers white iPhone to look horrible.

ShellyFM said:
Any news on if they will be allowing preorders and/or reservations on the white ones and when?
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Same here. I check every day. We have a general timeline for release, so let us pre-order!
 
I wonder how many people have the patience to wait till the white one comes out :rolleyes: I almost bought the black one, but decided I wanted the white one enough to wait. This one doesnt "look" (I say that without seeing it in person) cheap. All white instead of white and black, of course this is just me and some may like what I don't. Who would have guessed? :eek::eek:

I want the white one!!!!!!! :):):)
 
julianewus said:
I wonder how many people have the patience to wait till the white one comes out :rolleyes: I almost bought the black one, but decided I wanted the white one enough to wait. This one doesnt "look" (I say that without seeing it in person) cheap. All white instead of white and black, of course this is just me and some may like what I don't. Who would have guessed? :eek::eek:

I want the white one!!!!!!! :):):)
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I'm definitely waiting. A month isn't going to kill me, I think.
 
What stinks is that I have bought every iphone generation to date

the first iphone 8gb
iphone 3g 16gb
iphone 3gs 32gb

the original iphone was unsubsidized as we all know, so when I got the 3g I was able to get it for upgrade pricing, but when I bought the 3gs I had to pay early upgrade pricing for $547. now I want the iphone 4 but I can't get upgrade pricing or early upgrade pricing. Luckily though I have another line that can get early upgrade pricing. but I am bummed out :/ since yes, I am sort of a fanboy.
 
cocky jeremy said:
Same here. I check every day. We have a general timeline for release, so let us pre-order!
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I do the same thing. I check the Apple store web-site and app on my 3GS to see if they'll allow us to pre-order the white, but to no avail. I certainly can wait until the end of July for the white iPhone 4. My 3GS is serving me just well in the meantime.
 
Is the white iPhone4 actually white, or a cream colour? I was sure the one Steve Jobs had at the iPhone4 launch was a cream colour, looked quite nice. But white not so nice.
 
What annoys me most about this, aside from them waiting so long to tell us anything, is that this screws any possible early upgrades AT&T might give us next year for launch. It'll push it back an extra month.. blah. I hate waiting. I sold my 3GS about a month before the iPhone 4 launched, thinking i'd be able to get my iPhone 4 at launch.. nope.
 
Collected said:
Is the white iPhone4 actually white, or a cream colour? I was sure the one Steve Jobs had at the iPhone4 launch was a cream colour, looked quite nice. But white not so nice.
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I've had the same thought. The review videos I've seen make it look slightly off-white which is nice looking. Absolutely pure white doesn't seem like it would look very nice.

Oh, I just got back from an Apple Store and an employee said they'll be available in "Mid-July". Hopefully that's more accurate than "late July"...
 
MindlessJD said:
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I wonder what makes it more challenging to manufacture?
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This way, SJ can prolong the intro buzz another month. Apple's market research probably revealed an enormous demand for the iPhone 4 in general, that it was probably more pragmatic to put all the manufacturing efforts into the black one, knowing the early adopters (like me) were going to buy one, no matter the color.

Since black is the predominant color for cell phones, it was an easy choice. Those who absolutely want a white one, would be willing to wait, and like the OP said, it's not too long a wait.
 
uv issue

somewhere on here there was speculation of a uv turning the white more yellowish after prolonged exposure. There is the video also posted from an iphone 4 story in england with people in the apple store and at least 2 shots of the white iphone store alive and well in the store. Someone how someone has one and it looked white to me.
 
austinguy23 said:
Oh, I just got back from an Apple Store and an employee said they'll be available in "Mid-July". Hopefully that's more accurate than "late July"...
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If the Apple associate is accurate, that would be awesome! I've been toying with the idea of "settling" for the black. But I know if I do, I'll eventually sell the black on eBay to fund my purchase for the white.
 
Sucks that we can't see a white one cause I'm holding out for one too. Just hope it doesn't look too cheesy but will be my first white since ive gone with the black on previous models
 
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