Based on the minimal amount of returns as a result of the drama from this release, I'd say iPhone 5 won't be any less appealing at all!
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White iPhone 4 DELAYED. Officially
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Based on the minimal amount of returns as a result of the drama from this release, I'd say iPhone 5 won't be any less appealing at all!
I am hoping he was intending to say that this is the first time that they have so fully failed to manage a slight issue and thus have had it blow up in their collective face.
I've been desperately questing for reasons not to spend £600 on a new phone. Luckily, this year Apple have handed me a laundry list of reasons not to! I'll carry on with my crack-tastic white 3GS until i can get a white 64 gig iPhone that can hold a signal. 
You're suggesting they release a superior white model? As long as they don't try and market it like Sony did with the white PSP! ... I jest!
Perhaps they decided to alter the manufacturing process for the white version so as to fix the reception issue
You're suggesting they release a superior white model? As long as they don't try and market it like Sony did with the white PSP! ... I jest!
I didn't read the earning calls because everyone knows they're selling out and had a very lucrative quarter. So why delay the white iphone, because demand exceeds capacity. Don't even need to change the toner on the case machine because these things already have a buyer once they roll off the line.
When everyone has one in 3 months times, then they bring out the new WHITE iphone pandemonium all over again. Diehards will have to have it. Makes no logical sense, but then again we aren't all logical beings.
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decided to bring out a special edition with Steve Jobs signature on the back, you can bet they will be lining up in 6 months time Who's to say they don't improve the internals of the phone without changing the outside appearance to make the antenna issues go away?
It is not a glass issue because that issue would also be a problem for black iPhones as well.
Fixing an antenna on a phone is a minor fix compared to other redesigns and can be easily planned and underway in weeks
Well of course the black ones are more popular...they're the only ones available
That jumps out doesn't it? I'm surprised that they didn't strike that as sounding a bit too much like spin and just unnecessary.
Did I miss something, or does his inbox not have a delete button like everyone else's?
I give up
Me too. After waiting since pre-order day and going back and forth for 2 weeks, obsessing over a release date and seeing Tuesday and Thursday mornings come and go with no update I decided to pull the trigger last night.
I figure I can sell the black one later this fall or winter or next spring or whenever the white one actually comes out.
I am disappointed but more than that, I am mad that Steve blatantly lied about shipping the white version last week at the press conference. You can't tell me that these manufacturing problems became that much worse this week that they could not make the date they claimed they would. I hope Steve gets called out on this but after this weeks earnings report it's not like it will make a bit of difference.
At least I finally have my iPhone 4 on backorder.
Me too. After waiting since pre-order day and going back and forth for 2 weeks, obsessing over a release date and seeing Tuesday and Thursday mornings come and go with no update I decided to pull the trigger last night.
I figure I can sell the black one later this fall or winter or next spring or whenever the white one actually comes out.
I am disappointed but more than that, I am mad that Steve blatantly lied about shipping the white version last week at the press conference. You can't tell me that these manufacturing problems became that much worse this week that they could not make the date they claimed they would. I hope Steve gets called out on this but after this weeks earnings report it's not like it will make a bit of difference.
At least I finally have my iPhone 4 on backorder.
I mean, we have very high expectations for Apple already so it's unfair on a consumer's part to be frustrated at a company that's already revolutionized every day computing. The world is struggling to keep up with Apple's innovations and it's safe to say that they now claim an industry standard. But when they're doing stuff thats waayyy past that standard, they're going to come across some minor setbacks
Steve and Jonny Ive are out of control. I'm all for innovation, but jeepers make sue it freaking works first!!
Function First!!!!!! I'll be ready for my White iPhone 5 next July.
Function First!!!!!! I'll be ready for my White iPhone 5 next July.
Apple is developing a pattern of being dishonest which is unfortunate. They were dishonest about the 27" iMac, about the iPhone4 antenna issue and now the manufacturing timeline for the white iPhone4.
I fully believe they knew this last week but didn't lump it into the PR spin machine because they didn't want to draw any more bad press.
This is annoying. I wish that Apple could've just told us this from the get go... Do you know how frustrating it is not being able to fit my library on my phone? And to have a phone that runs freakishly slow in comparison to the 3GS and the 4?
Yeah, I know it's not my biggest worries and that there are a lot more important things in my life, but I have been carried along on a string since mid-June thinking I was going to have this thing in my hands by early August. This is a major blunder on both Apple's and Steve Jobs' behalf.
Yeah, I know it's not my biggest worries and that there are a lot more important things in my life, but I have been carried along on a string since mid-June thinking I was going to have this thing in my hands by early August. This is a major blunder on both Apple's and Steve Jobs' behalf.
I agree, I don't think he lied. But with the way this has been going for Apple the last few weeks how do you think this is gonna play out? He just said last week in a very publicized press conference that it would be available by the end of July. Not a lie, but IMHO just as bad because people are starting to wonder what the hell is going on at Apple.
You can't have it both ways. First you complain that the black iPhone 4 has antenna issues and was released too soon before it was adequately tested. Now you are complaining that the white iPhone 4 will not be released because Apple want it perfect before releasing it.
Are you trolling or just whining ????
Contrary to what I said last week, we're not actually releasing the iPhone in another color this month. #LittleWhiteLie
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It was most likely some engineer or maybe foxconn that gave him the estimate. Sure it's fun the blame the figurehead, but realize that he gets his data from somewhere. Maybe he was lying, but it's more likely that the dates he had were just way off... Knowing steve, he's probably pacing in his office and talking up a storm in frustration about being made a fool of.
You don't understand...if they fix a major problem like the antenna issue and do not offer a recall to the millions that bought during the first six months of production they will open themselves up to class action law suits because they will have admitted the design flaw.
They won't do that - I guarantee it. The Antenna will be addressed with the next generation - which will be touted as the most researched/tested antenna ever designed. The next iP5 will probably also be the first iPhone that will be available on multiple carriers at launch and will finally offer features like a larger screen and wifi hot spot.
As to the other issue...it isn't a glass issue. I am pretty sure it is getting the white color to remain stable in this new manufacturing process. White is very prone to yellowing. If they don't get the white perfect, it will yellow and that would look terrible under the shiny glass.
I am glad that they are taking the time to get things right, but that I'm just upset Apple waited this long to tell people. I would have preordered if I had known this.
They're gonna get bad press either way. They just said a week ago it would be available. I'm sure the reason is valid but it looks bad either way