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White iPhone 4 Delayed Once Again Until Spring 2011

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Reuters reports that Apple has once again delayed availability of the white iPhone 4, pushing the launch out to next spring.
Apple Inc said on Tuesday that it would delay release of the white iPhone yet again, this time until next spring.

The company has had a difficult time making the white model of the iPhone 4. It released the black version of the smartphone in June.
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In a statement, an Apple spokeswoman apologized for disappointing its customers but declined to offer any additional information on the reasons for the continued delays.
"We're sorry to disappoint customers waiting for the white iPhone again," Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller said. When asked why the white phone would again be delayed, Muller declined to comment.
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Introduced alongside the black iPhone 4 at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference in early June, the white model was soon pushed back to a late July launch. As that date approached, Apple again delayed the launch until "later this year", seemingly giving the company plenty of time to work out issues with production of the white model, although the company apparently continues to struggle with the white models.

The reasons for the ongoing delays have not yet been confirmed by Apple beyond the device proving to be "more challenging to manufacture than expected". Rumors, however, have pointed to issues with color matching between the device's body and home button or light from the screen's backlight leaking around and through the less opaque white painted surfaces.

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I put my money on white iPhone for T-Mobile before Verizon. Makes sense. T-Mobile already has the network, the infrastructure. All Apple has to do is change the frequencies and done; no need for internal redesign or reworking or retesting.
 
Dang it Apple!
I know couple people really waiting on this.
Might as well just wait for iPhone 5 now.
 
dear oh dear...:mad:

Been waiting ages for one for the other half... can't wait to tell her she will not be getting it before christmas
 
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I guess this was expected.
 
Why bother when the iPhone 5, 4GS or whatever Apple plans to call it when it will be announced in June? :confused:
 
Geez... Apple REALLY dropped the ball on this one. (Unless they're planning to release it on another network...)
 
Oh well, that's too bad. And here I was hoping for a new phone for the holidaze.

At this point, I'd rather they just skip it and give us an iPhone 5 in white.

Good thing my original iphone still works...and this was the year I was ready to upgrade.

*Sigh.*
 
this is crazy. if you're gonna wait for the white iphone 4 you might as well just get the iphone 5 a few months later.

what i don't understand is what is taking so long for apple to release it in white?

this is one of the reasons i wish that apple would switch their focus back to macs. well, one of many.
 
First day of Spring 2011 is March 20th. The iPhone is usually announced in June.

There is no point in selling a phone for two months, since if they keep an iPhone 4 around for the low-end, it'll likely be a black one (as has happened twice now).
 
is there a point in releasing it at all? Maybe Apple will sit on the iPhone 4 for a 2 year cycle? interesting..
 
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