There is an interesting back story to this one. Time for some investigative reporting other than just listening to press releases and interviews. Perhaps the demand for a white iPhone is softer than anticipated?
White iPhone 4 Delays Due to Light Leakage Affecting Camera Performance?
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There is an interesting back story to this one. Time for some investigative reporting other than just listening to press releases and interviews. Perhaps the demand for a white iPhone is softer than anticipated?
ModestForumName
macrumors regular
Can't they just calculate an average light intensity and add an extra polarization filter to cancel out the light?
RawBert
macrumors 68000
I'm hoping Apple will learn from these many iPhone problems and be way more stringent with their prototype testing in the future.
If so, iPhone 5 should be a bad-ass mofo.
andiwm2003
macrumors 601
in 8 month they couldn't isolate the flash from the case with a black gasket or such?
I guess Steves desire for perfection didn't allow a small black rim around the flash and the camera to be visible. sad...
I guess Steves desire for perfection didn't allow a small black rim around the flash and the camera to be visible. sad...
definitive
macrumors 68020
they should just scrap the white iphone 4 altogether, and concentrate on iphone 5 instead. not having a white iphone isn't the end of the world, and i'm sure most people will be ok with it.
roratus
macrumors member
Agreed, but if you can't produce a properly working product don't announce it at all.
JGowan
macrumors 68000
Here's my take:
Because of the light seeping in or out or because of the two white colors (whatever)... Apple has just decided to never offer the iPhone 4 in white. They say Spring which will be an easy push to summer when they'll drop iPhone 5 on us, complete with black and white designs and we'll forget all about getting the iPhone 4 in white, even if they offer the "old" model at $99 which has been the trend.
Because of the light seeping in or out or because of the two white colors (whatever)... Apple has just decided to never offer the iPhone 4 in white. They say Spring which will be an easy push to summer when they'll drop iPhone 5 on us, complete with black and white designs and we'll forget all about getting the iPhone 4 in white, even if they offer the "old" model at $99 which has been the trend.
bdkennedy1
Suspended
Actually this makes no sense to me. The lens and the flash are both flush with the surface and are not obstructed by the case. The components are surrounded by a black film.
This.
Mister Snitch
Guest
How many all-white cameras have you ever seen? What color are most of them?
Well, this is why.
Well, this is why.
OrangeSVTguy
macrumors 601
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Ok right. A completely new redesign because of the light bleeding inside and affecting the camera. A thin piece of aluminum behind the glass would solve that problem without adding any additional weight. Guess the "new" redesign will also incorporate a better antenna and CDMA technologies.
Ok right. A completely new redesign because of the light bleeding inside and affecting the camera. A thin piece of aluminum behind the glass would solve that problem without adding any additional weight. Guess the "new" redesign will also incorporate a better antenna and CDMA technologies.
thejadedmonkey
macrumors G3
Imagine if they had been sold before the issue was discovered...
Imagine the complaints of people who had a defective camera for 5 months
Imagine the complaints of people who had a defective camera for 5 months
ikir
macrumors 68020
No antenna issue is just like retarded users issue since the "problem" is same or worse usually on other pda and phones. My N73 loose 4 bars if i grad it covering the antenna and go down to no service. In the same room, same mobile operator iPhone just lose 2 if grabbed like you never do in real life.
get the facts instead of spreading FUD, users like yours are a cancer over internet.
I know we're not supposed to feed trolls, but ... yeah. It seems like your latest posts have just been bashing Apple, but the ones before that were just in the software development forum.
Really, I think Apple has their stuff together. Do you search out other tech forums and see the issues that other companies are having? I'm sure other companies have issues like this... like the Android phone that was having screen issues?
Digital Dude
macrumors 65816
Back during the Cretaceous Period when the iPhone-4 first came out, I wanted the white model. By the time its released it will most likely be an updated version.
southernpaws
macrumors 6502
I would assume that's why you and others making the same point aren't engineers. I'm sure it's something they've thought of
bridgettwhite
macrumors newbie
to he honest, i am tired of hearing different reasons why apple keeps pushing back release the iPhone 4. why don't they come out and say that they are not gonna offer it in white and just go ahead with the iPhone 5 (or 4GS whichever they may have)? I love apple to death, but with most of the company's focus on iOS and iOS devices you'd think they would be able to get it right. i said this in another post last night but i think its time to bring the focus back to the mac and OSX. or at least half and half.
It's just a balance of the scales, really. Something had to take the place of Duke Nukem Forever on the "list of stuff we'll never see".
I'm confident that there'll be no white iPhone 4, but I also suspect that the iPhone 5 is going to use the same external case, with the changes all being internal. So solving this problem will just enable them to roll out the black and white iPhone 5s at the same time.
This is the first generation of iPhone that I'll have ended up skipping. Which I guess is just a testament to how nice the 3Gs was -- I've felt perfectly happy using it these extra months even though I knew there was something better out there.
This is the first generation of iPhone that I'll have ended up skipping. Which I guess is just a testament to how nice the 3Gs was -- I've felt perfectly happy using it these extra months even though I knew there was something better out there.