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White iPhone 4 Slightly Thicker Than Black iPhone 4

I think getting a white backplate and keeping the black front is the best of both worlds. That white front looks ugly and disoriented with an obvious front cam and that black PS (looks like sharpie has been applied to the mesh grill original design), and when the screens off, looks even worse.

I'll stick with mine :)
 
Maybe they had to make some stuff thicker to avoid light leaks? I mean we all know that light leaks were the cause of the delay, so it would make sense to make the paint thicker to solve the issue.

Apple doesn't care about case compatibility, as long as their own bumpers fit. If your case doesn't fit, that the case manufacturer's problem, and yours, not Apple's.
 
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Aaaarrrrggggghhhhhhhh!! The white iPhone is slightly thicker than the black one... Heeeelllllllllpppppppp....we're all dooooommmmmed!!!!!!
 
rmwebs said:
That ones not really too accurate due to the camera angle...its on a slope.

Also just run this through myself.

I get 79.2 on the White iPhone and 78.9 on the black. Given that I also had to level the image that sounds about right. Theres no way you can call your or my results accurate from a wonky photo however as photoshop attempts to enhance an image when rotating to level, thus distorting the original.
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Which would make the it 0.035 mm thicker or 35 micron.
 
I sat the two next to each other just like the original pic there, and they are exactly the same, in my opinion. Imagine the OP got a "defective" one.
 
HiRez said:
Sounds like a "who cares?" kind of thing, but that's actually kind of a big deal if it creates case fragmentation. Not good. Hopefully inaccurate.
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I'm sure Apple doesn't care wether or not 3rd party case manufactures have to change their cases because of their iPhone.
 
Where is Oliver Stone when you need him?

I'm sure he'll solve this conspiracy.

I'm absolutely certain the white iPhone was involved in the JFK thing. :D

And nobody has yet to actually measure the phones!

I'm sure Oliver Stone will find the Super 8 video to solve this crime! LOL
 
cases? Cases? CASES? WTF

cases?

Cases?

CASES?

WTF ... who uses cases? And who cares for cases?

If I look at people with their iphones, i see like less than 5% using anything on their phones. And all of them use the Apple bumper on some iphone 4. I've seen hundreds of iphones in the wild, but I still have to see one non-bumper case in the wild.

Grow up guys ...

P.S.: WTF does one use a case for? To make the phone THICKER? UGLIER?
 
This whole debate is a clever conspiracy by Apple, trying to get us each to buy two iPhones just so we can line them up. Come to think of it, I did buy two iPhones so their plan is working!
 
Thicker for a Reason

I'm not positive, but the white iPhone 4 could be slightly thicker in order to fix any light leakage issues associated with the new color. Thicker glass panels, less leakage.
 
thadoggfather said:
I think getting a white backplate and keeping the black front is the best of both worlds. That white front looks ugly and disoriented with an obvious front cam and that black PS (looks like sharpie has been applied to the mesh grill original design), and when the screens off, looks even worse.

I'll stick with mine :)
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I think just the opposite is better. I like the white front but I think the white back is hideous.


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If you look really closely, you can see there is no difference. White stands out more than black, so really what you're seeing is the front face of the phone adding to the width because of this two dimensional perspective. The front face of black iPhone is visible too, it just isn't noticeable in front of that background. Look closely.
 
Fail

Dumbest news all day. By all common sense, logic, physics of light, whatchamacallit.

Black will ALWAYS make things look slimmer. I betcha even Paris Hilton knows that.

Unless someone has the right mind to at least use a vernier caliper to prove the difference in thickness, this "rumour" is an absolute fail.
 
This is ridiculous. Obama needs to get on the phone with Steve and set up a meeting to see what can be done with this. The iPhone is a national treasure and to see it's design go backwards is going to cause a loss of jobs and a further increase in gas prices. Completely unacceptable.
 
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