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Real Reason Why the White iPhone 4 Is Delayed
tekgoblin writes "There have been numerous reasons why the White iPhone 4 may be delayed with one reason being the color mismatch between the home button and the body. Well this time there is another reason. A source has told CultofMac that the reason for the delay is a light leakage issue caused by the case being clear. Light from the case leaks into pictures taken by the back and front camera on the white iPhone 4, causing distorted pictures. This problem is non-existent on the black iPhone 4, because of its already black case, so Apple has been looking for a solution to this problem, thus the delay of the White iPhone 4 till spring of next year."
There is another theory regarding the delay. Somehow Apple heard about how I wasn't interested in a white iPhone unless it also came with blowjobs from the Victoria Secret models. Apple has been unable to get them on board yet.
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So this makes it into the big news on Slashdot... an explanation as to why an iPhone with a different case colour has been delayed. Next on Slashdot... the iPhone's shocking new button that's now a rounded square instead of a circle! I need to take the week off work to recover from the shock.
white phones have smaller antennas
Pun intended?
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Not likely. In addition to not qualifying for the subsidy on a later purchase ( 2 years), it's common knowledge that once you go black you'll never go back.
Given how they approached the reception problems by giving away bumper cases, I would have fully expected them to give away black cases to cover up the white plastic.
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I can't imagine why anyone would want a white one.
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........
The press don't get it, do they? The reason is that so many people are already complaining about iPhone 4's signal issue, that the white version is only going to make it worse by introducing white noise.
>>>I can't imagine why anyone would want a white one.
That's right.
Once she's had black,
she'll never go back.
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." - historian Evelyn Beatrice Hall
So that millions of people can express their unique individuality.
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
JoyofTech had a convincing list of reasons the last time: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/1422.html
And the answer is none. None more white.
Apologies all around. ;-)
Cheers,
"What in the name of Fats Waller is that?"
"A four-foot prune."
If there are enough users of this thing to warrant a delay in purchasing simply because they want one that is white versus black, I would never want to associate myself with someone so superficial that a simple fucking color change is this important to their buying decision.
Yeah! How dare people put off making consumer goods purchases based on their personal preferences! Those self-involved fuckers!
Love how everyone here is a fucking engineering expert.
If you could get the apple logo to glow on the back like that MacBooks do, I'd totally buy that.
And maybe pray to it occasionally.
"Doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs." -- Switchfoot, Ode to Chin
"Steve Jobs doesn't care about white cases"
No. He's admitting to a very long established geek bias towards black hardware.
Black hardware is just so ... black ... and smooth ... and shiny. *ahem*
For a long time, we had beige, in a matte finish no less; IBM is well documented to be at fault here. We had so utterly much beige, it was mind-numbing. Beige monitor, beige tower, beige keyboard -- oh, sure, you could mix it up with a mouse of a mousepad, but everything else was beige. Geeks used to have black-hardware envy because nobody had any -- a NeXT station was the sexiest thing on the planet in '92, and SGI made a really funky indigo colour. Apple popularized Tangerine for a while, but it wasn't black.
Now, you almost don't see beige at all. All black. 'Cuz black is cool and shiny, and ... faster. Hell, even Nintendo has learned that everybody wants black hardware ... the Wii is now available in black. I'm sure black costs more ... it used to. It's supposed to.
What he's saying is if the Game Cube had been its proper black in the first place, instead of being in bright, primary Fisher Price colours, they'd have sold more units. Because, once you go black ... ;-)
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