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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."
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Fix it before you ship it.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
It think the most likely scenario here is that they are chasing profits.
A further delay will push some of the I-want-white holdouts into buying an iPhone 4 now. Some of those same people will purchase a white one later.
"His name was James Damore."
For someone who claims to be uninterested in the iPhone you sure commented on this story in a hurry.
Me thinks he doth protest too much.
If I were God, wouldn't I protect my churches from acts of me?
Put a mirror finish/coating the inside of the white glass. This will block light and create an epic glow (enhance the whiteness) that apple fanboys can pray to.
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If it was a story on the introduction of a new color, I'd agree with you. But this is interesting to those of us who develop products because of the tech issues involved.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
The distinction is very small. They could be trying to sell you a 12 pound "smart" phone running a stripped down version of Windows Me and IE6, but if Heidi Klum is standing there putting on cherry lip gloss, I guarantee you are at least checking how much cash is in you wallet.
So, the next time you buy a car --- I'll decide the color for you. Since color is so unimportant to you. You have a black-and-white TV at the house?
Idiot.
White with iPhones is a way of advertising that you have the more expensive model, as it historically only exists as an option for the top-end model. All of the people who know the difference will be totally impressed when they see it and will respect you and/or want to have sex with you.
It's like wearing a fancy watch or paying for a drink with a hundred dollar bill at the bar. Visible signs of wealth trump personality and good looks.
I've never understood the correlation between having a model next to anything, say a smartphone.
What does it mean? She is using it? So what?
Will she give me something if I buy it? I don't think so.
I know it's supposed to incite buying the object, but I don't see any link.
Or it's just I'm too weird. Whatever.
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It's interesting in that it's one of the cases where pursuit of an aesthetic has undermined functionality.
I work at a university where its Industrial Design program is a pretty big deal, but it's plagued with projects that completely fail in usability (ie, a brushed metal and fogged glass "chair" that will explode into twisted shrapnel if more than 20lbs of load is applied). Strangely, the completely nonfunctional pieces tend to be awarded higher grades because they're more "daring" or have more "vision". The mindset is often that concept of the design is most important, and it will be someone else's job to work out the crippling problems presented by the unrealistic choices made by the designer.
The odd piece is quite complete and very functional, but usually gets awarded a B for not having enough time spent obsessing over the finishing, because a critical design requirement is to spend dozens of hours sanding.
It's interesting in that it's one of the cases where pursuit of an aesthetic has undermined functionality.
I don't think that's quite how I'd put it. They haven't chose to ship with the flaws, so I don't think that's undermining anything. It's just R&D that has (so far) failed to come up with a viable product.