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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."
Iphone isn't plastic. The POS is fragile, brittle glass and can be shattered by a piece of sand.
White glass is fairly translucent.
This brings to light the number one reason why I will absolutely never consider buying an iThing (assuming your statement is valid, of course).
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.
The only time fashion > function is with cut flowers, and even then the distinction is small.
Someone flopped a steamer in the gene pool.
You seem to give an awful lot of consideration to what other people are doing. Consider thinking for yourself.
Well, given the common explanation that the reason the iPhone has never had a replaceable battery is because Apple engineers couldn't figure out how to make it work, I'm not entirely surprised that they can't figure this one out.
On a more serious note, this is obviously a BS excuse. blocking light is just not that hard of a problem to solve. This is the kind of problem that should delay the product by all of about 3 hours while you decided whether you will put a piece of black paper, a piece of black plastic, or paint on the inside of the case.
Fix it before you ship it.
If I was working at Apple or even boss of it, I would not care that much.
Did it flop because of it? No, it basically sold even more after the amazing amount of PR and fan apologies.
If you look deeper, the childish removal of Flash, Java etc. It all makes sense when you have 99% of customer base reasoning and actually fighting with other people to defend your decisions.
How many iPhones were returned because of antenna issues? Dare to have a guess?
Um, more like overexposed to hell. The camera basically can't regulate exposure if that's the case.
I don't think anyone picking up iPhone 4 instead of devices like Nokia N8 does really care about exposure issues.
By N8, I don't really say/buy "omg 12mpixels", I speak about these
http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/11458_Nokia_N8_image_and_video_sampl.php
Yep, but only because you have a palm it off to someone else attitude. Those engineers amongst us who actually like solving problems would think hey since I need a black plastic housing to mount the lens anyway, why not make it 0.5mm longer on one edge to ensure no light can leak into it from the sides. Volah 0 extra cost for a device that sells for $600.
Frankly this is the reason why the entire thing smells of bullshit to begin with. Pull apart any phone you want and you'll find you won't see a CCD, but rather what looks like a little black lens mounted directly to a motherboard.