Cast your minds back to November of last year if you will. The year was nearing its end, the weather was cold and wet and the white iPhone 4 was still refusing to put in an appearance. It was this distinct lack of whiteness that caused more than a few enterprising individuals to start online business selling kits for converting plain old black iPhone 4s into the shiny new white ones we all lusted after. One such individual was Fei Lam from New York. The problem was Apple wasn’t so keen.
Apple’s iPhone Stays Strong Even As Smartphone Shipments Dip
Smartphone shipments took a dip in the first quarter for the first time in a couple of years as manufacturers shipped 97.2 million phones in Q1, down 1.5% when compared with Q4. According to IHS iSuppli who published these figures shipments for electronic goods generally slow down after the holiday season but the dip in smartphone industry is atypical. In … Read More
White iPhone 4 Not Thicker Than Black Model [Consumer Reports]
Since the launch of iPhone 4 last year Apple’s fourth gen smartphone has been a subject of controversy. Last year the final design was leaked weeks ahead of the official announcement, reports of the phone suffering from antennagate were widely reported and then the white iPhone 4 model was delayed as the company faced manufacturing issues. Now, when Apple finally … Read More
White iPhone 4 To Finally Go On Sale Tomorrow
Apple on Wednesday announced that white iPhone 4 will go on sale in US (and 27 other countries) on April 28. The original iPhone 4 was made available last year in June and even though Steve Jobs said that it would come in two colors the white model never hit the store shelves. After almost 10 months of its release … Read More
White iPhone 4 To Be Officially Available On Wednesday?
The rumor mill has been busy predicting the release of Apple’s white iPhone 4 for the last few months. The white iPhone has already gained the status of a mythical device as even after repeated reassurances from Apple one was not sure if the phone will be available or not. According to various reports in the past it was widely … Read More
Steve Wozniak Says White iPhone 4 Coming Soon, Delay Due to Paint Issues
During an appearance on The Engadget Show last night, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak confirmed that the reason for the white iPhone 4 delay is an issue with the paint that causes light to leak into its camera, ruining pictures taken with its LED flash. Wozniak explained that this issue has now been resolved, and that we can expect the device … Read More
More Sightings of the Great White Whale… err iPhone 4…
Recently the White iPhone 4 had reportedly shown up in the Best Buy stock system. But then the White iPhone 4 has shown up a lot of places and never actually been sold. And Best Buy are not the kind of outfit I, or you, should place any store in getting a scoop on anything new from; even a different … Read More
Vodafone Germany Lists White iPhone 4 In Its Inventory System
It looks like Engadget’s ‘trusted sources’ have been at it again, this time snapping shots of Vodafone Germany’s stock system showing an iPhone 4 in the fabled white colour. The photo from the Germans clearly shows both 16GB and 32GB models of the white iPhone 4 listed, though no release date is present. The latest we’d heard was that the … Read More
WhiteiPhone4Now.com pulled down – Apple wins?
We recently told you about New York teenager Fei Lam and his little money making endeavour – offering White iPhone 4 conversion kits supposedly direct from Apple’s own hardware partner Foxconn. We also told you how Apple was seemingly a little upset. Now, in an email to CultOfMac.com, Lam has told the world : We have closed the site, possibly … Read More
Apple Promises Fabled White iPhone 4 in “Spring 2011”
Some good news for those still holding out for a White iPhone 4. Apple has put the white option back on their promotional material for Apple Stores, with a note in the small print at the bottom of each sign also referring to the White iPhone 4 and stating that it will be “available spring 2011”. It is unclear if … Read More
White iPhone 4 Conversion Kit Provider Now In Trouble
The guys over in Cupertino seem to be struggling with pushing out a white iPhone 4, but if you just can’t wait anymore, one enterprising young man based in New York might just be able to hook you up. 17 year old Fei Lam Has managed to get his hands on some of the white parts produced by Foxconn, the … Read More
Apple Having Fake White iPhone 4 Removed from eBay
Searching for a white iPhone 4 on eBay will get you a few results, however, the number of the rare white devices being sold through the auction site is quickly diminishing, as Apple is working hard to have them all pulled. 9to5 Mac has discovered an email sent to an eBay seller of a black-to-white iPhone 4 conversion unit informing … Read More
White iPhone 4 Disappears from Apple Online Store
We recently told you how the white iPhone 4 might have been cancelled, and today that’s looking increasingly to be the case. Head over to the iPhone page on the Apple Store and you’ll notice something’s missing – the white iPhone 4 is AWOL! The white iPhone 4 saga has rumbled on ever since the initial launch of the handset and … Read More
White iPhone 4 Silently Cancelled?
I know I appear to have a White iPhone 4 obsession. But really I am actually very happily married to my black iPhone 4, and these stories just keep on arriving on my desk, while other members of the Touch Reviews team hide in the corner and snigger! Yesterday we reported that the White iPhone 4 will probably not show … Read More
White iPhone 4 to be Available this Christmas?
Look, please don’t shoot the messenger, they made me write this news piece! In fact we drew straws, and I lost! Yes, the White iPhone 4 rumours are surfacing again. This time the blame lies squarely at Apple’s door in our opinion. Apple updated their Apple Store iPhone app today, and in the “Reserve Products” section that crafty White iPhone … Read More
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