The Street thinks they might know why the white version of the iPhone 4 has been eternally delayed: light might be leaking out of the back. According to “a person familiar with the manufacturing process,” the white version of the iPhone’s glass is significantly less opaque than the black version. This allows light to seep out from the LCD, out the edges and back of the phone. According to the source, having a glass back makes this problematic to fix, as if it were plastic or metal, you could just use a coating to block the light.
If true, this would obviously would not live up to Apple’s legendary design requirements. However, unnamed source, grain of salt. You all know the drill by now.
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Nice try but no cigar.
Who cares about the light leak. My white 3g, black 3g refurb and black 3g replacement all had light leak on the sides of them. I talked to apple about it and they told me it was normal. I think this is just one of the problems the white is having.
I would like to see a back that matched the sides, that would be cool!
But if this is true then how do you explain the white iPhone 4s which were available during he launch/debut? Those were successfully manufactured weren’t they?
This is all an excuse for apple to release next year. Then the following year after that maybe apple might get on board with widgets and a bigger screen.