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Is the White iPhone 4 About to Hit Stores?
At long last, the mythical white iPhone 4 could finally be ready to reach stores.
According to reports from Engadget and MacRumors, white iPhone 4 units are showing up in inventory systems at Vodafone Germany and Best Buy. Leaked screenshots of the Best Buy inventory system indicate a projected in-stock date of February 27, 2011.
Antennagate aside, we think the white iPhone debacle was Apple’s most embarrassing moment of 2010.
First displayed at the iPhone 4 announcement in June, Apple was supposed to release the white version of the device at the end of that month. Launch day came and went, with the company attributing delays to “manufacturing problems.”
The exact nature of these problems has never been officially explained, but rumors suggest there was an issue matching the exact color on the glass and the plastic iPhone button.
Whatever impact a white iPhone option may have had on handset sales has likely passed. As MacRumors notes, customers have generally moved on, either to case modifications or to simply accepting the black model as is. Additionally, with the next iPhone likely due in June, users who have waited this long for a special color might just wind up waiting even longer.
In any event, we hope the white iPhone 4 does end up hitting stores, if only so we can confirm — with our own eyes — that it does exist.
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