{"id":918,"date":"2010-08-03T00:25:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T05:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.adam-jackson.net\/?p=918"},"modified":"2010-08-03T00:25:46","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T05:25:46","slug":"5-minutes-with-apples-white-iphone-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2010\/08\/03\/5-minutes-with-apples-white-iphone-4\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 5 Minutes with Apple&#8217;s White iPhone 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:14304,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com\\\/pr\\\/library\\\/2010\\\/06\\\/23iphonestatement.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20110606165453\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.apple.com:80\\\/pr\\\/library\\\/2010\\\/06\\\/23iphonestatement.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 04:42:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 13:25:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 16:23:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 23:12:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:00:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-10 06:00:47&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14305,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gigaom.com\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/23\\\/apples-white-iphone-delay-a-chance-for-antenna-redesign&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220123055713\\\/https:\\\/\\\/gigaom.com\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/23\\\/apples-white-iphone-delay-a-chance-for-antenna-redesign\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 04:42:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 03:42:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 03:42:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14306,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/gigaom.com\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/28\\\/white-iphone-delays-blamed-on-the-display&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20210922120958\\\/https:\\\/\\\/gigaom.com\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/28\\\/white-iphone-delays-blamed-on-the-display\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 04:42:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 03:42:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 03:42:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14307,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.techmagnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/images\\\/Apple_White_IPhone_4_to_be_Delayed_Until_Late_July_Due_to_Manufacturing_Difficulties.jpg&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:14308,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/techcrunch.com\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/23\\\/apple-white-iphone-4-problem&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230201045953\\\/https:\\\/\\\/techcrunch.com\\\/2010\\\/07\\\/23\\\/apple-white-iphone-4-problem\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 04:42:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06 04:42:25&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><em>This was meant to be published somewhere else but it&#8217;s been rejected because I didn&#8217;t have a photo of the device to go along with the story. You can believe my experience or not but you have no reason not to. Enjoy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  class=\"alignright pk-lazyload\"  title=\"http:\/\/images.macrumors.com\/article\/2010\/07\/07\/142240-white_iphone_4_dock.jpg\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"200\"  height=\"175\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/images.macrumors.com\/article\/2010\/07\/07\/142240-white_iphone_4_dock.jpg\" ><\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s white iPhone 4 seems to be getting further and further  out of reach. With its availability date delayed twice, it feels like consumers may never get our hands on the white iPhone 4. Yesterday I got to play with one, and for those wondering, I think it&#8217;s worth the wait, because\u00c2 the white-colored face looks\u00c2 phenomenal.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-white-iphone-4-backstory\">The white iPhone 4 backstory<\/h2>\n<p>The iPhone 4 began shipping on June 24 in black with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/pr\/library\/2010\/06\/23iphonestatement.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">promises<\/a> that the white iPhone would ship in the second half of July. It didn&#8217;t. And on July 23, Apple delayed the white iPhone again with no real explanation as to why. From the release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>White models of Apple&#8217;s new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;s been a lot of speculation on why the simple color change from black to white is causing so many delays. Everything from the paint to the <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/07\/23\/apples-white-iphone-delay-a-chance-for-antenna-redesign\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">antenna issues<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/2010\/07\/28\/white-iphone-delays-blamed-on-the-display\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the display<\/a> has been blamed. But after  my experience with the phone, I think it&#8217;s the paint.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"my-five-minutes-with-apples-white-iphone-4\">My five minutes with Apple&#8217;s white iPhone 4<\/h2>\n<p>It was 7 PM on a rooftop in San Francisco, and I was at a going away party for my friend with about 20 other people. While chowing down on BBQ and other summer dishes, I was introduced to a guy my age who was an Apple (s aapl) employee.  As a former Apple employee (back in 2005), I spoke with him a bit about Apple, and I learned he was on the iPhone 4 team. After a few moments of casual conversation, he pulled a white iPhone 4 from his pocket.<\/p>\n<p>I held it and was impressed with the painted glass and how much better it looked than the black model. The ambient light sensor was less visible than <a href=\"http:\/\/www.techmagnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/Apple_White_IPhone_4_to_be_Delayed_Until_Late_July_Due_to_Manufacturing_Difficulties.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it is in this photo<\/a> where it&#8217;s very easy to see. The color looked nearly identical to what I&#8217;ve seen in press photos and hands-on pictures from WWDC. I expected to see some yellow-ish tint or off-white color, but it was perfectly in line with Apple&#8217;s MacBook and iPhone 3GS in white.<\/p>\n<p>I looked to see whether the black bar that connects both pieces of Apple&#8217;s antenna was still visible or if it had been relocated, but it was still there just as it is on the black model. For now, you can rest assured that the death grip location is still very real on the white iPhone 4. Of course, this assertion is based on a visual inspection showing a very visible black line on the bottom left hand corner and not actually attempting the death grip.<\/p>\n<p>I covered the screen with my palm to see if I could identify any screen light bleeding on the edges, and I couldn&#8217;t. It felt and looked like a finished product with no issues that I could see. In a joking manner, I asked why there have been delays with the white iPhone 4 release. The Apple employee replied:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Well, we&#8217;ve been trying to get the color right. It&#8217;s just not perfect and it&#8217;s taking forever to make these things in white due to the painting process. We might make hardware changes to the antenna, but honestly, I don&#8217;t know. No, we don&#8217;t have an ETA on when this thing will ship, but it&#8217;ll be this year. It looks great, huh?&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to share the engineer&#8217;s name, and I didn&#8217;t take any photos of the phone. It was just a casual chat with an Apple engineer, and I didn&#8217;t think a picture was really appropriate. Also, in case Apple has any visual markings on the phone that I may pick up in a photo, the guy would lose his job, and I don&#8217;t want that to happen. So that was my five minutes with the unreleased white iPhone, and I&#8217;ve decided to wait for the release of this model even if it means waiting for 3 to 5 months. It really was that gorgeous.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"to-wait-or-not-to-wait\"><strong>To Wait or Not To Wait<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Consumers are in a pickle when it comes to the iPhone 4 and getting their favorite color. I&#8217;m one of those consumers. I&#8217;m happy with the white iPhone 3GS, and was holding out for the white model because I just like the color and think it will look nice with a black bumper around the edges. I really don&#8217;t care about the delays if it means the white model will be a finished product, and I respect Apple for delaying its launch. However an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/07\/23\/apple-white-iphone-4-problem\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TechCrunch<\/a> got me second guessing my logic. From that article:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A white iPhone 4 released in November means it will have been a full five months since many customers have had the black iPhone 4 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d the exact same device, only black. More importantly, it will only be seven months until the next WWDC event, where the iPhone 5 (or whatever it will be called) will be announced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If I do hold out until &#8220;later this year,&#8221; I&#8217;ll be only a few months away from whatever Apple has coming next and what if Apple never releases the white model? I could have been an iPhone 4 owner for months instead of holding out. If you&#8217;ve been waiting for a white version of the new iPhone, it&#8217;s okay to keep waiting for a few more months. My speculation that we may never see the white model has been proven wrong by an assurance from an Apple employee and the front and back is a gorgeous white that looks fantastic compared to black. Also, the additional comments that there may be changes to the antenna may be enough to cause iPhone 4 early adopters to buy a new model in white if they&#8217;ve been plagued with the Apple death grip. I&#8217;m looking forward to the white model and am hoping history will repeat itself when AT&amp;T allows iPhone 4 owners to upgrade early when a next generation iPhone is released next summer even if you held out for the white model.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any additional questions, comment below and I&#8217;ll try to answer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This was meant to be published somewhere else but it&#8217;s been rejected because I didn&#8217;t have a photo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-918","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-thoughts","7":"category-technology","8":"cs-entry","9":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-eO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7632,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/12\/06\/technology-first-impressions-of-homepod\/","url_meta":{"origin":918,"position":0},"title":"Technology: First Impressions of HomePod","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I didn\u2019t buy the HomePod when it first was released. 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