Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Why the iPhone 4 White is thicker than the original iPhone 4


The Apple iPhone 4 white edition was released after a near 12 month delay. It seams that while the devices look almost identical. there is more than just the color that differs between the two devices, The iPhone 4 White Edition is a few millimeters thicker than it's black counterpart.

A report suggests four reasons why the white iPhone 4 is thicker than the black variant.
  1. Apple has introduced a fix for the iPhone 4’s antennae woes. The iPhone 4 has a hardware flaw that causes the phone to lose reception when held a certain way. At face value, it doesn’t look like the phone carries any kind of design differences.
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  2. The white paint for the new iPhone 4 required a different game plan. The white iPhone’s case did not insulate the its camera’s flash and leaked light when taking photos, according to reports. White iPhone 4 parts also caused some issues with the phone’s proximity sensor, which disables the screen when talking on the phone so owners don’t accidentally hang up, according to Apple’s Steve Wozniak.
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  3. The white iPhone needed additional protection from external light sources. Any light leaking into the phone could disrupt the iPhone 4’s screen and make the image less clear, which would be a sore point for Apple because it touts its “retina display” as one of the best smartphone displays in the business.
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  4. Apple is just trolling tech geeks everywhere to try to generate some additional publicity for the white iPhone 4 — because even a 0.2 millimeter difference is enough to generate news buzz when it comes to an Apple product.
Does the extra 0.2 mm matter? Or would you stick to the sleeker original iPhone 4.


sourceVentureBeat
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