White iPhone 4 launches Thursday says Apple

Apple has announced the white iPhone 4 today for a April 28th release. The release odyssey is finally over. The white iPhone 4 was supposed to launch at the same time as the black iPhone 4 almost a year ago. Then Apple found issues with the production of the white glass and had to delay the release many times. You can take a trip back in the release history of the white iPhone 4 below.

“The white iPhone 4 has finally arrived and it’s beautiful,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we’ve worked to get every detail right.”

The consumer interest in the white iPhone appears to be strong. Which is a good thing for Apple as the company is seen to not release the new iPhone 5 this June. Apple is supposed to switch to a Fall release schedule for the iPhone. Apple can afford that move as iPhone sales are still very strong. The Apple Q2 earnings call revealed that sales of the iPhone reached 18.65 million (up 113% compared to the year-ago quarter). The iPhone sells strong in the United States, but even more so internationally. The white iPhone 4 is predicted to give the iPhone another big sales push.

The white iPhone 4 is not any different from the black iPhone 4. Many fans hoped that Apple will make some small changes. We still need to wait for a hardware dissection, but from what we know so far nothing has changed.

White iPhone 4 History (Reverse Order):

04/26/11: White iPhone 4 already out at some stores in Italy and Belgium.

04/23/11: White iPhone 4 appears in Best Buy inventory system with April 27th release date.

04/18/11: White iPhone 4 leaks in UK, Release Tuesday April 19th?

04/17/11: White iPhone 4 to launch on April 26th rumored by iPhoneItalia.

04/15/11: White iPhone 4 appears in Verizon Inventory according to 9to5Mac.

04/14/11: WSJ reports Apple confirmed Spring Release of White iPhone 4 (again).

04/14/11: Bloomberg reports white iPhone 4 launches on AT&T and Verizon by end of April.

03/13/11: Phil Schiller tweets that the white iPhone 4 comes this Spring.

02/08/11: Retailers prepare shelf space for white iPhone (false alarm).

10/27/10: Apple officially delays white iPhone 4 to Spring 2011

18/09/10: Steve Jobs emails that white iPhone 4 arrives in time for Christmas

07/23/10: Apple officially delays white iPhone 4 to late 2010.

06/23/10: Apple officially delays white iPhone 4 to July.

06/15/10: iPhone 4 pre-order launches, white iPhone 4 not available

06/08/10: WWDC 2010 keynote. Steve Jobs unveils iPhone 4, after it got lost in a bar weeks earlier.

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