14 DAY TRIAL // In what may be regarded as indirect confirmation that Apple will no longer launch a white version of its controversial iPhone 4, the Cupertino, California-based giant has removed all imagery depicting the unreleased handset from its web site.
Sources analyzing the differences between Apple’s recently-introduced CDMA iPhone 4 and the GSM version launched in Summer 2010 (through AT&T) also took the time to indicate that promotional materials used by the company no longer include the white version of the smartphone.
After checking with various iPhone-related sections of Apple’s web site, Softpedia can confirm that this is, indeed, the case.
In June, last year, Apple issued its first formal statement regarding the delay of the handset, saying “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July.”
Apple assured fans that availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models was not affected.
A month later, Apple realized that it still couldn’t ship the white iPhone 4 as they had “continued to be more challenging to manufacture than [Apple] originally expected.”
“…as a result they will not be available until later this year,” the company said.
Since the June announcement, Apple had begun to systematically scale back usage of the white iPhone 4 promotional materials (mostly imagery).
Sadly, towards the end of the calendar year 2010, Apple was faced with having to admit for the third time that its white iPhone was still a no-go.
During a press event, the company promised to have the handset ready for shipping in Spring 2011.
Apple previously advertised Bumpers using the white version of its handset
Image credits: Apple Now that Cupertino has scrubbed virtually all evidence of the phone’s existence, it is fair to conclude that the company’s white iPhone 4 may never see the light of day - at least not in its originally planned form.
Even the Bumper promo images have replaced the white model, with the black one (as shown in the image above).
Today, few to no references remain on the company’s web site regarding a white version of its current-generation iPhone.