Apple: white iPhone 4 is not thicker (despite the fact that it is)

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Update: More disputed findings have been added to the 2 millimeter white iPhone controversy. I'll just say this is the last time you will hear something about this from us. Photos below: Consumer Reports using a caliper to measure thickness and Engadget's simple test showing the small size difference. In the end this would seem like a manufacturing issue and not an intentional design compromise:

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Earlier this week, white iPhone 4 owners discovered that the device is slightly thicker than its black variant. This wasn't really something we thought was worth covering, but now, for whatever reason, Apple is claiming there is no discrepancy.

If this was a new device, it wouldn't be a big deal, but since this is just a white version of the iPhone 4, many expect it to fit in cases designed for the black version of the iPhone 4, which was released 10 month ago. Tipb quantified the difference at roughly 0.2mm: the black iPhone 4 is 9.3mm while the white iPhone 4 is 9.5mm. Apple's iPhone 4 Technical Specifications webpage lists 9.3mm as the depth for both. It's unknown whether the extra thickness has to do with opacity, a layer of UV protection, or something else entirely.

9to5Mac reader Ernesto Barron recently asked Apple Senior Vice President of Product Marketing Phil Schiller on Twitter if the news was true. Schiller responded to Barron via a Twitter direct message: "It is not thicker, don't believe all the junk that you read."

It's not clear why Schiller decided to answer through a direct message or why he is blatantly lying to Barron. It certainly would not be the first time Apple has tried to convince its customers and the general public of something that is completely false. Just last month, Apple CEO Steve Jobs decided to deny that Apple's 3G devices regularly record your position. Apple eventually ended up having to come clean on the details, but Jobs' original statement is still false.

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Prepare for fanboys to create some sort of otherworldly mathematical concept that would somehow explain how 9.3 and 9.5mm is exactly the same, in 3...2...1...
 
\o/.....Yes the .2mm is a layer of shielding/reflector that reflects the sun to other plaints, doing this it will be able to bring stability and life to other cold plaints far far away in the galaxy due to the weather climate it creates. Also word has it that the "Zerg" race took life 2 clicks away from Planet earth....

Ps.. The shielding will protect you from alien invasion.

The wonders of .2mm thickness!!
 
I think this is most likely a manufacturing mistake. It was intended to be the same size but someone obviously fell asleep at the quality control area.
 
Proofix said:
\o/.....Yes the .2mm is a layer of shielding/reflector that reflects the sun to other plaints, doing this it will be able to bring stability and life to other cold plaints far far away in the galaxy due to the weather climate it creates. Also word has it that the "Zerg" race took life 2 clicks away from Planet earth....

Ps.. The shielding will protect you from alien invasion.

The wonders of .2mm thickness!!

*planets *planets *planets... typo... What I meant by all that is why give a damm about .2mm!
 
flacoman3 said:
dude wtf is a plaint and/or wtf are you talking about

From context I'm guessing planets, although paint and plant are a close second.

As far as the denial goes, Apple is conducting research to see whether "old Jedi mind tricks" work across the internet. So far they're not successful.

A better answer would have been: "You're looking at it wrong."
 
These are not the specifications you're looking for. *waves hand slowly in front of monitor*
 
@gwail
I think he meant that 'because he says it is not thicker than the black iphone, therefore, it is', remember corporations are not democracies (well this is contentious even in real world) they are dictatorships; where well man at the top is always right.
 
Egad..We WONT be DOOMED now, because of this massive .2 mm difference Apple just might not be able to take over the world......
 
Its your router...

The picture was uploaded by a PC...

Your holding your camera as to block proper reception...

I wonder if the white humancentiPad will be .2mm thicker.
 
"It is not thicker, don't believe all the junk that you read."
Yeah,don't believe all the junk that you read about apple,irrespective of the fact that it is true. :p
 
Wendig0 said:
These are not the specifications you're looking for. *waves hand slowly in front of monitor*
That about sums it up. Followed up with the standard response "Yes master".
 
In related news:
Apple just announced the new iPad 3, when asked to comment why the specifications of the new device are exactly the same as the old one Mr. Jobs replied: Device specifications are to technical for most of our users and we decided not to change them to make the device more accessible for iPad 2 users. Still this is a whole new device because we called it iPad 3 and not iPad 2.

Declaimer: This is not a really news story although it does sound like something that Apple would do! :)
 
Reporter: Look, this iPhone 4 disconnects when you just touch this point right here.
Apple: No it doesn't, you're just holding it wrong.

Reporter: Look, all of this location tracking information is stored in the iPhone.
Apple: No it's not. But an update will take care of the thing it's not doing.

Reporter: Look, the new white iPhone 4 is obviously thicker than the original version.
Apple: Not it isn't, you're measuring it wrong or something.

Ever get the feeling that Apple thinks they are Jedi and can just mind trick the world into believing what they want us to, rather than believing actual physical evidence to the contrary?
 
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