Friday, 29 April 2011

White iPhone 4 is Thicker than Black

Apple’s white iPhone 4 officially went on sale yesterday. While Apple claimed that the white model was exactly the same as the black version, it seems there is a slight difference between the two color options.
White iPhone 4 owners are reporting that the new handset is slightly thicker than its black counterpart. Yesterday, Apple CEO Steve Jobs and SVP Phil Schiller opened up regarding the challenges faced when bringing the elusive white iPhone 4 to the market.
According to a MacRumors forum member, he noticed the difference when his white iPhone 4 was tightly fitting into his case:
“Just picked up the white iPhone 4 and realized it doesn’t fit into my Incase slider case. It appears that Apple has increased the size of the plastic that borders the glass on both sides by about 1mm.”
Ryan Cash of MarketCircle claims that he noticed the difference right when he picked up the shiny new white iPhone 4:
“A colleague of mine just picked up a 16 GB iPhone 4 in white. I was a bit surprised when I picked it up off his desk (I had my black 32 GB in my other hand at the same time) – it immediately felt thicker.”
The fine folks over at TiPB did some real measurements to see exactly how much thicker then white iPhone 4 was. According to their measurements, the white iPhone 4 is 0.2mm thicker than the black iPhone 4. So, basically it’s around 9.5mm, compared to the black iPhone 4 which is 9.3mm.
Could the extra thickness have to do with the paint issues iPhone manufacturers were facing?
Check out TiPB’s gallery for more pics of the white iPhone 4.
If you purchased the white iPhone 4, have you noticed that it doesn’t fit in your old iPhone 4 case? Perhaps Apple will have to re-issue cases for the new white model.
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Verizon iPhone Helps Eat into Android OS Market Share, Makes Apple 3rd Largest

While the Verizon iPhone doesn’t seem as popular as Apple had expected, it has helped Cupertino in various ways.
According to NPD’s quarterly results on U.S smartphone sales, the availability of the iPhone on Verizon Wireless not only bumped Apple to the third largest phone seller in the U.S, but also helped eat into Android’s market share for the first time since 2009.
“Apple and Verizon had a very successful launch of the iPhone 4, which allowed the iPhone to expand its market share that was previously held back by its prolonged carrier exclusivity with AT&T,” said Ross Rubin, executive director of industry analysis at NPD, in a statement. “While some of that growth came at the expense of Android operating system, Android models still accounted for half of all smartphones sold in the quarter.”
Apple now holds a 14% share of the market behind LG with 18% and Samsung with 23%. Additionally, Android OS market share decreased to 50% of smartphone unit sales in Q1 2011, from 53% in the previous quarter. Apple on the other hand, increased by 9 points bumping it up to 28%. RIM’s BlackBerry OS continues to fall losing another 5 points this quarter, dropping it down to 14%.
“According to NPD’s “Mobile Phone Track” consumer tracking service, for the first time a majority (54 percent) of all new mobile-phone handsets purchased by U.S. consumers were smartphones. Driven by increases in smartphone sales in Q1 2011, average selling prices for all mobile phones rose 2 percent over the previous quarter to reach $102; however, average prices for smartphones actually declined by 3 percent (falling to $145).
The Android OS lost ground for the first time since Q2 2009, falling to 50 percent of smartphone unit sales in Q1 2011 compared to 53 percent in the prior quarter. Apple iOS share rose 9 percentage points to comprise 28 percent of smartphone unit sales. BlackBerry OS also lost ground, falling 5 points, to 14 percent.
“The rise of Apple and HTC show how companies can drive change in a mature device market to change the rules of the game,” said Rubin. “The overall success of U.S. market leaders Samsung and LG will be tied to their success in the smartphone market.”
NPD also reports that smartphones now account for more than half of all phones sold in the United States, with consumers opting for a smartphone 54% of the time. The iPhone 4 is currently the best-selling smartphone in the U.S from January to March, followed by the iPhone 3GS, Motorola Droid X, HTC EVO 4G, and HTC Droid Incredible.
Keep in mind, these results were probably due to the iPhone 4 already being 7 months old when it launched on Verizon Wireless. Just think how much Apple could eat at Android OS market share with the upcoming next-generation iPhone (iPhone 4S/iPhone5).
What say you?
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