Apple begins shipping white iPhone 4 to stateside retail stores

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  • Reply 21 of 117
    sol77sol77 Posts: 203member
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    The majority of iPad2's sold are white. I can certainly see the white iPhone being in demand. Personally, I like black, I have a black iPad2, but I can definitely see many people going for white, especially girls.



    I am also anti-cases, that defeats the whole purpose of getting a beautiful Apple product. I don't even have a smart cover for my iPad2. I wouldn't be covering my iPhone either and hiding it, if I had one. If somebody is so worried about scratching or damaging their product, then maybe they should buy something cheaper. Apple products are meant to be seen, not to be hidden.







    I'll second everything you said. Black iPad2, Black iphone (obviously), but it's obvious the white is popular...with the ladies (except for my girlfriend). I'm anti-cases as well. I can see how some would want one for the iphone, given there is no alternative with a comparable UI and OS, but I hate cases and am willing to take the risk of not having one. I have never dropped my phone, ever...not sure why I'd need to...I pull off similar feats of greatness every day when I drive my car without bumping it against the thousands of objects that surround it...not sure why holding a cell phone needs to be difficult. Just be careful. I don't place a protective cage around my $20k car...why should I put one around my phone? Most people are pretty clumsy, or have kids and therefore higher risk. I don't see people constantly dropping their iPad's...makes me wonder why someone would be so careless with their phone, which is just as expensive to replace.



    At the end of the day, I think most people are simply more clumsy...and "god" bless them for having enough sense to recognize it and get a case. I just feel like it's a total waste.
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  • Reply 22 of 117
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member
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    Thanks for the sexist nonsense.



    If this was a racist instead of merely gender based slag, you'd probably be banned, but I guess it's okay to make stupid generalisations about women here.



    Honestly have you ever been around a normal fashion conscious woman? Not an inflatable one.
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  • Reply 23 of 117
    emig647emig647 Posts: 2,455member
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    Most women are totally clueless when it comes to computers. There might be a few exceptions to that rule, but overall, females need help from males when it comes to any computer related issues beyond the simplest of problems. This may be due to cultural issues or perhaps due to genetics. Either way, most women are worse at computers than men are.



    I do agree, generally it's the case. But be aware, there are women out there that make males look like morons when it comes to computers. One of the best programmers out there is Becky "Hamburger" Heineman. If I were doing a programming death match, I'd pick Becky.
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  • Reply 24 of 117
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
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    I do agree, generally it's the case. But be aware, there are women out there that make males look like morons when it comes to computers. One of the best programmers out there is Becky "Hamburger" Heineman. If I were doing a programming death match, I'd pick Becky.



    I hadn't heard of her before, but she would obviously be one of the exceptions to the rule.



    I also remember back in my Atari 2600 days, that I was shocked when I found out that the person who made Activision's River Raid was a woman.
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    On another topic:



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  • Reply 26 of 117
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member
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    I do agree, generally it's the case. But be aware, there are women out there that make males look like morons when it comes to computers. One of the best programmers out there is Becky "Hamburger" Heineman. If I were doing a programming death match, I'd pick Becky.



    Or Erica Sadun



    Of course you know Becky used to be Bill.
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  • Reply 27 of 117
    dishdish Posts: 64member
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    so other then it being white, whats the big deal. ends up in a black or pink case / protector



    People with white iphones dont put them in cases.
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  • Reply 28 of 117
    feynmanfeynman Posts: 1,087member
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    so other then it being white, whats the big deal. ends up in a black or pink case / protector



    I personally think the white iPhone is sexy. My iPhone 4 is not in a case and I do not plan on putting it in one. I've had it for about five months now, if not longer and I only have one small tiny scratch.
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  • Reply 29 of 117
    dishdish Posts: 64member
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    If you waited 9 months for a white iPhone, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...



    plenty of people waited for the white iPhone at at this point all the ones I know are now going to wait until the iPhone 5 comes out.
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  • Reply 30 of 117
    emig647emig647 Posts: 2,455member
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    Or Erica Sadun



    Of course you know Becky used to be Bill.



    Wow, I did not know that. Talk about throwing my point out the window, stomping on it, and lighting it on fire.
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  • Reply 31 of 117
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    Most women are totally clueless when it comes to computers. There might be a few exceptions to that rule, but overall, females need help from males when it comes to any computer related issues beyond the simplest of problems. This may be due to cultural issues or perhaps due to genetics. Either way, most women are worse at computers than men are.



    SERIOUSLY.



    You think it *may* be due to genetics? Like, even a slight chance?
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  • Reply 32 of 117
    greeng4greeng4 Posts: 33member
    This can only mean one thing: G5 PowerBooks are just around the corner!
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  • Reply 33 of 117
    mstonemstone Posts: 11,510member
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    Wow, I did not know that. Talk about throwing my point out the window, stomping on it, and lighting it on fire.



    My original comment that spurred this tangent had nothing to do with intelligence. Just fashion. I answer to a woman at work who is not very technically proficient although after hanging around me all these years, she surprises me every now and then. But from a pure intellect perspective she is way quicker than I am. And she does have about a hundred pairs of shoes.
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  • Reply 34 of 117
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
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    SERIOUSLY.



    You think it *may* be due to genetics? Like, even a slight chance?



    I think that cultural issues make up probably 95%. Genetic issues might only account for a very small percentage, but there are slight differences between the male brain VS female brain and there are also hormonal issues involved.
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  • Reply 35 of 117
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
    WTF is with all these sexist and misogynistic comments?



    To quote the prophet Tupac:
    And since we all came from a woman.

    Got our name from a woman and our game from a woman.

    I wonder why we take from our women.

    Why we rape our women, do we hate our women?



    Quote:
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    If you waited 9 months for a white iPhone, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you...



    Yeah but it is white?
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  • Reply 36 of 117
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
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    I'm starting to believe this was all planned out long time ago. The white iPhone appears and will drive up sales for a quarter that is normally a bit weaker due to new product launches in June and July. Releasing the phone now with new promotion ie marketing etc positions it as new. Yields to more certainty that Apple truly is preparing for parity with I5 this fall with probably ALL cell companies including Sprint and Tmobile.



    I'm surprised at people's lack of reality that Apple will in fact move into those companies sooner than later. Clearly it will continue to expand market share and it's Verizon deal proved that.



    And people please stop the jaded opines here. Just because posters think they know how the public perceives things based on what's said here -- get clue. These forums are ripe with passion junkies who are some of the forward thinkers of consumerdome. There are still hundreds of millions of people who are just realizing the iPhones and iPads are hot items. So chill.



    White iphone hitting the market now ??? Smart move and totally planned. It all fits. Deal.



    really?
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  • Reply 37 of 117
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member
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    WTF is with all these sexist and misogynistic comments?



    To quote the prophet Tupac?



    Tupac is no prophet, he was a rapper. And it's pretty ironic to be quoting a rapper when you are complaining about supposedly sexist and misogynistic comments. Females are bitches to most in the hip hop world. On videos, their main job is to shake their fat booties and little else. Fags are also mentioned in some Tupac tracks, and I don't believe that he's referring to English cigarettes.
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  • Reply 38 of 117
    solipsismsolipsism Posts: 25,726member
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    I think that cultural issues make up probably 95%. Genetic issues might only account for a very small percentage, but there are slight differences between the male brain VS female brain and there are also hormonal issues involved.



    Don’t pretend to use science to hide behind your bigotry and hate.





    You sound a lot like Thomas Jefferson in your rationalization as to why your fellow human being is inferior to you by design.
    "Comparing them by their faculties of memory, reason, and imagination, it appears to me, that in memory they are equal to the whites; in reason much inferior, as I think one [black] could scarcely be found capable of tracing and comprehending the investigations of Euclid; and that in imagination they are dull, tasteless, and anomalous.
    He goes on to praise their musical talent, but not in poetry and math where they were inferior by design. That they were lazy. That they lacked logic skills and they smelled bad.



    Then there was the brilliant, young, female poet Phillis Wheatley. She was the first African American poet and the first African-American woman whose writings were published. Jefferson stated she wasn’t a poet at all, she just mimic the things she had already read simply because he couldn’t bring himself to believe this girl was capable of such things.



    You disgust me!
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  • Reply 39 of 117
    quadra 610quadra 610 Posts: 6,759member
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    Embarrassing? Try a fu**ing disaster.



    Except you can't actually tell by Apple's recent numbers. Apple makes a "disaster" look like a blowout success. Not enough consumers actually care about a white iPhone to make it actually matter.



    Further, we're talking about the colour of a phone here. Apple's "disaster" is a late-release of a phone in white? Wow. A lot of competitors would love that problem.
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  • Reply 40 of 117
    recrec Posts: 217member
    I have a case for my iphone4, but I hardly ever use it. I like the smallness, look and feel of the iphone4 too much to cover it up with a case. I baby it just enough that its still in near-mint condition. I feel like my 1st gen iphone was worse than the 4 at getting scratches and damage, but I didn't care there either, and its all scratched to hell (on the back, the front glass is still fine). I really wouldn't have it any other way, physical wear and tear on a cell phone is normal.
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