White iPhone 4 Coming Today

An anonymous reader writes "Initially, the white iPhone 4 will be available in 28 countries including the US, UK, Australia, China, Japan, and Italy. It will be available for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 16GB model and $299 (US) for the 32GB model with a new two year agreement through the Apple Store, AT&T and Verizon Wireless stores (as rumored earlier) and select Apple Authorized Resellers."

Really?

[Slash.Poop]

Is this what /. has come to? A story about a different color being available for an Apple product?

Frontpage of /.?

[Anonymous Coward]

A nearly one year old device gets a new plastic shell?

There's a reason why this is considered important.

[Scholasticus]

This is news because a lot of people pay attention to every tiny little thing Apple does, and so they want to know about it. The objective importance of this is about the same as potato chips in a new flavor, or a new McSomething at McDonalds. That there's so much hype about those things because the companies involved market the hype. What's not news is that Apple is doing the same thing that every other company that sells products to consumers does, i.e. gets people to believe that unimportant things are important.

Re:Frontpage of /.?

[jonr]

That sums it up nicely. A phone gets a new plastic shell. Now excuse me while I check the prices on Samsung Galaxy S II dual core phone...

Re:Frontpage of /.?

[Anonymous Coward]

Like it or not, it's news. The white iPhone 4 has been an ongoing problem for Apple, and it's been delayed and pushed back because of manufacturing and design problems pretty much since release. It's the phone equivalent of vaporware actually getting released.

Re:White

[Bing Tsher E]

Can we just throw the fucking thing into Mount Doom, now, please?