White iPhone 4 in Time for Christmas?

As hopes of a July release melt away like an ice cube in Cupertino, snow may well be falling by the time any of us can get our hands on Apple's white iPhone 4.

Initially scheduled to launch in the US at the end of July, Apple has now released a press statement outlining that 'white models of Apple's new iPhone 4 have continued to be more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected, and as a result they will not be available until later this year.' Bummer!

As the iPhone 4 continues to make the headlines for all the wrong reasons, this new setback will almost certainly lead to a whole new round of gratuitous Apple-bashing. Don't say you haven't been warned ...

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