‘Leaking light around the edges’ the problem with the White iPhone 4

A new report suggests that the reason Apple is delaying White iPhone 4 devices is because the back light leaking from the edges of the glass. “Apparently, the back light from the iPhone display screen is leaking out around the edges of the glass and seeping through the back of the white phone, according to a person familiar with the manufacturing process. Skeptics scoffed, calling it a white lie invented to hide the fact that Apple was actually suspending production to make a significant internal fix to the ongoing antenna defect. And while that may still be the case, the light seepage presents a very specific problem to the white phone since it is far more transparent than black,” the report said.

Apple announced the delay of iPhone 4 devices back in June saying that “White models of Apple’s new iPhone 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July”. Then, in July, a second announcement came saying that White iPhone 4 devices will not be available until “later this year”.

Source: The Street