After a 10-month wait, whispers of the debut of the fabled white version of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone 4 are back and circling the Web. According to Bloomberg, three sources with “knowledge of the plan” said that the vanilla counterpart of the standard black iPhone 4 should emerge in the next few weeks and possibly by the end of April.
Sources in the story claim that the new model will be available at both AT&T Mobility (T) and Verizon Wireless (VZ) stores. After the launch of the iPhone 4 in June, Apple confirmed a delay concerning the white version of the model, citing unspecified manufacturing problems. Sources in the Bloomberg piece attributed the delay to paint that peeled when heat was applied to the device and complications with a sensor.
Apple’s Philip Schiller wrote a tweet in March that the white iPhone “will be available this spring,” adding in parentheses, “and it is a beauty!”
Whatever the reason, white continues as a popular color for Apple since the launch of the company’s first iPod in 2001, The iPhone 3GS is still offered in white along with its tablet counterpart, the iPad 2.
Bloomberg’s sources also says that there will not be a new iPhone announcement this June, as was standard in previous years, but that Apple will reportedly reveal new iPhone details in September.
