The Ford Model T was introduced in 1908, and by 1918, half of all of the cars sold in America were Model T's. As Henry Ford wrote in his biography: "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." The quote was a bit of an exaggeration because in some years the Model T was offered in other colors, but for the most part, Model T's were black. Apparently, the same is true of the iPhone 4.
When the iPhone 4 was introduced on June 7, Apple announced that, just like the iPhone 3GS, it would be available in black or white. The black models were available on June 24, and the white models were supposed to be available in July. Then in late July, Apple announced: "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." Yesterday, Apple announced another delay to Reuters, stating that the white iPhone 4 will not be available until Spring of 2011. Apple spokesman Trudy Muller told Reuters: "We're sorry to disappoint customers waiting for the white iPhone again."
Even though Apple has been unable to produce a white model in sufficient quantities to sell them to the general public, and even though Apple suffered through bad publicity for the iPhone 4 antenna, iPhone 4 sales have been spectacular as demonstrated by the sales figures Apple announced last week. But I know that there have been a few people waiting for a white iPhone 4, and in light of this latest announcement, the time has definitely come to either get a black iPhone 4 now, or decide to wait until 2011. And I suppose that anyone waiting until Spring of 2011 will seriously consider just waiting until Summer of 2011 to get next year's new iPhone model.