The livid iPhone 4 , it seems , ca n’t catch a severance . After a series of launch time lag pushed the ivory - color phone into the I’ll - believe - it - when - I - see - it realm formerly interest by the handiness of the Beatles on iTunes , Apple eventually shipped the white iPhone at the end of April . But that debut only top to a newcontroversyover the milky mobile’sgirth .
Sure , black is slimming , but if you believe some media reports , the black iPhone 4 model actuallyisthinner than its bleached brethren . These reports became so widespread that Consumer Reports was inspired to scald out its caliper and measure . The verdict?The white iPhoneisn’tthicker — at least according to the organization ’s comparability of a single snowy iPhone and a single black modelling .
Does this make me look fat(ter than you ) ?
Does this make me look fat(ter than you)?
Should the relative thickness of the bloodless iPhone really matter ? Only as it might regard adjuvant compatibility . Specifically , if the black and whitened iPhones do indeed differ in size , some form - fitting cases in the beginning designed for the mordant iPhone 4 might not equip the clean role model . So rather than buying an expensive set of caliper and measuring a couple iPhones — an experiment that really does n’t prove anything anyway , given the modest sample sizing — I went for the practical access : I test showcase . Alotof them .
Specifically , I sacrifice my fingerbreadth to taste a white iPhone 4 and two disastrous iPhone 4 model — all AT&T ( GSM ) versions — with55cases project and release before the white iPhone was uncommitted : 30 rigid plate , 12 silicone polymer “ skins , ” two bumper - trend rings , 2 leather flip / folio - manner cases , three utmost - condition case that completely enfold the telephone set , and six other sheath with diverge designs and special features . This sample distribution of case also represent all the major accessory vendors , as well as a number of smaller or lesser - have it off manufacturing business — it was a rather comprehensive mess of products .
The results ? Withmy specific test manikin — remember , there may be manufacturing variations that imply some phones , blank or black , are thicker or lean than others — the white-hot iPhone convulsion as expect in all but two grammatical case , and many case had enough “ squirm room ” that even an iPhone that was slimly thicker would have still fit comfortably .
Those two cases that did n’t correspond utterly ? When I try those models — Kee Utility ’s SliderandXcel Technologies ’ XcelCase — the fit was snug enough that it was unmanageable to get the telephone set in and out of the sheath . But … this overly stiff fit impress both the whiteandblack iPhone 4 samples .
In other words , even if we had a methodologically intelligent way of comparing the middling thicknesses of blanched and black-market interlingual rendition of the iPhone 4 , and we discovered that there are indeed small difference in heaviness between the coloring , it likely does n’t matter . Assuming my testing is roughly representative , the typical iPhone 4 fount will meet both colouring evenly well , and if a showcase is too plastered for the livid simulation , it ’s because it ’s an exceptionally tight font to begin with .
[ older editor Dan Frakes would opt to not see an iPhone case for a while . ]
