Gasp! White iPhone 4 is thicker

than black one

By Doug Gross, CNN

Tech blog and websites are talking about the white iPhone 4's

expanded girth compared to its black predecessor

So, what's the big deal? For most people, the answer is: "Nothing."(CNN) -- In

the tech world, a fraction of a millimeter is enough space to to start an iPhone

conversation.

A day after the long-awaited white iPhone 4 hit stores, Web chatter was focused

on the fact that it appears to be a shade thicker than the 10-month-old black

model. (Wired.com measures the differenceat a whopping 0.2 millimeters).

But for some current (or, now, former) black iPhone owners, some models of

tight-fitting, precision cases won't fit on their new phone. Relatively big cases

To many observers, this is just further evidence that no detail about Apple

gadgets is too trivial to go unreported.

(Add that to the ever-so-slightly different placement of the mute switch on the

Verizon iPhone and you're creating the need for a veritable cornucopia of

different iPhone cases. Sort of.)

The leading theory on the white phone's gain in girth is that extra coating

was needed to keep light out of the phone so the camera would work.

The aluminum antenna band around the phone's edge is no thicker than

the black iPhone's, just the painted glass casing.

Apple vice president Phil Schiller suggested as much, saying that the white

coloring interfered with the iPhone's proximity sensors.

Maybe this'll be a short-lived issue anyway. The next iPhone (either the

iPhone 5 or a permutation of the iPhone 4, similar to the 3GS) should

be out by the end of the year

(From CNN News)