Are you waiting for the white iPhone 4? Apple had announced last month that the company has been forced to postpone the launch of the model to the second half of July due to challenges in the manufacturing process.
However, if you are someone who cannot wait until then to get the white iPhone 4, here is a workaround.
WhiteiPhone4Now is a new website that offers users who have just bought a black iPhone 4, a DIY kit that will help them transform it into a white iPhone 4.
For $229, iPhone 4 owners get white colored components such as iPhone's front panel, back cover, home button, digitizer (for touch function) and front panel support frame. The DIY kit also include an iPhone 4 retina display.
Since this is a DIY kit, users will be required to independently disassemble their iPhone 4 and rebuild it with the new components, this alternative may not be for everyone. This is a risky procedure since it may not only void your iPhone 4 warranty but might also potentially render your iPhone dysfunctional. However, the website claims that users can get the entire replacement process done by experts at BrokeMyiPhone.com at a cost of $54 + shipping.
There are a few caveats to note though. WhiteiPhone4Now points out that the reassembled white iPhone 4 will not include few parts from the original iPhone including the front earpiece grill, back cover's lens cover and LED diffuser. The website however confirms that the iPhone shall be completely functional even without these parts.
We wonder if users will go through all this trouble to get a white iPhone 4. Are you waiting for the white iPhone 4? Are you interested in this DIY kit? Tell us in the comments.
[WhiteiPhone4Now via TechCrunch]
Waste…
A stupidly expensive way to void you warranty….
Waste of a post, pointless!
Waste! I didn't even pay $229 for my iPhone 4. Why would I pay more for just white panels.
I say, what a rip off.
LMAO let me spend $229 to possibly fu**k up my perfectly put together IP4 and void my warranty to make it a white one, which is coming out later this month or next. It gets better!! You can send it in and have it put together for and extra $70 (if you include shipping) by a "professional" SMH…. Definitely a waste but nice try
pointless!!!
I agree, but good find.
how do you agree its a pointless waste yet comment good find?
Money hungry bastards trying to rip people off. Why not just get a white case.
Whats the point, when you can just get wait and get a orgininal iphone 4 in white.
But not a bad effort to make some money
lol
Only a moron would do this!!!!
Dumb stoner must of come up with this idea
a bucket of white paint is only $15 at the local hardware store, it will make your phone white too. or enough whiteout will also cover it from the office supply store for about the same amount of cash…
I want to swap the back on my iPhone 4 for a white one but this is a retarded price and it doesn't even come with camera lens or LED diffuser??? WTF Mate…
For that price you might as well buy another iPhone. And I still don't get what's so hard to manufacture a white iPhone 4. How they did not foresee a "longer production time?" If they have limited supply for the white one when it launches they you know something is up even though it's already suspicious now.
$229 dollars,thats bullshitz..
if they make it other colors like red, green, blue purple orange etc etc. then its something different, but they makes it white which apple gonna release soon, what's the point? instead of making diff color with Made in China Parts, and lower the price slightly for the mass market and be different from apple, they did what apple had already done only waiting for release, which makes them DUMB, IDIOT and pointless in a business point of view..
Dumb idea if clear then maybe people buy it but in white fuck that
..this is a joke right?
Does it come in brushed copper?
Or British Racing Green?
From the years selling cell phones, I can tell you that ANY aftermarket crap is just bad news! Cool Idea though for those that $ in expendable and want to paris hilton up their new investment ( that btw, when they f it up and have to replace it will see the downside)! But lets give it up for iPhonehacks for keeping the lates news on iPhone stuff posted! Keep up the great work guys
a sucker is born every minute and these guys are banking on that!
Does anybody like this idea?! anybody? please, dont be afraid, just tell us you spend $ 600 in your new iphone and 350 more to turn it white. Does it fells good?
well something is better than nothing..
The white iPhone 4 is out now! do NOT do this crap!