I'm wouldn't be so sure of Apple's phone pipeline... The iPhone4 is still high spec and without much competition. Why not sell as many as possible then drop the next one at a better time?

They discontinued the iPod Mini when it was the highest selling music player in the world. I don't think they let sales stop them from replacing a product.

What do you mean? How can Apple release the next one when they haven't even released the white one yet?

I think it's very unlikely that there will ever be a white version of the iphone 4, anyway.

At least not with a glass case from what I read. Apparently it was difficult to make the white case opaque.

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/white-iphone-4s-biggest-...

That's really unfortunate. I love the aesthetics of the white 3GS and was looking forward to a white iPhone 4.

It makes one wonder whether they'll stick with the existing once-a-year update schedule. Or, even if they do, maybe the next upgrade will be like the 3G->3GS jump or even less... maybe just double the storage across the line? I don't imagine they'll change the body style significantly for a while yet.