Waiting For That White iPhone 4? Keep Waiting.

Not sure whether Moby Dick or Godot is the proper reference at this point: Apple’s white iPhone 4, which has been causing Apple no end of problems, continues to do so.

In June, the company said it was having problems manufacturing the devices (as opposed to the black models, which it was simply unable to produce in enough volume to satisfy demand), but that they’d be available in July. And Steve Jobs reiterated that time frame at his July 16 Antennagate news conference.

Not true, it turns out. Here’s Apple’s (AAPL) newest statement: “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. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected.”