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If you’ve been waiting patiently for a white iPhone 4, bad news: Apple won’t be shipping them until "later this year" due to delays in the manufacturing process. Meanwhile, a display maker for the iPad warns that it can’t fill orders for the tablet’s 9.7-inch screens fast enough to meet demand.

Apple released a statement early Friday saying that the white version of the iPhone 4, which has yet to go on sale, has been "more challenging to manufacture than we originally expected."

The news comes just a week after Apple’s "Antennagate" press briefing, during which CEO Steve Jobs promised that the already-delayed white iPhone would go on sale by the end of the month.

So, what’s the holdup? Apple didn’t supply any specifics in its statement Friday, but Engadget reported this week (via Chinese newspaper 21st Century Business Herald) that the company involved in manufacturing glass for the iPhone’s signature shell is "still working out the perfect combination of paint thickness and opacity" to achieve Apple’s trademark "absolute whiteness."

The black iPhone 4 is unaffected by the white version’s manufacturing speed bumps, Apple says. (Still, would-be customers face a three-week wait on Apple’s online store.)

And then there's the iPad. LG Displays in South Korea might not be able to meet Apple's demand for screens until next spring,Abercrombie bags, Electronista reports. But Samsung, the world’s largest LCD manufacturer,The North Face, may be taking up some of the slack, Electronica adds.

The iPad isn’t quite as tough for consumers to snag as the iPhone, but it’s a hot ticket nonetheless. Apple's online store shows seven- to 10-day waiting periods for the 3G and Wi-Fi iPad models. Brick-and-mortar Apple stores have been resorting to (lengthy) waiting lists.

Apple execs admitted during the company’s earnings call Tuesday that it’s still having trouble keeping up with demand for the iPad. Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook told  analysts that Apple is selling both the iPad and the iPhone "as fast as we can make them."

Cook also swore up and down that Apple’s iPhone and iPad supply problems are genuine and that Apple does "not purposely create a shortage for buzz."

• PR Newswire: Statement by Apple on white iPhone 4
• Electronista: LG Display can't keep up with iPad orders

— Ben Patterson is a technology writer for Yahoo! News.

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