Apple's mysterious difficulty in making a white iPhone may be over if a message from the company's Official Holder of Long Job Titles, Philip Schiller is to be believed.

Apple's Senior Vice President of Worldwide Product Marketing sent out a message on Twitter, saying that "The white iPhone will be available this spring (and it is a beauty!)".

Although he offered no more details, his message does seem to confirm recent reports that the ongoing difficulties with white paint are finally being overcome, cellular-news reports.

More significantly, if the company is releasing a white iPhone within the next few weeks, then the launch of the iPhone 5 is almost certainly to be much later this year.