iOS4.3 for iPhone 3G

iOS 4.3 will not be available for iPhone 3G. Just 3Gs and iPhone 4

Those links appear to be in error. iOS 4.3 is compatible worth iPhone4, iPhone 3GS, iPod Touch 3 and iPad 1 and 2.

It is specifically not compatible with the iPhone 3G.

Sorry. It would be worth contacting Apple in Scandinavia to ask them if there's something different going on

RunarJP wrote:

Here are the links where you can read it:
http://www.apple.com/no/iphone/
http://www.apple.com/dk/iphone/
http://www.apple.com/se/iphone/

I followed the links, but at the above pages, I cannot see anything about the statement you talking about. If you navigate the sites above and go to the pages where iOS4.3 is presented, there is clearly written the update is for the above mentioned devices.

[One example.|http://www.apple.com/dk/ios>

It means the iPhone 3G, iPod 2nd generation, and older models are officially left out.

I bought my iPhone3G less than 2 years ago (bought in April 2009). To hear that Apple is leaving it out in the cold would be disappointing. Does Apple expect people to upgrade their phone every year or be left out?

I hope not supporting is a mistake, and 4.3.1 will show up shortly that suppports iPhone3G also.

I would not wait for 4.3.1 to appear for your iPhone 3G.

The only other possibility of an upgrade for you would be something like 4.2.2 for bugs or security fixes.

Leaving it out in the cold? Such drama.

IMO, it was a mistake to provide iOS4.0 for the iPhone 3G to begin with. Multi-tasking with 3rd party apps is not supported along with a few other features that are supported with the 3GS and iPhone 4 with iOS4. The iPhone 3G has the same processor and RAM as the original iPhone. It doesn't have enough processor and RAM punch for iOS4, which has caused problems for some 3G owners with many ranting and whining about it here. Two years is a long time in the computer industry and especially in the cell phone industry - at least after Apple entered the market. Prior to that we pretty much saw the same old thing for the most part but there were new cell phone models released on a yearly basis with no updates provided for those phones.

If the 3G is not supported with 4.3 now, it won't be supported later. And the features you are probably interested in that are included with 4.3 for the iPhone 4 would not be compatible with the 3G anyway.

The iPhone 3G was released in the summer of 2008, which included iOS 2.0. The iPhone 3G was included with all iOS 2.0 updates, iOS 3.0 and all updates, and iOS 4.0 with limited features compared to 4.0 with the 3GS and iPhone 4 along with all 4.0 updates until 4.3.

Being left out in the cold? Not hardly, but hardware limitations will prevent a device from being included with a firmware update eventually, and the same with computers with major OS updates or upgrades. I venture to say the overwhelming majority of people get a new cell phone every two years or so.

Apple should do what a real company would do... suck it up, release the best of version 3 again and make the 3G users happy again.

Rather, they brick the phone with iOS4, kill the bluetooth with iOS4.2, and then end support.

And they wonder why Android is coming on so strong?

Android is coming on so strong because it is on dozens of different phones on all carriers and because it is a pretty good OS (and also Unix based). It also appeals to people who want much more control over the appearance and operation of their phones than Apple allows.

The down side is if you really want to see limited upgrading and older model phones being left out in the cold, look no further than Android.

Not to mention this in regards to the Android platform.

http://macdailynews.com/2011/03/03/android-hit-by-rogue-app-viruses/

And marketplace fragmentation at its finest.

Interesting how all the replies to my comment come from iPhone4 users...

Also, there is an apparent argument in your reply, deggie:
"It also appeals to people who want much more control over the appearance and operation of their phones than Apple allows.
The down side is if you really want to see limited upgrading and older model phones being left out in the cold, look no further than Android."

Isn't Android open-source, making it more likely for updates that people want rather than what the company determines? I have loved my 3G, and would buy it again, had iOS4 not essentially bricked it, then to have the empty promises of 4.1 fixing the sluggishness, and the 4.2 bluetooth problems...

It seems to me that Apple is too focused on releasing new iPads and iPhones that they're losing track of what's important: retaining customers WHILE attracting new ones.

No, Android is not open-source, it is from Google and solely controlled by them. Updates, if your phone can handle them, are released through Google, when they are available, which apparently has not been very often. Both Android and iOS4 are Unix-based.

I saw the statements you referred to and, as I said in my earlier post, it seems they were in error. If they're not visible now, it suggests the error has been rectified

Android has many advantages, of which the possibility of user customisation is one.

However, you should remember that the *handset makers* control what version of Android you have, what upgrades you get, and what additional extra software (good or bad) you have to use.

You can get round all that with the equivalent of j**breaking, but then your in the same position as an iPhone user - unsupported and at risk