iOS4.3 for iPhone 3G

Apple was wrong in not allowing the IOS update iPhone 3G to version 4.3 and later, thus exposing the "vulnerabilities have already been disclosed and to come" to a large number of users worldwide of this model, launched in 2008 and sold until 2010. This decision leads us to think whether to actually buy the iPhone 4 (as long asthere is stock) with the risk of being left out of the life cycle of the device or migrate to another smartphone with Android operating system as widespread and with a great future. Competitors (HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc.) are holding a "big advantage" of Apple's error in leaving unsatisfied and vulnerable to all users of the iPhone 3G.

Apple finally caught onto the fact that OS4 doesn't work very well at all on a 3G. of course, it took them this long to finally admit that to themselves, and many people with 3G phones currently have bricks. The 3G phone should be running the OS3 software. that's what it can handle. the software needs to move forward and leave the 3G behind. It simply can not handle OS4.

Apple is really throwing the user base under the bus releasing hardware and software as quickly as they have, in an attempt to create a univeral OS that works on too many devices. The needs of the ipad, and iphone, and ipod are very very different. There is too much developmeny blur in these camps, and the lower end devices will severly suffer. To add insult to injury, Apple has yet to release a phone that supports a 4G network, which is truly needed to properly utilize many of the features we pay outrageous data plan fees for.

Whilst I cannot dispute the age of the Design of the iPhone 3G, it was on sale as part of the current product line up until the launch of the iPhone4. My wife has an iPhone 3G which was purchased 13 months ago. There are still people out there with iPhone 3G's which are less than a year old, so come on Apple step up to the mark, and issue a bug fix / security patch for the iPhone 3G, certainly until the last iphone 3G reaches 24months old.

On most of the phones android is on, especially the sprint phones, it is almost impossible to upgrade the os that comes with the phone. I know because my daughters have android phones and they are stuck at whatever version they have. No easy way to upgrade android since it has to be coded to each specific phone and each manufacturer has to compile a new version for each phone they have out. They also don't want you to upgrade your software either because their cycle is much faster than apple. Seems like a new android phone comes out every month.

raoulec wrote:

Apple was wrong in not allowing the IOS update iPhone 3G to version 4.3 and later, thus exposing the "vulnerabilities have already been disclosed and to come" to a large number of users worldwide of this model, launched in 2008 and sold until 2010. This decision leads us to think whether to actually buy the iPhone 4 (as long asthere is stock) with the risk of being left out of the life cycle of the device or migrate to another smartphone with Android operating system as widespread and with a great future. Competitors (HTC, Samsung, Motorola, etc.) are holding a "big advantage" of Apple's error in leaving unsatisfied and vulnerable to all users of the iPhone 3G.

People like you make me laugh because I see all kinds of android users unhappy with their battery life and the fact that they can't update their os's like apple can. The 3G is almost 3 years old now and for tech that is ancient. I would love to see you get an android phone that old updated to their latest os. Won't happen.

deggie wrote:

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.

Also just because google issues and update doesn't mean you can just go out and apply it to your handset. Each handset maker has to compile it to their specific phones which I have seen doesn't happen hardly at all.

Hoggle wrote:

Whilst I cannot dispute the age of the Design of the iPhone 3G, it was on sale as part of the current product line up until the launch of the iPhone4. My wife has an iPhone 3G which was purchased 13 months ago. There are still people out there with iPhone 3G's which are less than a year old, so come on Apple step up to the mark, and issue a bug fix / security patch for the iPhone 3G, certainly until the last iphone 3G reaches 24months old.

What security holes are in the 3G? I don't think there are any security holes and if so they have been fixed.

Dear KC7GNM, please inform yourself before you say and carefully read the information provided inthe following topic discussions and see that it is a matter to laugh at anyone:

https://discussions.apple.com//thread/2816573?threadID=2816573&tstart=0

Best regards.

Raoulec. You didn't prove anything with that thread. Everyone there said the same exact thing I said.

Dear KC7GNM, apparently you do not understand the seriousness of the problem of security of users of the iPhone 3G. Please read carefully the link here and the evidence supplied.

There are a lot of iPhone 3G users distributed worldwide. Do you know what that means? ...

His contribution to the problem is very radical and does not provide solutions. Anyway, thank you very much for your opinion.

Best regards.

You are like talking to a brick wall. Please tell us what security problems the 3G has? What about the original iPhone? They stopped supporting that one at 3.1.3 I believe. The point is you are wrong and the 3G is old hardware. Apple is the only company I know of that supports their phones for so long. I guess you are just addicted to upgrades and expect them to be there always. Microsoft doesn't support XP anymore either so are you gonna complain to them too? If you want more upgrades then buy a new phone. Be grateful they give you the updates for free.

I'm sorry, but I'm reading some of these posts and it's ridiculous. I am not an Apple hater, however, I'm also not a blind follower from generation y.

People were sold the 3G phone in retail stores by ATT&T and Apple less than 1 year ago. If it's an inferior product that will knowingly not support the operating system, then it's criminal on the part of both of these companies to even sell the phone, let alone for ATT&T to lock people into contracts with it.

Ths bottomline, corporate greed mandates that every consumable product sold these days needs to be disposable. Nothing seems to be made to last, and everything is made to be obsolete from the day you own it. It's incredible how the younger generation, that has grown up with this mentality, just has no clue why there's something wrong with that.

The problem with the OS started around the same time the iPad emerged, and 4.0. Clearly the hardware requirements of that device is considerably different then what a dedicated first generation 3g phone can handle. The code used to create it, though different, is not THAT different. The devices needs to be more powerful in order to run the OS. It's really that simple.

I believe that ATt&T should offer paid upgrades to all 3g phone users regardless of contract expiration to make this in the ball park of right. But, everyone will be better off either waiting until the new iphone release comes, making the 3gs obsolete as well, or just jump to the Droid and Verizon 4G network as many people that I know of have done.

Dear KC7GNM,
With all due respect, please check before you comment on a subject that obviously you do not know. These are the security issues that were not corrected in the iPhone 3G because you can not upgrade your iOS:

- About the security content of iOS 4.3 ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564 )

- About the security content of iOS 4.3.2 Software Update ( http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4606 )

Also, please read carefully the following: (http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/03/10/update-your-apple-devices-to-ios-4-3- or-risk-malicious-code-attacks/ )
To his knowledge, the product life cycle of Microsoft Windows XP Professional with security updates and bug fixes ends on 4/8/2014: ( http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/?p1=3223 )

If the 3G iPhone has a hardware obsolete as you say, why then sold it to 2010?. In addition, you should be aware that there are a lot of iPhone 3G users worldwide. Even so, do you think it is obsolete?. Please carefully read the following analysis: ( http://www.onlinemarketing-trends.com/2011/01/iphone-product-lifecycle-infograph ics.html )

Do you know which is really the product life cycle of the iPhone 3G? Where is this information on the Apple website? Please let me know if you know it ...
Thank you very much for your kind attention and I cordially greet you with respect.