how do you update iphone 3g to ios 5?

Andrew1935 wrote:

but i have an iphone 3g with ios 4.3.... :s

No. You don't. Not unless you jailbroke it.

I also have a 3g one and now I can't get new things on it. I think iphone is a rip off, how can something that works just fine not get anything new and fun. It just isn't fair! 😟

Life isn't fair. Deal with it.

The iPhone 3G was discontinued almost 3 years ago.

why you are impolite KiltedTim ??

The iPhone 3G is long ago obsolete. All manufacturers eventually stop supporting old hardware, not just Apple. At this point you are free to do with your iPhone 3G whatever you wish. If you are convinced that it is capable of more, there is a world of opportunity that you can explore. It's your phone. It's out of warranty. Go have fun. The only thing holding you back at this point is possibly your own technical expertise.

Yes, no need to be impolite.

It is obvious that iphone wants people to spend more and more money on a new product and that I find unfair, it is expensive and a waste to always be buying new stuff. Old things should work for longer! So that we won't waste money and polute our planet.

I don't think I'd want to buy an iphone again if an iphone 5 that is now on the market gets obsolete in two or three years, what point is that?

I hope more agree with me.

Salsa wrote:

I don't think I'd want to buy an iphone again if an iphone 5 that is now on the market gets obsolete in two or three years, what point is that?

You'd be hard pressed to find any smart phone that still supports the latest and greatest updates after three years. The pace of technological change is rapid. "Fair" is irrelevant in this context.

However, an iPhone 3G will stil make and receive calls, sendt text messages, access the web.

I wonder why all manufacturers stop supporting old hardware? To make more money, sell more?

Yes I do realize it is obsolete, but expensive thing should not run out of time so quick. I don't think my iphone is capable of anything interesting anymore, so the fun part is problably not that easy.

Salsa wrote:

I wonder why all manufacturers stop supporting old hardware? To make more money, sell more?

Technology improves, processors become more powerful. Software designed to run on the newer hardware simply won't run on older hardware. And no, it's not cost effective for a company to continue to support legacy hardware. And, yes, companies like Apple are for profit companies.

As my iphone 3g is so obsolete and boring. Allowing me only to have few older apps and phoning and smsing, I really should get a new phone.

Any recomendation?

Salsa wrote:

As my iphone 3g is so obsolete and boring. Allowing me only to have few older apps and phoning and smsing, I really should get a new phone.

If you want entertainment, I'd go with a Playstation Vita.