As a generally happy Apple customer, I bought two 2G iPhones on the first day they hit the market (one for myself and one for my romantic partner at the time). When the 3G came out, I bought that model too. The first iPhone captivated the world because the interface was so well done, so snappy, so interactive; it was like nothing before it. Of course it was, it was an Apple product. That, right there, is why I buy Apple products. And I didn’t even mind that it was missing “copy and paste,” MMS, ringtones, etc — because I knew Apple would eventually get to these through software updates. And eventually they did. Unfortunately they kept coming out with new phones. With faster processors. And they wrote all their software updates for these phones, with little attention to deprecated models. I don’t really use third party software on my phones, I honestly don’t even use ringtones. I just use my phone for SMS, web, maps, and occasionally as an actual phone, so the 3G model was more than I ever needed. Except over time, it’s fulfilled my needs less and less. And it’s not because my needs have grown. It’s not because I’ve installed a bunch of laggy software. It’s because Apple’s firmware has become bloated, with respect to the processing power of the 3G iPhone. I just installed iOS 4 two weeks ago, and at this point, I’d be happy to roll back to the first firmware I ever had, just to have that original speed again; forget about the copy and paste, I don’t need it that badly. So …
by RobSoprano83, on July 29 2010 @ 7:24 pm
LOL, my 3G looks like this too. It was pretty sick in 2008, we’ll see how well the iphone 4 works on the new os in 2012.
by uBJtube, on July 29 2010 @ 7:45 pm
iOS4 truly worked a number on my iPhone. Common, Apple, give us the option to restore to the previous version OS. My phone officially sucks worse than the one seen in this parody.
by BusinessHelper, on July 29 2010 @ 8:23 pm
It’s the truth. I wish I never upgraded to iOS4 on my 3G! I may never buy another iPhone. Where’s the brick wall, because I’m ready to chuck mine.
by jmeager75, on July 29 2010 @ 8:55 pm
Truth. I bought an iPhone 4 after trying a 3G with IOS4. Funny, I bet they hope everyone will do the same hence why they let you upgrade.
by layzzzee8, on July 29 2010 @ 8:58 pm
Sucks for those people out there still running the 3G…
by brockstr, on July 29 2010 @ 9:24 pm
yes, the 3G is 2 year old technology but if iOS4 was not going to be able to run on that technology, why did Apple say it would run and allow you to download it? I’ve talked to 4 others with 3G phones (one an AT&T employee) and they all are having the same problem as the spoof above. how much testing did Apple do for the 3G’s before releasing this? fix it or give us an easy way to downgrade and be done with it.
by KBDooley, on July 29 2010 @ 10:23 pm
Not a parody at all. Truth.
by CapitanBasket, on July 29 2010 @ 11:05 pm
This is happening on my iPod Touch 2G, it sucks horribly, I regret updating to iOS 4 it’s just horrible, to open an app it takes forever, and to close it same thing, I turned off the spotlight stuff.. still not as snappy as previous versions..
by adrenth, on July 29 2010 @ 11:57 pm
Whouahahaha, great but soooo true!
by NEEDCARS, on July 30 2010 @ 12:10 am
@blackjack39 well go back to 3.1
by 1958lespaul1, on July 30 2010 @ 12:49 am
Lol that is hilarious. Good work. iOS4 obliterated the battery on my 2 year old 3G… good thing I got the 4 at launch
by blackjack39, on July 30 2010 @ 1:47 am
@NEEDCARS I expected apple didn’t fuck up my working Iphone. Now i can’t even answer my calls, because the damn phone lags too much.
by jdwarrick, on July 30 2010 @ 2:27 am
HILARIOUS!!!! Well done! Have shared it with my FB friends.
by dudumartinsrs, on July 30 2010 @ 2:37 am
This is MY iPhone 3G!!!!!!
by NEEDCARS, on July 30 2010 @ 3:16 am
OMFG, guys what did you expect? This is a 2 year old device! Technology is moving foward, and you guys are standing still bitching about a 2 year old device lagging.
Come on!
by xavierid, on July 30 2010 @ 3:59 am
Nokia N900 and now The N8!!
Iphones are toys
by alchemistmuffin, on July 30 2010 @ 4:31 am
Remember, the commercial had sequenced shortened.
But iOS 4.0 on 3G, is so slow that it is unacceptable. As a developer, I had the chance run 4.0 on 3G before it came out, and I had no problem, until the GM version was installed, then it slowed down dramatically.
by QuitaPay, on July 30 2010 @ 4:59 am
That was HILARIOUS!!!! Thankfully, my phone isn’t that bad, but I was cracking up nonetheless!!!!!
by MisterBennigan, on July 30 2010 @ 5:04 am
HAHAHAHAHA! Glad I don’t have the 3G anymore.
by 32479612391, on July 30 2010 @ 5:45 am
dude everything in the video i have the same problem with
by tbanucci, on July 30 2010 @ 6:39 am
Holy crap, this is so right on! Great job with the music, dude!
by bryandamadman, on July 30 2010 @ 7:35 am
@larsduborg Ooh look it’s a fag mother joke…keep on trying dumbass.
by coryatjohn, on July 30 2010 @ 8:19 am
Guess you should get an Android…
by rdunseith76, on July 30 2010 @ 9:01 am
Disable spotlight and your problems will be solved
by petooo, on July 30 2010 @ 9:55 am
@DeltaSVO
Sorry forgot to mention that friend’s phone is 3GS. And yea, you are right on 3G it is different issue.