Found Footage: Misleading iPhone ads?

No way these new 3G iPhone commercials are accurate. it takes at least a minute for my 16gig 3G to locate me on google maps.

Even switching between apps takes longer then the commercials. I love my phone and I understand the limitations you have to put up with to get all these features.

Apple is way off base if they think the features on this phone work that fast. Wifi or 3G, neither work this fast.

It is representative advertising... if Apple had put "real world speeds as shown" at the bottom of the Ad they would be misleading you.

If Apple had used Real World speeds in their ad it would have been a TV show, not a commercial.

Yes ad's can (and are) misleading -- this ad is designed to show how fast everything is over the old phone.

That said I had a N73 before this on the 3 network here in the UK and I am experiencing much slower speeds with my iPhone 3G on 02 and much less coverage - not particularly happy to be honest.

I'm tired of waiting on backups. Show me THAT commercial!

got an 3g iphone on monday. When I have full strength the waiting isn't bad.

Considering having internet access pretty much anywhere I go, I have to say that this video is being a bit too picky.

Still, battery life is ass.

They really shouldn't make claims in absolute terms, impossible to uphold in the real world. Sell it the way we buy it: 'The Apple iPhone 3G: It's cool, it's slick, it does cool stuff. Buy it.' They might actually sell MORE.

"Is this false advertising on Apple's part, or should everyone just know that TV ads are always unrealistic?"

Yes and yes.

Both are lame and shouldn't be tolerated. But we'd rather be cynical than raise a big stink about how advertisers treat us like morons and corporations don't feel that they have to deliver on their promises.

Oh yeah and I keep my 3G off all the time and seem to get better reception (not faster, of course). I'll be standing on a subway platform here in NYC and get four bars but no service with 3G on. It really is time for NYC to install cell towers in their subway tunnels. Do that and I won't mind the price-hike they're pushing for.

I think marketing with and trying to claim 3G as an Apple invention is a huge mistake. I think the more Apple grows the dumber they become. Soon they will have that monopoly on stupid that the dark side had.

False advertising...sue them!!!

I Laughed when I saw the add on the TV for the first time. Yeah right its really that fast. Now if this was iPhone 2g and they were just showing UI speed I would say that's close. But iPhone 3g's 2.01 is still slower than 1.4. Ugh makes me sad, 1.4 was Rock solid and I used to love showing off the phone but now I'm worried if the dam thing will even work when I trying to show what the phone can do. Apple come on you made the iPhone awesome once you can do it again!