According to Steve help is on the way for those unhappy iPhone3G users. Though somewhat forgotten in the antenna fiasco, you may remember reports of performance issues with 3G iPhones running iOS 4.
3G users don't get to enjoy all of the features of the iOS 4 update and when they try to use iOS 4, it slows down the handset dramatically.
A disgruntled customer emailed Apple saying: "I've waited patiently through 4.0.1 and 4.0.2, looking for a fix that will make my phone work again. I've read the forums that advise me to jailbreak my phone or use some other method so I can downgrade back to a version of iPhone 3, however I'm not prepared to use a method that is not supported by Apple."
This guy is not alone, though Jail-breaking is legal now and may be a solution to some iPhone issues, there are those who are (and quite rightly so) not prepared to use something which may brick their phone or void their warranty. Besides why should they have to go else where? It's up to Apple to fix errors in their products.
Jobs' response to the email was short and sweet;"software update coming soon". (I.e. the newest update to iOS 4 which is currently in development.)
iPhone 3G users will be glad to see Apple are not ignoring the issue and hopefully they'll see the update sooner rather than later.
Source: Zath