http://paidcontent.org/article/419-j...e-over-ibrick/
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Bianca Wofford of San Diego sued Apple last year after downloading the company’s iOS 4 operating system to her iPhone. She claimed that this software upgrade was actually a “downgrade” for her and others using the company’s older model 3G phone. In a colorful complaint, she accused Apple of deliberately turning consumers’ 3G iPhones into slow-running “iBricks” in order to induce them to buy the newer iPhone 4.
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Lawsuit aside, the reality was, at least from my experience, that the original iOS 4 "upgrade" made the iPhone 3G almost unusable-slower, prone to crashing, and with serious issues with the camera/photo library. One could argue that Apple didn't have a responsibility to offer an upgrade at all to a 2 year old phone, but once they did, they should have made sure it worked before releasing it.