Apple’s iPhone 3G has been wowing audiences everywhere, with its MP3 player functionality, Internet browsing options, games player prowess and general do everything nature. However the iPhone 3G has fallen foul of Advertising watchdog ASA. They received a total of seventeen complaints over the TV advert for the iPhone 3G, all protesting that Apple had somewhat exaggerated their claims about the speed of the iPhone’s Internet connectivity.

As a result, the TV advert for the iPhone 3G has been banned.

The TV ad for Apple’s phone showed the iPhone downloading a file in a matter of seconds, and browsing from page to page online in moments. The speed shown in the advert was ‘exaggerated’ as the iPhone 3G isn’t that fast at all. Apple claim the advert wasn’t supposed to show the iPhone 3G in reality, was just supposed to compare the phone to the first release. Apple say that users should easily realise that Internet speeds would vary for everyone.

ASA disagree however, and the ad has been banned from our TV screens. The voiceover for the ad that claims the iPhone 3G was “really fast” has been deemed to be misleading.