I sat down at 8 PM this evening with the goal of updating to iOS 4 on my iPhone 3GS. How hard could it be? Well, first I had to upgrade iTunes to version 9.2 which took a ridiculous amount of time to download (92 MB in close to 30 minutes - Apple must have been getting slammed). Once installed, it took about 15 minutes to backup the iPhone and another 30 minutes to download and install the update. Add up all the time and I was up and running on iOS 4 in ~1 hour 15 minutes.
By 9:20 PM I was oohing so much that my wife asked me to update her iPhone 3G and I agreed to do so…
BIG MISTAKE
Once again, I had to update her laptop’s iTunes which, once again, took FOREVER but this time it took an extra 30 minutes on top of the original 30 minutes (like I said earlier, Apple must have been getting slammed). Once installed, it took 40 minutes to backup the iPhone, 20 minutes to install the OS upgrade, and a series of backup restores which took a total of 40 minutes. Add it all up and it took 2.5 hours to complete the upgrade or twice as long to update the 3G as opposed to the 3GS.
Any 3GS or 3G owners out there that had a similar experience? Better? Worse?