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You can buy an iPhone 3G today from Apple that does not support all the features in OS 4 that comes out next month.

"iPhone OS 4 will work with iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, and the second- and third-generation iPod touch this summer, and with iPad in the fall. Not all features are compatible with all devices."

Also, if the new iPhone does have a higher-rez screen, there is going to be even more fragmentation.

Not that this is awful or the end of the world, but Apple isn't magically exempt from these things.



But realistically it's much less of a problem in that ecosystem. And if you write for the 3G, it will work on the OS 4 devices. It's only an issue if your app needs the bleeding edge features or speed/mem.




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