Confirmig reports and analysts’ studies, Orange, iPhone’s carrier in France has admitted that they have limited the speed for the iPhone 3G. They have reported that they have limited the speed for this 3rd generation phone to 384kbps while theoratically the iPhone is capable of reaching speeds of 700Kbps to 1.7 Mbps.

Not just the iPhone, every 3G device comes under this limit. (See here the story regarding same problems with the BlackBerry Bold ). However, come September, things might change for the better with Orange promising 1 Mb speed for the iPhone 3G latest by September 13th.