Animationen när ikonerna åker in på skärmen blev inte snygg nog är det enkla svaret. En av Gizmodos läsare, Erica, skickade ett mail i Steve Jobs och frågade varför hennes iPhone 3G inte fick den funktionen.

Hey Steve! I just upgraded my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 and was really looking forward to setting a background on my home screen. Guess that’s not happening, but I’d like to know why.

See, I get why you don’t include multitasking. My iPhone gets pretty hot when certain apps run, couldn’t imagine how multitasking would fry my phone.

But the background thing, I don’t see how that would be memory intensive and/or battery draining. It doesn’t seem like that feature needs to be exclusive to the 3GS and 4G.

I hope this email finds you in good health.
Erica

Steve Jobs svar var kort och gott:

The icon animation with backgrounds didn’t perform well enough.

Via: Gizmodo