Apple’s iPhone 3G has not been doing that well and customers everywhere have been complaining about network related problems. The company had chosen not to address the issue for a while, but was eventually forced to acknowledge its iPhone handset was indeed having some problems. Apple has recently released an update that is expected to take care of everything.

It seems the iPhone maker now has a new ally: Wired took it upon itself to conduct an "unscientific test" on the network the iPhone is supposed to run on. As found in the test’s results, the networks in Germany and in the Netherlands have brought iPhone users average download speeds of 2Mbps.

According to Wired, US speeds are considerably lower because of the way AT&T has deployed its 3G network. However bad some may find it, it is still better than the old Edge generation.

Despite the aforementioned facts, in a recent statement given by Hamid Akhavan, chief executive of T-Mobile (a company which commercializes the iPhone in Germany, the Netherlands and Austria), it was said that Dutch customers have been complaining about connection problems as well. Up to this point, German and Austrian customers haven’t said anything.

Apple is also experiencing another kind of problems, namely supply shortages. However, the company went on with its initial plan and delivered the smartphone in 21 more countries: Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia and Uruguay.