Objectively and quantitatively I obviously agree with you. However - surprisingly even to me - I didn't find it had a qualitative impact on my experience of the

Objectively and quantitatively I obviously agree with you. However - surprisingly even to me - I didn't find it had a qualitative impact on my experience of the device. I actually still have my 3GS and still use it back and forth, and I don't experience any kind of "ugh, have to go back to this old thing". And I've also had the same experience with the iPad to iPad 2 - I've been able to switch back and forth friction free. It's really down to how you use the device, and I discovered that my use cases don't highlight the improvements. Note that I found a major difference between the 3G and 3GS and felt that was a huge upgrade.