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Two complaints to the watchdog noted that the advert said "all the parts of the internet are on the iPhone".

But the ASA said because the iPhone did not support Flash or Java - two programs that form part of many webpages - the claim was misleading.

Apple had argued its claim referred to availability of webpages, rather than their specific appearance.

The iPhone employs a web browser called Safari, which is built on freely available software. Many webpages, however, employ small software programs like Flash and Java to display graphics and animations.

Those programs are proprietary software, and Apple opted not to enable them on the iPhone. The result is that pages viewed with Safari may look different to those same pages viewed on other browsers.

The ASA said the advert "gave a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone".

It must therefore not be aired again in its current form, it said.

"Because the iPhone doesn't support Flash or Java, you couldn't really see the internet in its full glory," said Olivia Campbell, a spokesperson for the ASA.

"They made a very general claim that you can see the internet in its entirety, and actually that's not quite true - so we've upheld."

Apple said it did not want to comment on the ruling.

Misleading使人誤解的;騙人的;迷惑人的

Advert 談到,注意

Watchdog監視人;忠實的看守,看門狗

Browser 瀏覽器

Graphics (用作單或複)製圖法;座標算法

Animations卡通片;卡通片繪製

Proprietary私有的,私營的, 專賣的;專利的

Opted由現會員將...選為新會員;吸收

Glory可誇耀的事;可讚頌的事物, 壯麗;壯觀;燦爛