MacWorld is reporting that an Apple iPhone ad has been pulled in the UK by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). This is the offending line in the ad:

Which is why all the parts of the Internet are on the iPhone.

If you have an iPhone, you know that most of the Internet is on the iPhone. Indeed, it’s the best Internet I’ve ever seen on a smart phone. But, not all of it is there. Java and Flash are still missing from the iPhone which is why the ASA chose to pull the ad.

Of course, Apple is defending its decision based on information from iPhone, Therefore, iBlog:

Apple disagreed, arguing that its claim referred to availability of webpages, rather than their specific appearance.

As you may know, this is not the first time in a few months that Apple has caught some flack for its iPhone advertising. The spot for the 3G that claimed twice the speed has spurned a lawsuit here in the States.

I’m not sure where I fall on this one. On the one hand, I agree that the ad can be misleading. On the other hand, do we need “Drug” ads that explain every single statement in its entirety? Is it Apple’s fault that Adobe’s product isn’t available for the iPhone? What about Microsoft’s Silverlight? If it’s not there, is the ad still misleading?

I think that if there hadn’t been flack from the “double the speed,” wording, this ad would still be on the air.

That’s my Altyrian View.