“The next big thing is already here,” says Samsung — and it ain’t the iPhone 5. In a new advert for the Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung is once again taking aim at Apple fans, suggesting the iPhone is for old folks. In the ad, credulous hipsters queue for a new phone, white earbuds demonstrating their loyalty, …

iOS 6 is out now, adding a fistful of features to your iPhone 5, iPad or iPod touch — and taking a few away too. Here’s what you’ve been saying about the new Apple software. CNET UK reader Kyle Cartmill is impressed: “Like the VIP in mail. Also the ‘can’t answer call’ text message idea. Siri is great now too, I asked …

Supermarkets have already started putting out their Christmas chocolates. If that annoys you, just wait until you hear the first rumours of the follow-up to the Samsung Galaxy S3 — the Samsung Galaxy S4. The first reports have emerged from Korea that Samsung is planning to unveil the S4 in February 2013. Sources say the S4 will make its debut …

The iPhone 5 has taken the field, and already rivals are queuing up in the tunnel to emerge into the daylight and give Apple’s latest effort a hard-fought match. The next rival to schedule an announcement is LG, perhaps revealing the Optimus G — and on the same day as an HTC launch. LG and chipmaker Qualcomm have invited press …

Orange and T-Mobile customers can switch to the 4G iPhone 5 without paying any extra money, even if you’re in the middle of your contract. The new iPhone 5 will work with EE’s 4G network, launching in the “coming weeks”. EE is the stupid new name for Everything Everywhere, which was the stupid new name for Orange and T-Mobile after …

Thunderbolt and Lightning, very, very frightening… the new, smaller iPhone 5 dock connection is set to be called Lightning. Oh, and expected new earphones are set to be named Earpods. The new smaller dock connector is a cut-down version of the dock socket that connects your phone to your computer, charger, or iPod dock. Leaked reports suggest the new dock will …

The new iPhone 5 could be in shops sooner than we thought — it seems the phone networks already have unique new SIM cards stockpiled. The new iPhone 5 is set to ditch micro-SIM cards for the even smaller nano-SIM. And Vodafone has given us a glimpse of the nano-SIM card in a blog post — which it then hastily …

The new iPhone 5 will work on the UK’s 4G network this autumn, reports say, joining the 4G versions of the HTC One X and Samsung Galaxy S3. On the very day Everything Everywhere was given the go-ahead for 4G, The Guardian reports, Apple registered new devices on a secret 4G database held by the telecoms industry body the GSMA. Apple was …

Apple has announced the new iPhone 5, with a new 4-inch, 16:9 screen — and it’ll connect to the Internet at double-quick speed here in the UK. Apple confirms it’s joined forced with Orange and T-Mobile for an LTE iPhone 5 on the 4GEE network, which launches before the end of the year. At a launch event in San Francisco, …

The iPhone 5 will be 4G here in Britain — to be precise, Apple has confirmed that the LTE iPhone 5 will work on the 4G network run by EE. EE — the network formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile, previously known as Everything Everywhere — is to be the first to get a 4G iPhone, as it …