Sixth-generation iPhone
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Apple finally launched the latest model of its iconic smartphone in San Francisco last night. Ignore the fact that the iPhone 5 is in fact the sixth-generation iPhone - this is Apple's way of saying that this is a big step away from the iPhone 4S, which was cosmetically near-identical to its predecessor. And it's certainly strikingly different from the look of earlier iPhones, though just as clearly related to them all.
We got our hands on the iPhone 5 at one of the launch events - click on for pictures and the low-down on the device's new features...
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