Apple unveils iPhone 5 amid feverish rivalry

Apple has taken the wraps off its fastest, thinnest iPhone, packing a much larger screen and 4G capability on the fifth version of the smartphone that helped it become the world’s most valuable corporation.

The iPhone 5 goes on sale in the US on Sept 21 priced from $199 (about €150), but Irish gadget lovers will have to wait until later in the year to get their hands on one.

Sporting a 4in “retina” display and ability to surf a high-speed 4G LTE wireless network — something Samsung’s Galaxy S III and many other iPhone rivals already do — the device is 20% lighter than the previous iPhone 4S.