Inclusion of 4G LTE

There's a lot more to the iPhone 5, with hugely improved Siri, the voice recognition program, for instance, panorama shots on the camera and HD video on the front camera. But the biggest step forward is the inclusion of 4G LTE for fast data transfer. There's no NFC, the contactless data system, as had been predicted. One other omission: the 30-pin connector. The new Lightning connector on the base means a lot of docks are now redundant without an adaptor - though thankfully Apple has made a bunch of these to suit. Apple says it reflects the way things have changed in the world of tech - so much is updated wirelessly now, the 30-pin connector was too big.