Excellent!
Rumour has it that they plan to have a one-device-for-all-networks plan, and Hitachi has developed a new display that has a higher resolution than the one used on the iPhone 4, with significantly better contrast ratios. I’m guessing this will head over to the iPhone 5.
I am not sure Apple needs to be a follower in the market. Every phone out there tries to copy the iPhone, and they all fail at doing it. Its big enough right now. Geez why move away from success and copy the others...