None of this stuff is a unique idea in this day and age. I could probably have envisioned a phone with those features if I were in the business.
Agreed. Every major feature has been around or in design/development for years, whether it's adaptive menus, touch-screen, motion and proximity sensors, and even the multi-touch and pinch-interface. See my post elsewhere: http://sanchmo.blogspot.com/2007/01/iphone-revolution-by-evolution.html.
What Apple has done (again) is bring it together into a better product. So now let the battle between Apple, LG and Samsung begin.