Samsung unveils rival to the iPhone; uk news bulletin

MOBILEphone giant Samsung launched a "life changing" smartphone last night to rival Apple's iPhone.

The Samsung Wave was unveiled in Barcelona ahead of the Mobile World Congress - the world's largest mobile phone trade show - which opens today.

The Korean manufacturer is the second largest producer of mobile phones - behind Nokia - but wants a larger share of the smartphone market, which is dominated by Apple's iPhone.

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When Apple launched its 3G iPhone in 2008, the computer giant redefined the market. The smartphone incorporated media players, the internet and sparked a trend creating thousands of software applications - or "apps" - written by third party programmers.