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Slideshow Apple's iPhone needs to dazzle as market gets crowded Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Audience Inc says Apple unlikely to use its tech in new iPhones Thu, Sep 6 2012 Apple cuts memory chip order to Samsung for new iPhone: source Thu, Sep 6 2012 Samsung's challenge: keep the customer Thu, Sep 6 2012 REFILE-UPDATE 1-Samsung challenge: sold the phone, how to keep the customer Thu, Sep 6 2012 Nokia's new Windows phones, key to its future, disappoint Wed, Sep 5 2012 Analysis & Opinion Apple and the burden of being a behemoth Related Topics Tech » Media » Related Video What to look for from Apple’s iPhone 5 launch – Tech Tonic Tue, Sep 11 2012 The logo of Apple is seen on a product displayed at a store in Seoul August 24, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Lee Jae-Won By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:34pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The new iPhone 5 has to be more than just another smartphone as it carries the weight of Apple Inc's future on its slim frame. Five years after the first iPhone upended the mobile industry, analysts say Apple is looking increasingly defensive as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and other rivals have been first to market with phones that sport bigger screens or run on faster wireless networks. Apple will try to close that gap on Wednesday with the unveiling of the newest iPhone, which is widely expected to offer 4G wireless technology for the first time, and a 4-inch display, up from the current 3.5 inches. But it remains to be seen if Chief Executive Tim Cook has any surprises up his sleeve, and if he will show off any technological breakthroughs that can put the iPhone 5 head and shoulders above the competition. "They have been in the crosshairs of a lot of companies for a long, long time," Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said. "They were the upstarts before," he added. "Now they are more in a defensive role." Apple shares typically rally ahead of, and sell off after, a major product launch. They have gained 15 percent in the past six weeks to touch an all-time high on Monday. Apple has grappled with competitive pressure since the first iPhone in 2007, though its rivals have changed as former market leaders such as Canada's Research in Motion or Finland's Nokia struggle, and as Asian powerhouse Samsung has come to the fore. While no one company has yet been able to match Apple's seamless integration of hardware and software, Google Inc's Android has become the most-used mobile operating system in the world, and Samsung has the lead in device sales. Wednesday's iPhone 5 launch also comes days after Nokia unwrapped its first phone to run the latest Microsoft Windows software, intended to spearhead a new family of devices. "It is getting tougher to expand the market share," Gartner Research analyst Carolina Milanesi said. The iPhone contributes half of Apple's revenue and the majority of its profit, so Cook needs to dazzle both Wall Street and consumers. 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