iPhone owners should brace themselves for a shock, as Scandinavian systems are already upgrading to 4G - and you can be sure Apple won’t be far behind.  The only alternative would be for their handsets to not be the latest and greatest in everything, absolute anathema to their early-adopting überfans.   The two new networks have been installed in Oslo and Sweden, and are set to top ten times the speed of existing 3G connections.

The system is so far into the future that phones haven’t caught up: no mobile exists that’s able to access the system with the networks set for dongle-equipped laptop owners.  These are sure to become must have items as slow internet connections now annoy people more than poisoned bees or being on fire.

With Samsung and Ericsson behind various 4G components, and Chinese telecom firm Huawei as well, it won’t be long before megapixels are part of the past – the only question will be “4G or not 4G?”  And call us crazy, but there might just be another elegant white phone at the head of increasingly ironic “this one really is the the ultimate” iPhone queues.