Samsung's Galaxy S III, left, and Apple's iPhone4S.  Samsung's
Galaxy S III, left, and Apple's iPhone4S. Photo:
Bloomberg/Justin McManus     Ramon Llamas, an analyst with
research firm IDC  For a dose of smartphone envy, iPhone owners
need to look no further than Samsung Electronics, the No.1 
maker of smartphones in the world. Its newest flagship phone,
the Galaxy S III, is sleek and wafer-thin. It can run on the
fastest networks and act as a "smart wallet", too — two things
the Apple's iconic phone can't do.  Says Ramon Llamas, an
analyst with research firm IDC: the iPhone "is getting a bit
long in the tooth".   When Apple reported financial results for
its latest quarter last week, a new phenomenon was revealed:
buyers started pulling back on iPhone purchases just six months
after the launch of the latest iPhone model.  Apple executives
blamed the tepid sales on "rumours and speculation" that may
have caused some consumers to wait for the next iPhone, which is
due later this year. But in the past, iPhone s