'One of the people, who saw a prototype of the phone late last year, said it is intended for sale alongside Apple's existing line.

' Apple works on line of less-expensive iPhones' neatly avoids that 'cheap' word, but has some tantalising details: That's a rumour that has been around for ages, but what's different this time is that it has come out of the Wall Street Journal, and in particular from writer Yukari Iwatani Kane, who has had the inside track on lots of Apple stories in the past. The Company That Is Not Here, Apple, is reported to be working on an 'iPhone mini'.

11.11am: Day 1 of Mobile World Congress is off with a bang: none of this waiting for starters' orders nonsense.