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A smartphone shopper's dilemma: Wait for the next iPhone or go Android 4.0?

Apple's new iOS 6, which is coming to next iPhone later this year, is looking pretty good. Will be it enough to beat out the current crop of Android 4.0 phones? Ask Maggie offers some insight.

Google and Apple have upped their game in 2012, and a new crop of smartphones running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Apple's new iOS 6 will offer consumers a tough choice when it comes to choosing a new phone.

Apple isn't expected to launch the next iPhone until the fall. But the company gave a preview of what's to come with the unveiling of iOS 6 mobile software this week at its WWDC conference in San Francisco. From what I can tell, the new iPhone will give the current crop of Android 4.0 devices a run for their money.

In this edition of Ask Maggie I help one reader evaluate the likely trade-offs between one of the hottest new Android devices running Ice Cream Sandwich -- the HTC One X/Evo 4G LTE and the Samsung Galaxy S III and the upcoming version of the iPhone. I also explain why older iPhones won't be getting all the features offered in iOS 6.

HTC One X/Evo 4G vs. Samsung Galaxy S III vs. Apple iPhone

Dear Maggie,

 My contract is up with Sprint, and I need help as to which new phone I should get. Can you please help me with the pros and cons of the new HTC Evo 4G LTE, Samsung Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5. I have the previous Evo. Can you can you please help?