iPhone 6 goes on sale in UK and around the world
The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have gone on sale in Australia, Japan and across Europe.
Thousands of fans have queued outside Apple Stores across the world for hours - and in some cases days - to be the first in line to buy Apple's new smartphone.
One young man in Perth, Australia was so excited at being one of the first paying customers on the planet, he immediately dropped it on the concrete pavement - live on television.
The new devices go on sale in the UK at 8am.
8:08 am
Manchester
Here are Manchester's hardcore Apple fans:
8:08 am
Manchester
Here are Manchester's hardcore Apple fans:
8:08 am
Manchester
Here are Manchester's hardcore Apple fans:
8:08 am
Manchester
Here are Manchester's hardcore Apple fans:
8:08 am
Manchester
Here are Manchester's hardcore Apple fans:
8:00 am
Go, go, go!
Apple Stores across the UK are now open. This is the situation in Leicester:
7:55 am
iPhone or #indyref
7:53 am
UK launch
10 minutes until lift off people! Meanwhile, in Birmingham:
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Question
What does it take to queue up all night for a new smartphone? Determination? Madness?
Let us know what you think.
7:28 am
Regent Street queue
Wowser. Check out the queue at London's Regent Street store:
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Snoop Dogg
This is what Snoop Dogg has to say about the iPhone 6:
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Queue hyperlapse
To get a sense of the size of the queue in Sidney, here's a pretty cool hyperlapse video of the 1,200 people waiting in line. Supposedly it took more than five minutes to walk in real time.
7:08 am
iPhone 6 satire
In case you aren't enamoured with the wall to wall iPhone 6 coverage, you can enjoy some light relief with this spoof by College Humour. It includes the line: "The podcast app won't be a big festering turd."
6:48 am
With just over an hour to go until the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus go on sale in this country, here's a look at how the devices were launched in Japan.
This time it's the Shibuya Apple Store - where there were no giant cardboard iPhones or creepy face masks, just some very serious looking Apple fans.
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If the new iPhone is a little too pricey, or if you just didn't make it down to the queue on time, you can either wait or get yourself an alternative device.
You could choose a Samsung, or an HTC - or even a Windows Phone if you absolutely had to.
But why not try something a little different, like the NoPhone?
It's a "technology-free alternative to constant hand-to-phone contact that allows you to stay connected to the world'
In other words, it's a phone-shaped block of plastic.
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