Celebrities catch iPhone 6 fever

Actors Tom Hardy and his fiancee, actress Charlotte Riley, along with Mamma Mia! star Dominic Cooper and Doctor Who's Jenna Coleman were among the thousands who picked up the new iPhone 6 today at Apple's Regent Street store in London.

Reports suggested that some 5,000 people queued outside the Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, while outlets in the 10 countries were the device went on sale today were all busy with early adopters. Last week Apple reported a record four million pre-orders for the iPhone 6.

Most technology writers have praised the new smartphone. Stuart Miles, founder of gadget website Pocket-lint, said: "Ultimately the two new iPhones will be very successful because while Apple doesn't deliver new tech it delivers it in such a way that consumers want without getting bogged down with tech specs.

"Apple's attention to detail has a huge knock-on effect in making other manufacturers continually up their game."