Apple fans desperate to be among the first to get their hands on the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus next week started to pre-order the handsets online. And demand was so high overnight, the official Apple store crashed, as did a number of network operator sites, including O2 and EE.
Pre-orders for the devices which is now opened in the UK, will open at midnight in each of the regions where the phones will launch, including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Puerto Rico, and Singapore.
Devices can be pre-ordered from Apple as well as network operators, and for the first time Apple is letting people collect their phones in stores on the day of launch, 19 September. In the UK, the phones can be pre-ordered from O2, Vodafone, EE, Three, Virgin Media, Phones4U, plus the Apple Store. O2 and EE stores were still down at the time of writing, and Three and Virgin Media are not allowing pre-orders until later this afternoon.
The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 is available, unlocked, directly from Apple for £539 for the 16GB model, £619 for the 64GB model and £699 for the 128GB version. The 16GB version of the larger iPhone 6 Plus costs £619, this rises to £699 for the 64GB handset and £789 for the 128GB version.
Fans across the world began queuing for the devices before they were even unveiled. In Tokyo and Sydney, groups are camped outside, while in London, tents are already positioned outside the Apple Store on Regent Street. A handful of fans have been queuing outside the firm's Fifth Avenue store since 1 September, when the phones were still a rumour.
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