“iPhone 6 & iPhone 6 Plus are the biggest advancements in iPhone history” – Tim Cook, Chief executive

UK Network providers EE, Vodafone, Three, 02, and Giffgaff are offering customers the chance to pre-order or pre-register for the iPhone 6 a week before the official release on 19 Setepmber.

However there have been reports that many of the network provider’s websites have had technical difficulties due to the high traffic.

The Apple Store is has been manually disabled and currently displays the message “We’ll be back”.

The UK recommended retail price for the devices are as follows:

iPhone 6 16GB – £539
iPhone 6 64GB – £619
iPhone 6 128GB -£699

iPhone 6 plus 16GB -£619
iPhone 6 plus 64GB -£699
iPhone 6 plus 128GB -£789