HUNDREDS of eager gadget-fanatics lined up outside mobile phone stores early this morning to become one of the first to get their hands on the iPhone 4.

The queues snaked out of the Eden shopping centre doors as technology lovers got up early to pick up the much-hyped Apple device from the Carphone Warehouse and O2 stores.

Eden marketing manager Niamh Crowley said: “Following the huge success we had with the iPad launch just last month, it's great to see the continued growing demand for the latest Apple products at Eden.”