Surely today the sleeping bags will be out from Birmingham to Glasgow and Lakeside to London so the British can indulge in a little of the national pastime - queuing.

Tech-heads from all four corners of the kingdom will be desperate to lay their hands on the latest design icon from Apple and begin the long vigil for the doors of the UK’s dozen Apple stores to swing open tomorrow.

In tribute to them and the launch of the iPhone, iBall today looks at whatever happened to the tech stocks…