iPhone try before you buy?

In what must surely be a first for a mobile phone, there is now a site where you can hire an Apple iPhone to discover if you really need one before splashing out on the handset and 18 month contract.

Website Erento enables users to rent – among a host of other items - one of the sought after Apple mobiles for £29 per day or £99 per week. But they won’t be faced with a stampede of customers from the Highlands and Islands. According to the site search, Manchester is the closest place to get your mitts on an iPhone rental.

However, if your company is in the business of hiring out things you may wish to get in first as there appear to be very few, if any, hirers listed in the Highlands and Islands. The closest supplier for any of the categories on the site appears to be in Aberdeen.