Anyone who is thinking about recycling their old iPhone will be happy to know that the iPhone 4G is now available for pre-order in 5 countries including the UK, USA, France, Germany and Japan.

Millions have people around the world have already requested to be notified when the new handset is available.

The new Apple iPhone 4G has a completely new design and offers its users more than 100 features. The Apple iPhone 4 back is covered by new hardened engineered glass which is supposed to be better than plastic. It comes with a 3.5 inch TFT touch screen which displays 16m colours. It also has a 3.5 mm headset jack, 5 MP auto focus camera, LED flash, touch focus and geo-tagging. The handset will run Apple iPhone OS 4.

No UK subsidised prices (contract) are currently available but the smart phone can be pre-ordered on the Apple website subsidy free for £499 for the 16GB black Apple iPhone 4G.