I did the queuing thing on Friday. although it seems I needn't have bothered since I could have walked into a Phones4U shop at any time any picked up an unlocked one with no wait. Still, that does give me a small sense of satisfaction given it was obvious the vast majority of the people around me in the queue were buying to resell on eBay rather than use themselves - hope they lose a lot of money for all the pushing and queue jumping they did
The phone itself is noticeably lighter and thiner than my iPhone 4. The camera is pretty good (bearing in mind I skipped the 4S, which apparently also had a much better camera than the 4), and the extra screen size has pros and cons.
The lack of Lightning Connector adaptors available from day one is a bit of a pain though. I only have the single cable that came with the phone to charge it, which is a step back when I'm used to being able to drop the phone on one of a number of docks dotted around the flat, and in particular the clock radio next to the bed. Think Apple really dropped the ball on that supply chain. I had a look at the eBay offerings, but they all seem to be pre-orders, so not sure, in reality, how much quicker they will deliver than Apple; And I seriously doubt their 30pin adaptors will have the A/D circuitry that the genuine Apple units have in order to allow analogue docks to work with the iPhone 5. The lack of a specific car kit is also a bit of an irritation - but these things will come, and probably with no lack of choice. Since the entire iPod/iPhone range is moving to Lightning, it's only a matter of time.
Thanks for the Google Maps tip Darren. I love the new Apple Maps features (where they're available), but there does seem to be very spotty coverage ranging from incredible 3D representation of the building I live in to a fuzzy low-res satellite image of where I used to live in Reading which can barely resolve the entire city, let alone the district of Lower Earley. The map view is better than the satellite image, to be fair, but being based on the TomTom maps, I'd hope so! Apple appear to be hiring map-experts like crazy right now, so hopefully these initial problems will get fixed over time. Given it's all server based, I suspect (just like Google Maps) we'll see gradual improvements over time. Problems aside, the technology that lets you swing around buildings in 3D is absolutely stunning, and if they can improve the coverage, it does make the Google offering a little out of date and it is kind of cool that Apple have just given me a free TomTom app built into Maps. Wonder how it copes when you're out of range of a data signal? Hmmm...