Twentieth Century Toy: The Legacy of the iPhone

Everywhere you look everyone’s gone iPhone crazy. A short ride on the subway will bring you into contact with anywhere upwards of five people, heavily absorbed in their little handheld gadget, and the unlimited games and apps it offers at the click of an imaginary button. Before the 4S was even released here, rumours were spouting about the design of the iPhone 5, and the controversies and constant news bulletins surrounding Apple have made it more read about than any tabloid it girl.

Signs that you’re headed for iPhone madness

1) You devote your time to making an iPhone cake

A selection of these has sprung up on internet blogs in recent months, with many competing to outdo each other in the creative stakes to make the most lifelike in iPhone culinary creations.

2) You kit your house out with iPhone icon pillows

Because even when you’re sleeping, you can’t bear to be away from your favourite toy.

3) You get an Apple tattoo

…or like former Apple employee Dan Uricoli, go that step further and get Steve Jobs’ face, as devotion to the godfather of hi-tech himself.

4) You craft yourself a pair of iPhone earrings

Because it doesn’t matter that you spend however many hours a day already with your phone next to your ear, the option of having another one there dangling permanently is just too hard to resist.

5) You shave the Apple logo into the back of your head

When twelve year old Allen Paltrow did it last October, he was branded (literally) "Apple’s Biggest Fan".