Paul Adkins yesterday became the first person in Guernsey to secure an iPhone through the proper channels. (Picture by John O’Neill, 0653182)

THE iPhone is officially on sale in Guernsey at last.

The first buyer of Apple’s new handset from a local shop, 27-year-old Paul Adkins, said it was worth all the hype.

‘I’m chuffed to bits. I have wanted to get my hands on one for ages,’ he said. Mr Adkins, who works in business intelligence at Sportingbet, said he would be able to use the gadget – which he bought from Wave Telecom’s High Street store yesterday – for work as well as for entertainment.

‘Some of the guys from the UK who I work with have brought them over and made us very jealous, but now I can use mine for work and personal email, to access the mobile internet and, of course, as a phone, a camera and an iPod.’

But perhaps the most important thing, he said, was that it looked even better than he imagined – and better than a BlackBerry, its big smartphone rival.

• Sure has also launched a range of iPhone packages and they will be available from tomorrow.