HEART-BROKEN Darius Wlodarksi queued for two days to buy a new iPhone 6 in attempt to win back his estranged wife.

The 41-year-old, originally from Poland, split up with his wife Joanna last month after his obsession with gadgets led her to accuse him of valuing material possessions over his family.

So, in an attempt to make it up to her, unemployed Darius decided to spend £800 on a brand new iPhone as a peace offering.

He had promised to buy one for Joanna, 41, before their marriage hit the rocks and was determined to keep his promise, despite being skint and out of work.

He said: “Lots of people in the queue were very happy but it was different for me because of the circumstances.

“We would have been married for 20 years next February but I wasn't the best father and husband.

“It took me a while to realise what really mattered – and that is my family.

“My wife said to me I should remember that it is not ‘things’ that matter, that I was worrying too much about saving for things, and she was right.

“I know an iPhone is another ‘thing’, but I told her I would get her one and I wanted to keep my promise.”

To make sure he was the first in line to buy one he pitched up outside the Apple store in Bristol's Cabot Circus shopping centre at midday on Wednesday.

Darius queued for 44 hours in the rain and cold to make sure he could get his hands on the gadget when the doors opened at 8am.

He paid for the device on a credit card and hopes the gift will help smooth over the cracks in their relationship.

He said: “I'm not doing it because I think it will make her get back together with me right away, I just want to make her happy.

“I just want to show her that I’m sorry for everything I didn’t do, and everything that I did wrong.

“I’m not sure how it will go – we’ll have to see.”

Darius and Joanna met on the doorstep of a house party in their native Poland more than 20 years ago and he said it was love at first sight.

It took him three years to convince her to go on a date with him, but after a year together they got married in February 1995.

They moved to England 10 years ago with their daughter Daria, 14, but they split up a month ago.