A iPhonefashion model original from 2007, still in its perfectly sealed packaging, sold for a staggering price. The phone was originally offered for $599. Other times, considering that you need to buy an iPhone 14 in the US today, you’ll need to add at least another $300. In this case, it must be said that inflation has more to do with Apple’s greed. The prices are about the same.
technicallyiPhone 2G it didn’t even have iOS and the App Store didn’t exist yet. Trivial because the operating system with that name only made its debut in 2010. Apple had sold more than 6.1 million iPhone 2Gs, but it goes without saying that most of the phones have been used and ‘worn out’. In addition, the iPhone 2G never arrived in Italy.
Finding one in perfect condition is extremely difficult. It is virtually impossible to find another in the unopened packaging, with cellophane. Only a few collectors were so prescient as to predict that that first Apple phone would one day become a real treasure.
Fifteen years later we are here. A perfectly intact iPhone 2G, Industrially closedwas auctioned for $39,000. It was part of the collection of an avid Apple enthusiast, who bought that iPhone 2G, never opened, directly from Apple during the very first days of launch.
“It is in excellent condition, this copy has never been activated and is a first edition still sealed, with the trademark intact and clean,” reads the description of Lcg Auction. “The labels on the back are immaculate and protected by cellophane”
The bulk of the bids came during auction closing hours, when the price jumped to nearly $40,000 within minutes.
Source: Lega Nerd
