door Florian Callens
published on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 at 6:02 PM •
2 min read
An original 2007 first-generation iPhone with 4 GB of memory, unopened and unused in its box, has sold for $190,372.8 ($169,814.44). That amount is three times the previous record.
In the news: LCG Auctions has a very lucrative safe behind it. An original iPhone, with 4 GB, from 2007, still in its factory packaging and in very good condition, has sold for $190,372.8 ($169,814.44). That is more than twice as much as expected.
The details:
On January 9, 2007 Appleboss Steve Jobs presented the very first iPhone. It was officially released in the United States on June 29, 2007. Sales of unused and unopened first-generation iPhones have been on the rise recently. For example, such devices were auctioned last year for 35,414 dollars (31,579.4 euros) and 39,339 dollars (35,079.4 euros). At the beginning of this year, an iPhone 8 GB from 2007 shattered the record by bringing in $ 63,356.4 (56,480.3 euros). It comes as no surprise that this auction broke that record. This was a model with 4 GB of memory. Due to the limited price difference between the 4 GB and 8 GB iPhone, the latter model sold much better in 2007. As a result, the devices with 4 GB are much rarer. Moreover, due to those low sales figures, Apple stopped production of the 4 GB model barely two months after its launch. That makes these iPhones very hard to find. Another reason for the high sale price is the origin of the auctioned iPhone. This is not a private device. “The seller was part of the original engineering team at Apple when the iPhone first launched,” says LCG Auctions. Partly because of this, the auctioned iPhone 4 GB is in exceptionally good condition.
2023-07-19 16:21:32
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