The first unopened Apple iPhone was auctioned in the United States and sold for a staggering amount of more than $35,000. The auction also saw the sale of the first generation iPod for a huge amount as well.
The value of selling the first unlocked iPhone was $35,414, while the first iPod sold for $25,000 at auction. The first iPod was launched in 2001, while the first iPhone was announced in 2007.
Old technology devices have cost millions of dollars. The first iPhone was a very advanced device for the time of its launch, it came with a 2 mega pixel camera and it supported voice mail and many more.
The sale of this phone represented an important milestone in the history of personal technology. Regardless of the price, the first iPhone was the game-changer at the time when it was first launched as it came with a touch screen, and all smartphones and their manufacturers followed the same technology after that.
This means that the first iPhone brought about the technological revolution in the world of smart phones and paved the way for other companies to follow the same path.
It is noteworthy that the auction witnessed the sale of an original circuit board for the AppleI computer that was soldered by Steven Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, with his hand, and the selling price amounted to 667,196 US dollars.