2023-05-23 00:36:55
technology
They are willing to pay millions of dollars to acquire them.
22/5/2023
The world of collectors can surprise many people who think they have an item that is worthless. And, overnight, they wake up to the news that they could be a millionaire.
This is what has happened in recent years with various Apple-brand products, precisely with several copies of the iPhone 1, which, contrary to what many people think, today is worth a fortune.
And it is that the device was in its original box and had never been opened, something that made it much more interesting for those who were behind it. In the clip that he posted on YouTube.
In addition to these details, the box of that first copy of the device that revolutionized the mobile phone industry had a red badge and an inscription in English “lucky you” (how lucky), which suggests that it was part of a special edition. gift someone received.
In the unboxing recorded by Brownlee you can see the protections that this device came with at that time, the manuals, the 30-pin charger that is no longer manufactured, the headphones and a charger. For the influencer, something that caught his attention is that there was no utensil that would allow him to extract the sim card, which today is similar to a clip.
In 2022 several iPhone 1s were also auctioned
On August 25, it was learned that the auction house RR Auction sold the first-generation iPhone model A1203, completely new and with the original Apple packaging, for a price of $35,414.
It should be noted that the American manufacturer launched its first smartphone exclusively in the US market, where it arrived in the summer of 2007, when it was named ‘Invention of the Year’ by the magazine Time.
This device, with a touch screen and a single button in the lower center of the panel, It had a starting price of $499 and was only available for purchase with the AT&T carrier.
In addition, as Apple certifies on its website, this device included its serial number on the back, made of anodized aluminum, and was put up for sale with a capacity of 4, 8 or 16 GB.
From this auction house they have pointed out that the product box presents a life-size image of the iPhone, with a total of 12 icons on the main panel, as can be seen in the images shared by this collector’s item company.
The lack of a thirteenth icon, that of iTunes, which arrived at the end of 2007, verifies that it is the first production of the device. This is because Apple changed the box photo to present its updated interface thereafter.
RA Acution has informed that this article belonged to an auction titled ‘Apple, Jobs ands Computer Hardware’ and that concluded on August 18.
It should be noted that this auction took place prior to the presentation of the new model, the iPhone 14, which will be launched on September 7.
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