A First Generation Apple iPhone Is Set to Sell for $50,000 - Entrepreneur

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Apple enthusiasts person the accidental to ain an archetypal 2007 first-generation iPhone – if they are consenting to wage the price.

One of the archetypal iPhones to ever beryllium created deed the auction level contiguous with the bidding starting astatine $2,500.

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The archetypal 2007 mill iPhone, which is sealed and unopened successful its archetypal packaging, is expected to spell for an awesome $50,000 oregon more, according to LCG Auctions wherever the point is listed for sale.

At the clip it was archetypal produced, the iPhone featured 4 oregon 8 GB of storage, with a 3.5-inch surface and a 2-megapixel camera. The archetypal telephone didn't archetypal see an app store and was lone disposable exclusively with AT&T connected a 2G network, per CNN. It was named 2007's Invention of the Year by Time Magazine.

The peculiar iPhone up for grabs is being consigned by its owner, Karen Green, who was talented the Apple merchandise erstwhile it was archetypal released. In a 2019 quality connected "The Doctor & The Diva," the arrogant proprietor said she was talented the telephone but ne'er opened the bundle arsenic she was blessed with her existent device. She said she held onto it hoping it would travel successful useful 1 day. On the air, her 8 GB telephone was appraised astatine $5,000 by Ph.D. Antiques Appraiser Dr. Lori.

The worth of first-edition packaged iPhones has accrued implicit the years arsenic collectors presumption them arsenic blue-chip assets. Notably, the past archetypal iPhone of specified quality to spell up for merchantability sold for $39,339.60 successful October 2022.

Bidders person until February 19 to assertion the coveted collectible.

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