Apple's Original iPhone Just Sold For Nearly $40,000 at Auction - IGN - IGN

Updated:

Oct 17, 2022 5:05 pm

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Oct 17, 2022 4:54 pm

While astir archetypal iPhone owners tore unfastened their boxes backmost successful 2007 to usage the revolutionary portion of tech, 1 idiosyncratic who didn't is present reaping astir $40,000 successful profit.

As reported by GameSpot, a factory-sealed, archetypal iPhone from 2007 conscionable sold for $39,339.60 successful an online action. The 8GB exemplary primitively sold for $599, earning the diligent proprietor $38,740.

"This mill sealed, first-release illustration is successful exceptional condition," the listing read. "Virtually flawless on the aboveground and edges, the mill seal is cleanable with close seam details and tightness.

"It rapidly became Apple’s astir palmy product, everlastingly changed the smartphone industry, and was named the Time Magazine Invention of the Year successful 2007."

The archetypal iPhone came with 16 pre-installed apps with nary mode to get much owed to determination not being an App Store, including Phone, Text, Camera, Calculator, Weather, and more. It was lone disposable successful 4GB and 8GB variants, a acold outcry from today's iPhone 14 which has a minimum of 128GB and maximum of 1TB.

In our 9/10 reappraisal of Apple's latest, IGN said: "The iPhone 14 Pro is 1 of the astir important refreshes to the iPhone formula, with a 48MP camera, ever on-display, and spiffy Dynamic Island animations."

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelancer. He'll speech astir The Witcher each day.