Sealed 2007 iPhone Sells for $39,000 at Auction - CNET

Apple released its iPhone 14 lineup last month, but idiosyncratic dished retired $39,339.60 connected Sunday for an original, mint successful packaging iPhone from 2007. LCG Auctions had the sealed 8GB iPhone on the block, and the winning bid exceeded the auction house's anticipation of $30,000.

"One of the astir important and ubiquitous inventions of our lifetime," the point statement read. "This mill sealed, first-release illustration is successful exceptional condition. ... Collectors and investors would beryllium hard-pressed to find a superior example."

Bidding opened astatine $2,500 and ran from Sept. 30 to Oct. 16. 

The original iPhone launched connected June 27, 2007, for $599. Without taking ostentation into account, the $39,339.60 auction merchantability is summation of much than 65 times its archetypal price.

With $39,000, the victor could besides person bought immoderate radical of these Apple products.

• 19 Mac Studio desktops
• 24 Apple Studio Displays
• 32 MacBook Air laptops with M2
• 35 iPhone 14 Pro Max phones
• 48 Apple Watch Ultra models
• 97 Apple Watch Series 8 models
• 65 iPad Air tablets
• 156 pairs of AirPods Pro 2

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