New Delhi: The 16-year-old, mint-condition, unpacked iPhone’s first-edition, launched in 2007 by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, was offered at a whopping value of $39,339.60 in an public sale. The US collector who’s a fan of iPhone was determined to get the sealed first-edition iPhone by paying virtually $39,000. The 8GB smartphone was offered by LCG Auctions on Sunday, which was initially retailed for $599 in 2007.
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“We expected the bidding for this item to be fervent and it did not disappoint as a handful of avid and sophisticated collectors drove the price from just over $10,000 on Sunday afternoon to this record-setting amount by Sunday night,” LCG Auctions founder Mark Montero mentioned in a press release.
“We congratulate the winners, our consignors and all of the bidders for making this one of the most active auctions in our history.”
In the revolutionary yr, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone first time in entrance of the world in his historic launch. Apple offered million items of the first-edition iPhones and have become probably the most desireable model globally.
Since the launch of first-edition iPhone in 2007, many fashions have been launched by Apple with upgraded options and softwares. iPhone 14 lineup is the latest final collection that Apple launched in 2022 in October occasion. The tech big is planning to deliver iPhone 15 lineup this yr round third quarter, which can have first-time sort C charging slot as a substitute of its trademark lightning bolt charging slot.
