According to AppleinsiderIn mid-March, the original 3GB iPhone was auctioned at the online website LCG Auctions (USA).
It's an early iPhone in excellent condition, in its original box with the protective plastic seal on the outside completely intact. 7/8 corners of the box are sharp, no fading, no dents on the edges.
LCG expected this "antique" iPhone to bring more than $100.000 and it did more than expected, when the final selling price was $130.027,20.
The main reason why the selling price of this iPhone is high is due to its rarity. Apple discontinued the 4GB model on September 5, 9, just over two months after its release.
However, this is the original iPhone model sold at a lower price than two identical models that were previously auctioned. In July 7, the same iPhone model sold for more than $2023. According to collectors' assessments, the first generation iPhone 190.000GB version is 4 times rarer than the 20GB version. “No wonder it set a new record. But surpassing the $8 mark is still surprising,” said the founder of LCG Auctions.
Then, in October 10, this same iPhone model was sold for $2023.
According to LCG Auctions, the iPhone is one of the most important and popular inventions of the era, first introduced by Steve Jobs on January 9, 1 and on shelves since June of the same year.
The first iPhone, also known as iPhone 2G, attracted attention with its 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen (320 x 480 pixels). "Launching on the shelf is a happy but also stressful moment," Tony Fadell - co-author of iPhone - shared above The Wall Street Times 2022. “What will happen when it goes global”?.
The first generation iPhone was just a mediocre smartphone compared to today's smartphones. The device does not have 3G connection and the camera only has one lens with 2 MP resolution, but this product has a strange charm. What's special is that it quickly became Apple's most successful product, forever changing the smartphone industry.
Watch Apple's first iPhone advertising video (Video: Apple):
