An unpacked 2007 iPhone sold for a record $ 63,356

An unpacked first-generation iPhone released in 2007 was sold at an auction in the United States for $ 63,356. The initial cost of the rare item was $ 2500, and after 17 days and 27 bids, the auction ended at a record high.

In 2007, an iPhone with 8 GB of memory cost $ 599, and now it has been sold for 106 times its original price. The phone belonged to Karen Green, who received the iPhone as a gift, but due to incompatibility with the mobile network, she never used it. Green kept the phone on a shelf for years, unpacked and wrapped in a felt cloth for extra protection. the first-generation iPhone has a 3.5-inch screen, 2-megapixel camera, Safari browser, and 4GB of storage.

«I called my son to check if the box with the phone was still packed. Everything was fine,» Green said. After that, she contacted LCG Auctions, an auction house, and the auction opened on February 2 and ended on February 19. The previous 2007 iPhone was sold for $ 39,339.

In October 2022, the Macintosh SE, used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, became the main auction item, along with iconic Apple products, artifacts from the history of science and space. Other auction items included Steve Jobs' personal belongings (starting at $ 1,000), Pixar business cards given to Jobs (starting at $ 2,000), and a copy of Newton’s Optics, dated 1642−1727.