San Francisco, Aug 24 (IANS): An unopened first generation iPhone from 2007 in a sealed box was sold for $35,000 (nearly Rs 28 lakh) at an auction in the US.
On January 9, 2007, then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone—a touch-screen cell phone with iPod touch, a camera, and web browsing capabilities, among other features—at the Macworld convention in San Francisco.
The device had a touchscreen, a 2MP camera, visual voicemail and a web browser. The iPhone was released in the US in June 2007 at a price of $499 for the 4GB model and $599 for the 8GB model, both requiring a two-year contract.
Now, the fully boxed original iPhone (8GB) has sold for $35,414 at auction, reports ZDNet.
Auction house RR Auction said the iPhone case includes a life-size image of the iPhone with 12 icons on the screen.
The device was auctioned off as part of RR Auction’s ‘Apple, Jobs and Computer Hardware’ auction, which featured more than 70 items up for bid and ended on August 18.
The auction also featured an Apple-1 circuit board hand-soldered by Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak, which sold for $677,196.
Additionally, an unopened original first-generation Apple iPod (5GB) sold for $25,000, the report noted.
Apple is now all set to launch the iPhone 14 series along with other devices and products on September 7.
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