Imagine purchasing a factory sealed 2007 iPhone with 4GB. 16 years ago, this was about $500, but this week, this purchase from someone’s hidden vault went for $190,000. Quite an investment, and it actually came from someone on the original engineering team, who also provided a letter of provenance. Yes, this unit is likely dead with no battery life left, and the 2G service is gone, so it remains only as a museum piece and nostalgic oddity to someone who has very deep pockets. The world of nostalgia is always interesting, and apparently somewhat lucrative.
A factory sealed original 2007 iPhone has been sold at auction for $190,373, far exceeding the previous record for an auctioned iPhone. Apple…
Found at www.macrumors.com
