We recently mentioned that a person named Karen Green offered an unopened iPhone 1 to auction. That auction has finally come to an end, and an unnamed woman has agreed to pay $63,356.4 for the phone. At the start of the auction, the likely target was estimated to be around $50,000.
This iPhone, which was sold at an auction organized by LCG, was gifted to Karen Green by some friends to celebrate her new job. But she never opened the box for this phone, she. This iPhone was exclusive to AT&T carrier and could not be used with other networks. The operator he used was Verizon.
That’s why he scrapped the iPhone without even opening the box. Of course, he didn’t know at the time that not being able to use this phone would be the key to selling the iPhone for more than 10 times its original price.
In October 2022, a similar iPhone 1 sold for $39,339 at an auction, also organized by LCG. But this last sale managed to go well above this price. Of course, there is no word on who bought Apple’s first smartphone at the new high price.
When the first iPhone was released, the 4GB model was priced at $499 and the 8GB model for $599.
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