This first generation unsealed iPhone sold for ₹ 28 lakhs

On January 9, 2007, then-Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone at the Macworld conference in San Francisco – an iPod, a touchscreen mobile phone with camera and web-browsing capabilities – among other features.

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 of which required a two-year contract.

Now, the fully packaged original iPhone (8GB) has sold at an auction for $35,414, reports ZDNet.

The auction house, RR Auctions, said the iPhone box contained a life-sized image of an iPhone with 12 icons on the screen.

The device was up for auction as part of RR Auctions’ curated “Apple, Jobs, and Computer Hardware” auction, which had over 70 items up for bid, and closed on August 18.

The auction also featured the Apple-1 circuit board, hand-assembled by Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak, which sold for $677,196.

Additionally, the original first generation Apple iPod (5GB) sold for $25,000, the report said.

During this, Apple The iPhone 14 series is set to be launched along with other devices and products in the first week of September. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the Cupertino-based company may bring its new devices on September 7. Ahead of the launch, the current iPhone models have received slashed prices on e-commerce platforms Amazon and Flipkart. Apple iPhone 13 is listed at a discounted price of 65,999 on Amazon after 17% off on its original price. Similarly, iPhone 11 is available here 41,999 on Flipkart. The smartphone gets 15% off on the original price tag of 49,900.

(with inputs from IANS)

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