A girl kept her ‘First iPhone’ carefully, never used. After a friend bought it for her birthday, 16 years later, she sold it for 2.2 million baht from auction.
Feb. 28, 2023 – nrp.org reports that Karen Green, a young woman who got a new job in 2007, bought her an iPhone. which at that time was a brand new smartphone that had just launched the first model give her a gift
While people are obsessed with the world’s first iPhone but for green Instead, she didn’t use it at all. Since she had just changed her phone recently. Also, she doesn’t want to change mobile operators. Because if using the iPhone She will have to switch to the network of “AT&T”
Green said she didn’t want to throw away the new phone she just bought. Even if it’s not a smartphone So she chooses to keep that iPhone in the box all the time. No unpacking used in any way.
After 16 years, the first 8GB iPhone was still in the box and sealed. Green expects that collectors will want it. So she tried to find an appraiser and found it at $5,000.
However, when she put it up for auction online at LCG Auctions last month, Green’s iPhone fetched $63,356.4, more than 100 times its price. purchased which is Apple’s first iPhone The initial selling price at that time was 499 US dollars (about 17,600 baht).
LCG said the iPhone was a hot item for collectors and investors. The auction started at $2,500 before a quick 27 rounds of 10 bidders culminated in a quick race of bidders before culminating at $63,356.4.