2024-07-20 11:24:13
Do you have any old cell phones lying around? One of them could be a real collector’s item. We’ll tell you whether it’s worth selling.
In order to be up to date with the latest technology, we spend hundreds of euros on the latest smartphones. Maybe we should check whether we could pay for the new one with one of our old cell phones? In fact, devices from the first generation of cell phones can have an immense collector’s value – especially if the original packaging is still there. We have researched on eBay and compiled the top 5 most valuable cell phones.
Owners of the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x have won the lottery. The first commercially available mobile phone came onto the market in 1983 and cost around 4,000 US dollars. It weighed one kilo and, at 33 centimeters long, was not a pocket-sized device. Today, the device can hold up to Earn 8,000 eurosif it is in very good condition – and of course provided that an interested buyer can be found.
In Switzerland, a Motorola DynaTAC 8000x (built in 1983) with original operating instructions, bag and charging unit was recently offered on eBay for a starting price of 85,000 euros. Anyone willing to pay 120,000 euros could buy it immediately.
When Apple released the first iPhone, the iPhone 2G, in 2007, it was the start of a new smart era. From now on, it was no longer just about making phone calls or sending text messages. You actually had a small computer in your pocket that was extremely easy to use with apps.
The iPhone 2G is technically almost unusable today. Nevertheless, collectors pay a lot of money for a first generation iPhone. The value depends heavily on the condition of the device. A used iPhone 2G can be bought for around 150 euros. Unused or even originally packaged smartphones can even bring in up to 2,000 euros. On eBay, for example, one was sold for 3.959 Euro traded.
The Nokia 8110 came onto the market in 1996 and was cleverly advertised in the cult film “The Matrix” in 1999 and became world famous. The protective cover for the keyboard can be slid open. Because the Nokia 8110 was curved, it was also called the “Matrix banana”. Customers had to pay just under 1,000 euros for the device at the time.
Did you own one in the nineties? That could pay off now, because models still in their original packaging can up to three times as much as the original selling price. However, if the phone is used, the price drop is large, and you will only get 100 euros at most.
Phones from the Finnish manufacturer Nokia were a cult classic in the 1990s and at the beginning of this millennium. Then Apple came along with the first smartphone and heralded the downfall of the cell phone manufacturer. Nokia cell phones that had been released up until then can be valuable today. Like the Nokia 8800, for example. It came onto the market in 2005 and was considered a luxury cell phone because of its scratch-resistant screen and the stylish sliding mechanism of the protective cover.