Already expensive to buy, the iPhone increases in value over the years.
A model released in 2007 was acquired at auction for the sum of 39,339 dollars, or nearly 40,000 euros.
This online sale was organized by LCG Auctions.
The starting price was only 2,500 dollars (2,555 euros);
reports BFMTV this Tuesday.
$39,340: New record price paid for an original sealed iPhone.
Auctioned off tonight by @lcgauctions.
Breaks record set in August of $35,414.
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The object was presented "in exceptional condition" according to the auction house.
"Collectors and investors will be hard-pressed to find a top-quality copy," she added.
This iPhone 2G was still present in its packaging, in plastic.
It has therefore never been unpacked or turned on.
An almost bare iPhone
At the time, users of the iPhone 2G had to do without the Apple Store, which will appear a year later, and make do with a few applications: Notes, Weather, Calendar or Safari;
specify our colleagues.
It didn't have a front camera either, which will arrive with the iPhone 4 in 2010. And it didn't include the voice assistant Siri either, nor did it allow you to send MMS.
Originally, this 8GB iPhone 2G was retailed at $599.
A 128 GB iPhone 14 is now sold for 1,019 euros on the Apple brand's website.
Last August, an iPhone 1 was sold for 35,300 euros at auction.
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