With the iPhone, Apple laid the foundation for the success story of the smartphone in 2007, as we know it today. The cell phone with the 3.5 -inch touchscreen is therefore considered a milestone in the history of the mobile phone. Technically, from today’s perspective, it is a long-outdated veteran: with 4, 8 or 16 gigabytes of internal memory and a 2-megapixel camera, no one is no longer attracted to behind the oven. And yet: the demand for the original iPhone is still huge-at least under certain conditions. This proves the result of a recently expired auction on the website rrauction.com.
iPhone for over 80,000 euros
In mid-March 2025, an original, sealed and still welded iPhone came from the first production charge under the hammer. The new price was $ 499 (approximately 462 euros). The estimate of the auction house already certified the device a value of an incredible $ 75,000 (approximately 69,400 euros). The price actually achieved was a bit higher with $ 87,514 (approximately 81,000 euros). The buyer even shot a bargain. In July 2023 A comparable model changed the owner for over $ 190,000 (approximately 176,000 euros). In October 2023, another followed for around 122,000 euros.
Coveted collective object
The reason for the astronomical amounts of sales is apparently a greatly increased demand among collectors for original packaged and sealed Apple products from past years. The iPhone is considered the “Holy Grail” among the Apple gadgets. According to the product description, the iPhone now sold was a particularly rare copy with 4 gigabytes of internal memory. Apple set up this model just two months after the launch because the demand for the variant with 8 gigabytes was larger. Correspondingly few of the devices are in circulation. It is not known who has torn the Apple cell phone under the nail.
