One of the very first iPhone products put up for sale on eBay

OneBay, it is sometimes possible to findbeautiful antiques. Prices can also rise quite high for very rare and/or old objects, which in any case are no longer very easily found in good condition today. This is the case forprototypes d’iPhone,which are sometimes sold at auction forseveral thousand dollars. The same goes for very first generation models,as seen here. And right now, a selleroffered for auction herea prototype of the very first iPhone 2G, manufactured in California and intended to be tested before mass production. 8 days before the end of the sale, the price has alreadyexceeded 12,000 dollars:

The title of the announcement obviously specifies that this is therarer iPhone. The photos are in any case intended to prove the good faith of the seller, who despite everything has 100% positive feedback on nearly 400 sales.

The iPhone he sells is a 2G model, as specified in the description. However, this is not the same model that the general public found in the Apple Store, but a test version.

Thus, the seller assures that this iPhone is built inCaliforniaand not in China. It has other particularities, such as its OS, which is not a classic version of iOS, but atrial version. And on the hull, some stickers also indicate referencing information, probably intended for test engineers.

Still, it includes 8 GB of storage, Wi-Fi connectivity and Bluetooth, in short, enough to easily make calls and surf the internet.

But at12 100 dollars l’iPhone, i.e. the current amount of the last bid, this model is notnot within the reach of all budgets!