What is the rarest iPhone?

braddick · May 21, 2013, 08:33 PM

I'm thinking the original iPhone (4GB) with the original firmware, but perhaps there is another model that is even scarcer.

Are there firmware introductions that didn't last very long? If so, finding an iPhone with that particular firmware would be difficult.

In your opinion, of all the different styles and configurations, which is the rarest iPhone?

Intell · May 21, 2013, 08:37 PM

Excluding non-production models and one-off unique devices, the iPhone 2G 4GB would be the rarest. The rarest firmware would be the iPod Touch's iOS 1.1.0. That firmware only came on factory units and it was never available for download from Apple's servers.

pod5g · May 21, 2013, 10:07 PM

The 4 GB version of the original iPhone. It was only sold for a few months and hell, who would want only 4 GB?

Applejuiced · May 21, 2013, 10:08 PM

I'd have to say the iphone 5S

LaynieGorilla · May 21, 2013, 10:21 PM

iPhone 4 8gb sprint

braddick · May 21, 2013, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Intell

Excluding non-production models and one-off unique devices, the iPhone 2G 4GB would be the rarest. The rarest firmware would be the iPod Touch's iOS 1.1.0. That firmware only came on factory units and it was never available for download from Apple's servers.

Good info.
As scarce as the iPhone 2G in the 4GB model is, I thought the 16GB is a tad rarer as Apple quickly offered the 3G afterward.

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I did a little digging around, and I was wrong!
As stated above, the 4GB is the rarer model.

Mrbobb · May 22, 2013, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by braddick

I did a little digging around, and I was wrong!
As stated above, the 4GB is the rarer model.

Now you are ready for Jeopardy!

akdj · May 22, 2013, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by pod5g

The 4 GB version of the original iPhone. It was only sold for a few months and hell, who would want only 4 GB?

I'm with ya...BUT, @ the time, there was no App Store, no HD Video...and 4GB could easily hold 750 songs with a bit o' room to spare. @ the time...it wasn't such a 'bad' deal! (That said, my wife and I bought the 8GB models

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Stuntman06 · May 22, 2013, 12:38 PM

I would say that this is the rarest iPhone: http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphones...rtphone/871134

itjw · May 22, 2013, 01:09 PM

The 2G has become fully hackable without Apple signing the firmware for restore, so firmware is irrelevant for rarity unless you were somehow able to verify firmware of a sealed product.

I agree that in terms of iOS devices it's the 1.1 iPod Touch.

None are really "rare" though as they were all produced by the truckload (even the 4GB). The 4GB is an oddity at least.

The 16GB was what a lot of people wanted, and the 8GB sold well enough at the time where many people profitied by switching (so the 16GB sold briskly, compared to the 4GB, which got clobbered at launch).

Internaut · May 22, 2013, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Applejuiced

I'd have to say the iphone 5S

Absolutely - rare as rocking horse ----.

itsmemuffins · May 22, 2013, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Internaut

Absolutely - rare as rocking horse ----.

Arrr. She's a rare beast indeed.

question fear · May 22, 2013, 01:53 PM

I doubt the 4GB Original iPhone is that rare, or I am severely abusing a "collectible" by storing it in a random misc box in my attic.

lordofthereef · May 22, 2013, 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by question fear

I doubt the 4GB Original iPhone is that rare, or I am severely abusing a "collectible" by storing it in a random misc box in my attic.

The question was which phone is the rarest. By definition, that would simply mean, the fewest number produced. Makes sense that the 4GB would fit the bill...

If your phone is in a sealed box, it's probably worth something. Opened? Barely more than the materials used to make it.

question fear · May 22, 2013, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by lordofthereef

The question was which phone is the rarest. By definition, that would simply mean, the fewest number produced. Makes sense that the 4GB would fit the bill...

If your phone is in a sealed box, it's probably worth something. Opened? Barely more than the materials used to make it.

Opened, used, and beat to hell.

I hung onto it so I can show my kids someday and sound like an old fogey with my "When I was your age, look how huge and bulky phones were...we didn't have them embedded in our wrists/glasses".

johndallas999 · May 22, 2013, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by braddick

I'm thinking the original iPhone (4GB) with the original firmware, but perhaps there is another model that is even scarcer.

Are there firmware introductions that didn't last very long? If so, finding an iPhone with that particular firmware would be difficult.

In your opinion, of all the different styles and configurations, which is the rarest iPhone?

IMO the rarest would be the prototypes. You did say rarest.

Rocko1 · May 22, 2013, 03:47 PM

A 5 that is pristine out of the box with no wifi issues and snappy safari.

adam044 · May 22, 2013, 03:48 PM

The one that has not been made yet

aPple nErd · May 22, 2013, 03:50 PM

iphone 4 verizon 16 or 32gb with ios 5 shsh blobs! i have been looking for one for months!

codyst · Yesterday, 08:13 PM

I miss the iPhone 2G

annaharris · Today, 08:31 AM

I will say iPhone 3GS 16GB. It's a rarest iPhone according to me...

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Intell macrumors G4 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Inside	Excluding non-production models and one-off unique devices, the iPhone 2G 4GB would be the rarest. The rarest firmware would be the iPod Touch's iOS 1.1.0. That firmware only came on factory units and it was never available for download from Apple's servers. __________________ Last edited by Intell; Yesterday at 11:50 AM.
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Stuntman06 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Metro Vancouver, B.C, Canada	I would say that this is the rarest iPhone: http://tech2.in.com/news/smartphones...rtphone/871134 __________________ <\ \>tuntman
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question fear macrumors 68020 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The "Garden" state	I doubt the 4GB Original iPhone is that rare, or I am severely abusing a "collectible" by storing it in a random misc box in my attic. __________________ Give blood. Play rugby.
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Applejuiced macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: At the iPhone hacks section.	I'd have to say the iphone 5S
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LaynieGorilla macrumors regular Join Date: Jan 2011	iPhone 4 8gb sprint
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itjw macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2011	The 2G has become fully hackable without Apple signing the firmware for restore, so firmware is irrelevant for rarity unless you were somehow able to verify firmware of a sealed product. I agree that in terms of iOS devices it's the 1.1 iPod Touch. None are really "rare" though as they were all produced by the truckload (even the 4GB). The 4GB is an oddity at least. The 16GB was what a lot of people wanted, and the 8GB sold well enough at the time where many people profitied by switching (so the 16GB sold briskly, compared to the 4GB, which got clobbered at launch).
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Rocko1 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Nov 2011	A 5 that is pristine out of the box with no wifi issues and snappy safari.
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aPple nErd macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2012	iphone 4 verizon 16 or 32gb with ios 5 shsh blobs! i have been looking for one for months! __________________ white iPhone 5 16gb Verizon launch day 6.1.2; White iPad 3rd generation 32gb white 5.1.1; Blue iPod touch 5th generation 32gb 6.1.2; want to buy iPhone 4 with shsh blobs verizon pm me if you have one
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codyst macrumors regular Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Austin, TX	I miss the iPhone 2G __________________ 16GB iPhone 5 Late 2009 15" Unibody MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 1TB Time Machine
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annaharris macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: San Francisco	I will say iPhone 3GS 16GB. It's a rarest iPhone according to me...
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