iPhone X Modded With USB-C Port Listed on eBay With Bids Topping $99,000

[MacRumors]

Earlier this week, robotics student Ken Pillonel shared a video explaining how he modded an iPhone X with a functional USB-C port in place of the usual Lightning connector. The USB-C port works for both charging the iPhone and data transfer.

Pillonel also put the device up for auction on eBay, and bids are already topping a whopping $99,000. The listing describes the device as "the world's first USB-C iPhone" and a "true piece of collection for any Apple fanboy out there."

Bids are being accepted until November 11, with estimated delivery by late December. Pillonel said anyone who bids on the iPhone X agrees that they will not restore, update, or erase the device, will not open the device, and will not use it as their daily device. He also cautions that the modded iPhone X is "just a prototype."

The winning bidder will receive the iPhone X with 64GB of storage in its box, without any accessories included. Pillonel is also offering a 30-minute phone call with the winning bidder should they have any questions about the device.

While many have called on Apple to add a USB-C port to the iPhone, the device continues to use Apple's proprietary Lightning connector. Apple has adopted USB-C for some iPad models over the years, including the new iPad mini released in September.

This story will be updated periodically as the highest bid increases.

(Thanks, Martin Nobel!)

Article Link: iPhone X Modded With USB-C Port Listed on eBay With Bids Topping $99,000

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Well deserved! That’s what I’m talking about. He is such a brilliant student. Deserves every single penny.

Watch, Apple will buy the iPhone themselves, LOL!

 

[Agit21]

He did what Apple can’t do!

 

[iZac]

I wonder who this "Timmy_C_111" user is with the top bid?

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

I bet the buyer gonna cancel the purchase but whatever

 

[MiBook84]

Truly hoping for a usb-c connector on the next iPhone. So ridiculous to keep that lightning port when almost everything is usb-c. Apple could have done us the favour years ago. Been traveling the world with a usb-c Mac for already five years and still have a silly lightning cable for the iPhone alone…

 

[rpmurray]

I'm pretty sure the top bidder will try to back out after they win. It's probably a throwaway account with zero feedback.

 

[Lounge vibes 05]

Pillonel said anyone who bids on the iPhone X agrees that they will not restore, update, or erase the device, will not open the device, and will not use it as their daily device. He also cautions that the modded iPhone X is "just a prototype."

The winning bidder will receive the iPhone X with 64GB of storage in its box, without any accessories included. Pillonel is also offering a 30-minute phone call with the winning bidder should they have any questions about the device.

wait, so if you get the device, you’re not allowed to open it, you’re not allowed to use it, and you get a 30 minute Q&A for a device you’re not allowed to open or use?
Wow, sounds like an absolute bargain.
maybe I’ll sell my MacBook Air on eBay, claim it’s the first Apple device with an M2, but the catch is that you can’t open it, you can’t use it, and you get 30 minutes to ask about it.
extremely ridiculous.

 

[mrat93]

Can Apple just create a Lightning to USB-C adapter so I don’t need to carry two cables whenever I travel? I’m not sure why they had one for micro USB but not USB-C.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

He did what Apple can’t do!

Oh Apple can do it but he definitely proved Apple wrong. Perhaps, Apple should hire him and have him work with the iPhone team. But he did something Apple has been scared of doing?

 

[fwmireault]

For people complaining that it’s expensive, please don’t forget that iPhone X comes with a charger

EDIT: the owner will not even get a charger…Sad

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Can Apple just create a Lightning to USB-C adapter so I don’t need to carry two cables whenever I travel? I’m not sure why they had one for micro USB but not USB-C.

If they do that… I wonder how much 💰 profit they are going to lose. At the end of the day it’s all about money.

 

[Love-hate 🍏 relationship]

Truly hoping for a usb-c connector on the next iPhone. So ridiculous to keep that lightning port when almost everything is usb-c. Apple could have done us the favour years ago. Been traveling the world with a usb-c Mac for already five years and still have a silly lightning cable for the iPhone alone…

I think it is VERY likely we see a portless iphone once magsafe is mature enough.
Until then(2-4 years probably),lightning .

 

[miric]

This does not mean that bid will be paid for it. Bidders might be just trolls.

 

[davidec]

i wonder how apples legal team feel about this..maybe pre approved publicity?

 

[Theo Belk]

Apple's failure to put USB C in the iPhone 5 years after they made it the only option in their portables is bizarre.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Awesome!!!

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Apple's failure to put USB C in the iPhone 5 years after they made it the only option in their portables is bizarre.

I think they did that because they know iPhone is a very popular product and the lightning cable is making Apple the real money. So, why eliminate that?

 

[tedwill]

He did what Apple can’t do!

Or what Apple didn't want to do.

 

[Rudy69]

I want USB-C on my iPhone as much as everyone else....but why would someone pay anywhere near that much for this one

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

He did what Apple can’t do!

He did what Apple won't do.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

I want USB-C on my iPhone as much as everyone else....but why would someone pay anywhere near that much for this one

Proof of concept?

 

[robertosh]

So probably there are plenty of hardware + software tricks to make the thing work.

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

All of a sudden this looks outdated! 😂

Source: https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...ers-and-dispatch-thread.2304493/post-30524050

 

[Skewlovevism]

Well deserved! That’s what I’m talking about. He is such a brilliant student. Deserves every single penny.

Watch, Apple will buy the iPhone themselves, LOL!

He needs to sell it for more than that, just to have enough money for his future bail out ;(