Is wealth inequality a problem in society? Exhibit A: When you have so much money you actually put down $35000 to own an original iPhone, because its cool and all.
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Unopened Original iPhone Sells for $35,000 at Auction
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Well, probably two-thirds of the world couldn't afford an iPhone today at the 2007 price. But that's a topic for the politics forum.
Crazy! The buyer just wasted 35k on the phone version of wine vinager! Battery bloated or exploded, case damaged due to battery bulge and chips that are probably leaking. Electronics don't age well, but you can't fix stupid.
Enjoy your new phone! 🙄🤦♂️
Rolex's are hardly a collectable. But a Pokémon card, or even a signed Steve Jobs whatever isn’t worth much intrinsically. It’s about the rarity of items and what they represent to the people who are willing to pay for them.
I’ll be surprised if the battery hasn’t bloated and is expanding and crushing components.
Yeah, the original iPhone completely changes the entire computing industry. Major piece of history right there.
Well I guess one man's "history" is another man's garbage. This isnt a limited edition or rare phone. Its most likely a leaking piece of metal by now in that box, Lol! More people have money than brains. So a cardboard box now sits on a shelf..🙄
One day a few decades from now when all vehicles are electric, little timmy will go into his grandfathers yard and call that Camaro he still works on ‘STUPID’ because ‘you know you can’t drive it on the freeway anymore.’
Human beings are weird little creatures, some of them have strong feelings of nostalgia and place value on things from a different age, and others just slate other peoples enjoyment of things because they are boring and have no frame of reference for that nostalgia themselves, but consider themselves experts on it anyways.
It is way to easy to have items 'sealed' in there boxes to have it presented as 'brand new in box' because the technology for sealing machines has not changed for years. For the past 10-12 years when a new iphone or macbook has been launched there have always been tabloid press articles of new buyers being scammed by sellers who take the item out the box, fill it with junk and then use a sealing machine to reseal the box to make it look like it has been untouched.
A youtuber got scammed not so long ago with an alleged 'factory sealed' box of pokemon cards. He paid over a million $$$ for it and opened it on his youtube channel only to find it had been filled with other stuff. The original scammer had found other stuff to fill the box with and had it resealed to make it look like it was 'factory sealed'.
The owner of the sealed boxed iphone could be genuine but then again could be not. Such a thing leads to the perfect scam because unless the seal gets broken which would no doubt affect it's value there is no way of knowing what is in the box unless it is x-rayed. Again, look at the youtuber who paid over a million for what he thought was a genuine factory sealed box of pokemon cards. If he had left it sealed and stored it away thinking it's price would increase in value, he and any potential future buyer would have been non the wiser that in fact what was bought was a fake/fraud.
A youtuber got scammed not so long ago with an alleged 'factory sealed' box of pokemon cards. He paid over a million $$$ for it and opened it on his youtube channel only to find it had been filled with other stuff. The original scammer had found other stuff to fill the box with and had it resealed to make it look like it was 'factory sealed'.
The owner of the sealed boxed iphone could be genuine but then again could be not. Such a thing leads to the perfect scam because unless the seal gets broken which would no doubt affect it's value there is no way of knowing what is in the box unless it is x-rayed. Again, look at the youtuber who paid over a million for what he thought was a genuine factory sealed box of pokemon cards. If he had left it sealed and stored it away thinking it's price would increase in value, he and any potential future buyer would have been non the wiser that in fact what was bought was a fake/fraud.
I got a first gen iPod, sealed in box, about 15 years ago on eBay. I don't recall what I paid, but it wasn't all that much. I've been using it as a source in a small hi-fi system at home, where it performs admirably. But I'm thinking I may have made a financial error...
3GS is actually pretty easy to work on. Way back when I was poor and just getting into smart phones I got a smashed screen model off ebay cheap and put in an aftermarket screen. I almost changed the shell out for a white model but the aftermarket parts were garbage. I think I ran across my 30 pin cable just a couple weeks ago.I have a well used iPhone 3GS with dead battery. It could contain a secret message from Steve Jobs. Any takers?
I still maintain the 3GS was the best iphone for physical design. Rounded back and larger rounded sides felt right to me. Plastic back was durable even if it did scratch.
What do you want for it? I'm offering a UPS shipping label.
I also kinda want a 5S, those came out after I went to android for a while and I never got to experience one.
And in 3 years, the same NFT will sell for $10 million.
Stupid or not, prepare accordingly.
The NFT and shitcoin game is over. We are now dealing with an energy and commodity crisis. Those are things that will be skyrocketing in price.
By the way, I own my original iPhone still and power it on every 3 months precisely so that the battery continues to function. But I’m glad you enjoy your $35,000 box.
I'm wondering, too. I have a 1st generation iPad and a 2006 iPod that were my father's; he passed away two years ago and I kept them for sentimental reasons. Currently they are in a Rubbermaid storage bin in my closet, fully turned off of course. Is this dangerous? Could the batteries actually spontaneously combust for some reason? Since they are in my closet, the temperature of their surroundings does not flucuate so they aren't ever in too hot or too cold environments.
I think it’s dangerous. You should immediately package it and send it to me for safekeeping.
On a serious note, try a search. Almost certainly someone on Reddit or quora will have discussed this.