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What is the rarest iPhone?

aliensporebomb said:
The rarest iPhone is the iPhone 17 200 terabyte model with retina-eye interface, 25 ghz 16-core processor with IOS X integrated software.
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Yeah right. Where I'm from, they only fetch about $3000 on eBay, $6000 tops.

Edit: adjusted for inflation, that's $50 and $100.
 
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Salvarth said:
Sorry for the late reply, but I did not want to open another post for this. Plus I wanted to supply additional information on the rarest iPhones ever made. Here goes...

To answer your questions, I think that the European version of the iPhone 2g 4GB is the rarest iPhone to date. I came to this conclusion because of the following facts:


- I have read about these iPhones a bit, and looking at their serial numbers most of them were made in week 42 or 43 which is between October 14th - 27th

- the iPhone 2g 4GB was originally discontinued on September 5th and the remaining iPhone 2g 4GB's were only sold "while supplies last"(1)

- this meaning that apple deliberately made some iPhone 2g 4GB versions exclusively for the United Kingdom, Germany, and perhaps more EU countries (though I am only aware of these two countries)

-These versions were made nearly 2 MONTHS after Apple discontinued the iPhone 2g 4GB.

- Of all the posts I have read (these were either Chinese or bad English) People have only "found" this kind of iPhone or bought it from a friend or eBay.

-These iPhones have a different back and different MPN (model part number). The UK version is MB340B and the German version is MB342D, I have not read about any other European versions. The standard US MPN is MA501LL/A

-If you take a look at the picture I have attached you will see that the back cover is unlike any other iPhone 2g 4GB. The 4GB engraving is engraved under "iPhone" then comes the "designed by Apple in California Assembled in China" underneath that the serial number and imei number and under that the logo's "CE", "0682", "!" And a garbage can. These logo's will not be found on any of the US iPhone 2g 4GB's. as to why these logo's will not be found on US models, it is because most of these logo's refer to European regulations.
These logo's have been explained in the second source mentioned at the bottom of this post and it will only take a couple of minutes to skim through this article and it is worth knowing if you live in the EU (or US and you want to gain some knowledge about EU regulations).(2)


I hope I made it clear what the rarest iPhone is. If you do not agree or want further information, do not hesitate to ask me. However, I do not know where these iPhones were sold/given/found. If anyone has any information on that, then that would be a great help as well.

(1)Source:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/200...one-Price-at-399-for-this-Holiday-Season.html

(2)Source:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/02/ask-ars-what-do-the-symbols-on-the-back-of-iphones-mean/
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And here it is:

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The one that I have is very rare.
Only one of it was made.
Its uniqueness is confirmed by the serial number (no other iPhone has the same serial number).
 
itjw said:
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.
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Can someone elaborate on this? I have an original iPhone that runs like garbage on its current firmware and would love to get it back to an earlier version. Is this possible or am I misunderstanding the above quote?
 
this Iphone 2G, 8GO black edition is quite rare :apple:
 

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Ungibbed said:
There were more than a few thousand. IIRC, the threads here alone were far higher about the subject. Even those who went back over four times just for the smallest scratch.

:rolleyes: I never said anything about refurbished models as replacements. Just finding one alone undamaged during that time is an absolute rarity. Plus due to to some ascetics, I have a feeling the white/silver had sold more. Why you feel the need do get the last word on nearly everything is baffling.

Feel free to babble on...
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Hmm, back then I did get a day one slate iPhone 5 that didn't have a scratch on it. I guess I should have kept that sucker pristine and kept it, sigh. It was the coolest looking iPhone that's for sure.
 
iChernov said:
That is just Chinese housing on the usual iPhone hardware...
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I've got a Chinese screen + back glass on my 4S, does that count? :p

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You can see the bottom left corner where the LOCA didn't set properly and the LCD separated a little from the digitizer.
 
My vote for the rarest is the iPhone 6 Plus, Gold, 16gb.

I have not seen one, though I know there are some out there. I just don't think most people paying extra to get the plus would only get 16gb.
 
lwilliams said:
My vote for the rarest is the iPhone 6 Plus, Gold, 16gb.

I have not seen one, though I know there are some out there. I just don't think most people paying extra to get the plus would only get 16gb.
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That's the exact phone I have, unlocked.
I just wanted the bigger screen. 16 is still enough for me as I stream all my music and offload my pictures / videos to the cloud every night.
 
Salvarth said:
Sorry for the late reply, but I did not want to open another post for this. Plus I wanted to supply additional information on the rarest iPhones ever made. Here goes...

To answer your questions, I think that the European version of the iPhone 2g 4GB is the rarest iPhone to date. I came to this conclusion because of the following facts:


- I have read about these iPhones a bit, and looking at their serial numbers most of them were made in week 42 or 43 which is between October 14th - 27th

- the iPhone 2g 4GB was originally discontinued on September 5th and the remaining iPhone 2g 4GB's were only sold "while supplies last"(1)

- this meaning that apple deliberately made some iPhone 2g 4GB versions exclusively for the United Kingdom, Germany, and perhaps more EU countries (though I am only aware of these two countries)

-These versions were made nearly 2 MONTHS after Apple discontinued the iPhone 2g 4GB.

- Of all the posts I have read (these were either Chinese or bad English) People have only "found" this kind of iPhone or bought it from a friend or eBay.

-These iPhones have a different back and different MPN (model part number). The UK version is MB340B and the German version is MB342D, I have not read about any other European versions. The standard US MPN is MA501LL/A

-If you take a look at the picture I have attached you will see that the back cover is unlike any other iPhone 2g 4GB. The 4GB engraving is engraved under "iPhone" then comes the "designed by Apple in California Assembled in China" underneath that the serial number and imei number and under that the logo's "CE", "0682", "!" And a garbage can. These logo's will not be found on any of the US iPhone 2g 4GB's. as to why these logo's will not be found on US models, it is because most of these logo's refer to European regulations.
These logo's have been explained in the second source mentioned at the bottom of this post and it will only take a couple of minutes to skim through this article and it is worth knowing if you live in the EU (or US and you want to gain some knowledge about EU regulations).(2)


I hope I made it clear what the rarest iPhone is. If you do not agree or want further information, do not hesitate to ask me. However, I do not know where these iPhones were sold/given/found. If anyone has any information on that, then that would be a great help as well.

(1)Source:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/200...one-Price-at-399-for-this-Holiday-Season.html

(2)Source:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/02/ask-ars-what-do-the-symbols-on-the-back-of-iphones-mean/
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hi could you shed any light on the value of this iPhone i have. it is in immaculate condition it has never been used or fully unpacked.
any info you could give me would be much appreciated
Thank you
 

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I have a mint condition 64gb black and slate iPhone 5 with no scratches or anything that I got signed by Steve Wozniak. How much would that be worth? It's a factory unlocked model md642 that I paid the full price for.
 
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