An original iphone just sold for almost 40000 – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026

Posted Oct 18, 2022 at 11:01 AM UTC

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Jess Weatherbed

An original iPhone just sold for almost $40,000.

$39,339.60 to be exact, almost 66 times what it would have cost back in 2007. The same 8GB iPhone originally retailed for $599.

Someone just paid over $39,000 for a 15-year-old iPhone

[CNBC]

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