This particular example was owned by a member of Apple's original iPhone engineering team.
, “the consignor was part of the original engineering team at Apple when the iPhone first launched.” It’s not known if the previous owner was given the iPhone by Apple as a result of the work they did on its development, or if they had to line up and buy one as
everyone else did, but it’s an added bit of fun trivia given how groundbreaking the iPhone was when it launched. This iPhone’s provenance, and the fact it’s a 4GB model, also means that future OG iPhone auctions probably aren’t going to sell for quite this much, unless it turns out Steve Jobs himself also had an unopened box tucked away somewhere.
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