The new iPhone 14 is actually dear, however a first-generation iPhone has simply auctioned for manner, manner greater than that.

Still in its unique packaging, an unnamed bidder dropped a formidable $39,339 for a bit of tech historical past that rolled off the manufacturing line in 2007.

“We expected the bidding for this item to be fervent and it did not disappoint,” LCG Auctions founder Mark Montero stated in a extensively reported assertion. “A handful of avid and sophisticated collectors drove the price from just over $10,000 on Sunday afternoon to this record-setting amount by Sunday night.”

On its public sale website, Louisiana-based LCG Auctions described the iPhone as “one of the most important and ubiquitous inventions of our lifetime,” whereas reminding everybody that it “rapidly turned Apple’s most profitable product, endlessly modified the smartphone business, and was named the Time Magazine Invention of the Year in 2007.

It known as the lot “virtually flawless … brand new, never activated,” including that collectors and traders can be “hard-pressed to find a superior example.”

For their cash, the profitable bidder obtained a tool that when it launched 15 years in the past value $599. The unique iPhone got here with 4GB or 8GB of storage (the iPhone 14 begins with 128GB), a tiny 3.5-inch touchscreen (6.1 inches if you happen to purchase the most recent iPhone), a digicam with a measly 2 megapixels (the entry-level iPhone 14 gives 12 megapixels), and a small choice of apps (the selection is now limitless). The accompanying field features a life-size picture of the iPhone, its show that includes 16 app icons.

Here’s the second the late Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the very first iPhone, reworking the world of cell units endlessly.

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