People have strange ideas of worth

[pecunium]

What would you pay for a first generation iPhone?

Because I saw someone offering one (still in the packaging), for $500, another $100 will get it unlocked.

Seems to me (what with the oddities I recall of unlocked iPhones becoming bricked), that's a pretty high price (new, they were $499, and that got rebated. Right now the 3g is (so it seems to me) $160 up front.

Is there some hugely collectible nature to them? Some hidden value for the phone in the box? Because I am just not seeing how it can be worth $600.

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[cactusthesaint.livejournal.com]

I sold mine unlocked for ~$330 a few weeks after the 3g came out. The extra $100 to get it unlocked just means the buyer isn't capable of unlocking it themselves.

I've heard reports that the prices have been going up a bit, maybe just over $400 used, but haven't checked myself. Log into eBay, do a search for completed iphone auctions to find out.