iphone 3g – BIG

When you buy something, you should never open it. Or, at the very least, you should buy two of that product.

Of course, this isn’t a reasonable strategy, but if you did take this approach with Apple’s original 2007 iPhone, you might be able to sell it for $30,000 USD (roughly $41,196 CAD). A new listing from LCG Auctions running until October 16th is attempting to do just that.

As of right now, the current bidding is at $9,496 USD (roughly $13,060 CAD), but Apple Insider estimates that the device will likely sell in the aforementioned higher price range by the time the auction closes.

The OG iPhone is still sealed in its original plastic wrap and is in perfect condition. The smartphone is the 8GB variant, which is essential information to be aware of in case you plan to open it up, ruin its value and actually use the iPhone.

If that’s your plan, it’s worth mentioning that the original iPhone utilized Edge connectivity and never made its way to Canada. It wasn’t until 2008 that Apple’s smartphone arrived north of the U.S. border with the iPhone 3G, and wide adoption didn’t occur until the release of the iPhone 3GS the following year.

You can find the complete listing for the pricey iPhone on LCG Auctions’ website.

For a trip down memory lane, check out this interview MobileSyrup founder Ian Hardy conducted with Jordon Brown, the first person in Canada to buy the iPhone 3G in 2008.

Image credit: LCG Auctions

Source: LCG Auctions Via: Apple Insider

One of the most perplexing things about the original iPhone was the fact that despite all of its forward-thinking, high-tech features, it didn’t support ‘copy and paste.’

On his Twitter account, former Apple engineer Ken Kocienda recently revealed why the OG iPhone didn’t offer the very basic functionality, and the reason is far simpler than many likely assumed.

According to Kocienda, there just wasn’t time to implement the feature.

He says that the team was already working on the iPhone’s virtual keyboard and, for the era, its very unique autocorrect system. Following the smartphone’s launch, Kocienda and his team were finally able to start working on cut and paste. This is when he came up with the idea for the now-familiar “magnifying text loupe” that lets users know precisely where their text cursor is located in order to make copy and paste feel more seamless and natural.

The original iPhone didn’t have cut/copy/paste. Infamous! The quickest explanation is that I didn’t have time to do it right. I had too much keyboard, autocorrection, and text system work to do. The design team didn’t have time either. So we passed on the feature for 1.0. https://t.co/SLncIxohkk

— Ken Kocienda (@kocienda) June 19, 2022

Kocienda goes on to say that even with the virtual magnifying glass, the iPhone’s cursor still moved between characters after the user lifted their finger from the iPhone’s display. He then created a “touch history” log designed solely for text editing to ensure that when you removed your finger from the display, the screen still detected the user’s finger just milliseconds after their last touch.

Copy and paste was first added alongside iPhone OS 3.0 back in 2009. The feature then came pre-installed on all iPhone 3GS devices. The iPhone 3GS first launched with Rogers back in 2008.

Almost amusingly, Windows Phone 7 would arrive a few years later and also mysteriously didn’t support copy and paste at launch.

Source: @Kocienda Via: 9to5Mac