If you thought Apple’s latest iPhone was a little on the pricey side, that’s nothing compared to one it released in 2007.

A first generation iPhone – the model originally revealed by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in 2007 – has just sold for an eye-watering amount at auction.

The gadget is still factory sealed in its original packaging and managed to sell for over 75 times its original £269 price tag.

How much did this OG smartphone end up going for?

The auction closed at a whopping $39,339 (£34,887).

Not bad.

When Steve Jobs first revealed the device fifteen years ago, he called it a combination of ‘an iPod, a phone, and an internet communicator’.

The original iPhone revolutionised the smartphone market and ignited the current technological arms race.

All that from a device that had a 3.5-inch screen, a 2-megapixel camera and a web browser.

The most modern iPhone, the recently-released iPhone 14 Pro, is on sale now with prices starting at £1,099 and finishing at £1,749 for the top-spec iPhone 14 Pro Max version.

Naturally, you should be having a look around your attic and the back of any drawers for some unwanted tech that might fetch you a bit of coin.

Recycle Your Electricals, a UK-wide campaign motivating and making it easier for everyone to reuse and recycle unwanted electricals, has crunched the numbers.

Apparently, there are 20,700,000 unused but working tech electricals – worth a possible £5.63 billion – currently hoarded in UK homes.

According to the campaign, here’s what you could expect to make on your old tech:

• Games consoles: Re-sale value can range from an Xbox One at £110 to a Nintendo Switch at £200.
• Tablets can be re-sold for between £193 and £420.
• Laptops resale value range between £274 and £420.
• Desktop computers, including the monitor, could be re-sold for around £250.

Okay, so it’s not quite £35k, but every little helps.

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