Geek Posted July 4, 2011 Posted July 4, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/iphone-4-prototype-auction.jpg" alt="iPhone 4 Prototype " title="iphone-4-prototype-auction" width="620" height="252" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18252" /></p> <p>Prototype Apple gear is a hot commodity, but would you guess that a prototype <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/iphone/">iPhone</a> would be selling for over a hundred grand? Me neither, but an eBay auction for a prototype iPhone 4 has hit $100,800 and continues to climb north into the stratosphere. </p> <p>To make this even more ridiculous, the prototype iPhone doesn’t even work completely, it’s not running any special software or unusual iOS versions, and sim cards don’t activate, making it a very expensive paperweight. With 7 days left on the auction, the prototype could go even higher, assuming the bidding isn’t completely fake that is. <span id="more-18251"></span> So what’s so special about this iPhone? Not much, here’s what differentiates it from your average store-bought model:</p> <blockquote><p> 2. Volume buttons don’t have the usual + for upper button and – for lower volume button 3. Phone will not activate on at&t and when syncing with iTunes it says that this phone can not be activated with at&t sim card it won’t activate (please review picture #10) 4. On rear cover Model No.: XXXXX FCC ID: BCGAXXXXX IC ID: 579C-AXXXXX (please review picture #8) 5. Front screen and rear cover has some type of numbers printed on the inside. </p></blockquote> <p>Is this worth $100,000? Buy a house or an iPhone? You decide.</p> <p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-iPhone-4-black-APPLE-GENUINE-PROTOTYPE-TESTER-/130540359649#ht_515wt_1082">Here’s the eBay auction</a> via <a href="http://thisismynext.com/2011/07/03/iphone-4-prototype-shows-ebay/">ThisIsMyNext</a> who found it when it was at a measly $810.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/em9G3R3ul4-V0PpcqR0-btDhbpQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/em9G3R3ul4-V0PpcqR0-btDhbpQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/em9G3R3ul4-V0PpcqR0-btDhbpQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/em9G3R3ul4-V0PpcqR0-btDhbpQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=tAP3UDO2Pbg:J_Pjv0dNbx8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/tAP3UDO2Pbg" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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