If you are an Apple enthusiast and want to show it off, then Caviar (a brand famous for making adapted iPhones) could have the phone for you, as their latest creation fuses the iPhone 13 Pro or the iPhone 13. Pro Max with the iPhone two. one thousand seven original.
Dubbed the iPhone 2G, this changed phone is functionally an iPhone 13 Pro or Pro Max, but the rear includes a piece of motherboard from an original iPhone emblazoned with the Apple logo.
The back is made of titanium and also includes an engraved diagram that shows the technical elements of the device, and the lower part benefits from a black PVD coating and covers the engraved signature of Steve Jobs.
This "iPhone 2G" (which despite its retro name is 5G compatible) can be yours for just €13 (about €13 / AU €1). That's for a XNUMXGB iPhone XNUMX Pro, and the cost goes up for more storage or for the Pro Max. Pick up a XNUMXTB iPhone XNUMX Pro Max and you'll be shelling out $XNUMX (about $XNUMX / AU$XNUMX).
Only nineteen units of this phone are manufactured. It can be assumed that that means nineteen units of each and every configuration combined, not each configuration, but it is not entirely clear.
Either way, it's going to be an extremely limited edition, which may partially justify the cost. Still, he's clearly one of Apple's biggest fans, and even then...
Analysis: don't buy this iPhone
We listen to you, you love Apple and you want the planet to know it. Not only that, but you have more money than your feet on the ground. Add to that the fact that this is notably one of the most accessible iPhones sold by Caviar (which also sells an iPhone 13 Pro with a part of a T-Rex tooth, among many others), and it appears to be a solid acquire. , it is not. that?
Well not so much. For starters, the centerpiece of this phone is worth... practically nothing. At the time of writing, you can get a complete (broken but intact) original iPhone on eBay for just $XNUMX (about $XNUMX / AU$XNUMX) and a working iPhone for $XNUMX (about $XNUMX). €XNUMX / AU €XNUMX).
So it is not a valuable technology. Unless you have a clean, original iPhone with the box and each and every part, in terms of value, that's a minor curiosity at best. And that's for a complete phone: a part of a motherboard (of which absolutely no one else is going to know the meaning, unless you continue to explain it) is worth practically zero.
Titanium and the extremely limited nature of the phone add to the value, but even then that dinosaur example we mentioned not only features a real T-Rex tooth, but rather gold, amber and titanium as well, and in the huge scheme of many. expensive phones. , it doesn't cost much more.
So if you really must get a high-end novelty that's going to be out of date in a couple of years, there are better options.
Via CNet