Some items sometimes become invaluable over time. This is the case of these cell phones, whose value has skyrocketed in recent years.
Yesterday, you could buy them for a few euros (or francs, depending on their age) today, their value has been multiplied by 10 or 100! We're not talking about Pokemon cards, but about vintage cell phones from the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. One of these precious items may be sitting in a dusty closet in your house right now. . If it's in good condition (or even better, new), it might be worth having it appraised...
The latest iPhones are worth gold… period! The price of smartphones has continued to climb, and spending nearly 1000 euros to acquire the latest version of Apple's smartphone is not surprising today. But if you are one of the first customers of the iPhone range, your model may be precious:a few years ago, an unopened 8 GB iPhone Edge was sold for the tidy sum of … 25,000 dollars (about 23,700 euro). Enough to make a nice added value.
Released in 1983, the Motorala Dynatac 8000X is said to be the world's first mobile phone. This particularity automatically gives it a historic cachet, and seriously increases its rating with the most moneyed collectors. On Ebay, a copy of this collectible model is offered at a price of … 53,368 euros!
Well, this one, unless you worked for its manufacturer in the early 2000s, it's unlikely you've gotten your hands on it. The Nokia 7700 was never really marketed, which is a shame, because it would undoubtedly have been the first smartphone in history , 4 years before the iPhone. A few prototypes exist and are extremely sought after:according to Loveantiques, one of these models could bring you the trifle of 2000 pounds sterling (about 2370 euros).
Before the iPhone tornado, Nokia reigned supreme in the realm of mobile telephony. In 2005, the manufacturer tried its hand at luxury with the Nokia 8800. It is therefore a top-of-the-range model, already sold at a high price when it was released. Some variations have been given a gold coating, and their value can reach 2000 euros .
If the Samsung PHN-N270 tells you something, it's normal:you've probably seen it in Matrix Reloaded . Nicknamed “The Matrix phone”, it is now sold at a rather honest price, around 330 euros. For the record, the real accessory is sold at auction, its starting price exceeds 2000 dollars . Winnings will be transferred to the Protect &Defend Trans Youth Fund.
