iPhone Prototypes Available On eBay
March 10, 2009
The text on the back of the working phone: "Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China Model No. A1203 FCC ID:BCGA1203 Serial No.:YM64903KD22 IMEI:004401520024015" The text on the back of the broken phone: "This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be offered for sale, or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained. Serial No. YM65002JD22 IMEI No.:004401520034774"We will assume that the "may not be offered for sale" portion was intended for Apple employees and not for the lucky eBay seller. The two iPhones are being sold as a package deal and the auction has over 60 bids with a current bid of $2,425 at the time of this writing. That amount is sure to climb even higher as the news of these prototype collectibles keeps spreading. For those with extra cash lying around, the auction ends tomorrow night. The seller currently has a perfect feedback rating. Update: The auction has been pulled from eBay as well as the video from YouTube. We are investigating the possibility that Apple caught wind of this news and had the seller remove all information. We will keep you posted. Update 2: We received word from the eBay member whose auction and YouTube video had been removed. As predicted, Apple was behind the whole thing. They contacted both companies to have the offending content removed. Sorry folks, no prototypes for you. We have embedded the seller's YouTube demonstration video below: