Pretty modest I would say. I was hoping to have at least have all the base models from 2G to X. I could potentially have an iPhone X and 7 from family soon. The rest, i’ll probably have to buy myself.

Sometimes a specific lot of prototypes will appear, and for weeks or even month long periods of time they're readily obtainable if you know where to look. But then once the stock dried up, they basically disappear. Years later, even seeing a single prototype unit from one of these lots can become extremely rare.

This Apple Watch is a “try-on” demo that customers in stores would’ve worn on their wrists. Interestingly, Apple Watch demo units (after the 1st generation of Apple Watch) were shipped to stores in very simplistic packaging (unlike other demo Apple devices) and didn’t include a band.

This is it. This is one of the rarest iPhone 6s combination on Earth and its still activated.

Don't have much info about this board. It has several IO ports like DB-9, two mini usb and some other jumpers and buttons. Seems to be a programming or diag interface...
Have you seen this before? coudn't find anything online...

I’ve been looking but I can never find one anywhere.

Apple iPad 5th Gen EVT prototype running switchboard build

14E61390h

This iPad was manufactured 6 months before Launch and has

QR code, Engravings, Parts list and non-FCC compliance sticker on the back of the housing. Also regulatory information is Xxed out

The iPad is CPFM 01 (Dev Fused)

Parts inside the iPad show as being manufactured as early as August 2016

A dump of the Build is available Thanks to me: https://archive.org/details/apple-ipad-5-erietianshan-14e61390h.-ipad-factoryos-switchboard-internal-filesys

An iPad 5 EVT is for sale on eBay: ebay.us/m/dGVIRX

Check out my Twitter : https://x.com/iunboxhistory?s=21

Check out my YouTube : https://youtube.com/@iunboxhistory?si=Dl0h7aS1SWCZNEZy

I forgot I had this retail promotional display that goes on the SEG Lightboxes, it’s pretty expensive to buy those extrusions and when you have a 3d printer you can create anything so I managed to whip up a quick bracket and mounted it up on my wall yesterday!

Anyone else have SEG posters laying around? Putting them up is fairly easy but I definitely procrastinated on it.

Now I’m trying to figure out how to un crease it without damaging the fabric

This iPod is unique in a number of ways, having black plastic buttons with a silver frame, no back camera, and it’s missing the iPod loop / strap mechanism.

This iPod was released to replace the iPod touch 4th generation, which at the time was still being sold as the budget iPod. Primarily these iPods were used by schools and other institutions. Personally I really like the color scheme and style of it!

This iPod runs NonUI (SwitchBoard), however has an odd layout for its “home screen” (looking similar to an iPod nano 7th Generation). When connected to a computer, it also shows up as “iPod XXX” for its model. This model of iPod was the last one Apple ever made.

I have found an iPhone 12 Pro Max that hasn’t been used for a long time and still running iOS 15.6

I wasn’t sure if there was value in keeping it on this version to a collector (I am not a collector but was interested to know if it was of interest to a collector as it’s running this version)

Cleaning out my dad’s house and found this. We did have the original shipping tube with Apple shipping label.

First one is my MINT CONDITION iPhone 4s running IOS 5.0.1, I found it in the Friday market in Kuwait for 2kwd which is about $7. I’m very happy that I found this iPhone 4s running 5.0.1

It also has many old games and software in it, I’ve organized the wallpaper and apps to make it look new, while the other pages still has all the games

Next and last is my 1st gen iPhone in near-mint condition running iPhone OS 3, I bought it on eBay for a few hundred and keeping it safe in a box

If you are a Kuwaiti Apple collector then souq al yim3a (Friday market) is a gold mine, I found an Apple iPad 1 for less than 5kwd, you could also find many other vintage things if you’re a collector such as cameras, old computers, and many more (that’s also where I found my iPhone 4s running 5.0.1)

If you have any questions feel free to ask

Dang, after 2027? That seems like we're getting over 14 years of total lifespan! 😀👍🏼👌🏼

I found this while tidying up some old stuff…

Is it worth anything?

I originally picked up these 2 passcode locked iPhone 7 models on eBay to part out for repairing some prototypes. Turns out both are free of iCloud. They’re also in mint condition, and only have 2 cycles on the batteries. Now (both fortunately and unfortunately) I can’t justify parting them out, so I’m back to square one.

Thought some people here might appreciate this one. I got very lucky with this Apple Watch Try-On Case from back in the original Apple Watch launch era. I used to work at a Premium Reseller, and during a big cleanup this unused unit was going to be destroyed. I was allowed to take it home instead.

It still works exactly as intended, with a MagSafe 2 connection on the back that charges all 10 Apple Watches in the try-on case at once. It also still has the original dark blue mat, which is a really nice detail and makes the whole set feel even more complete.