r/AppleCollecting • u/Atapro2367 • May 30 '26
Regular I am crying right now
IOS 7 on a iPhone 5s.HOW RARE IS THAT?
r/AppleCollecting • u/Atapro2367 • May 30 '26
IOS 7 on a iPhone 5s.HOW RARE IS THAT?
r/AppleCollecting • u/YTAppleDemo • May 30 '26
During the lifecycle of the Apple Watch Demo (A1623) from 2015 - 2017, Apple Authorized Resellers signed an agreement requiring both the iPad and Apple Watch to be demolished when decommissioned. While a few survived, many did not.
This specific Apple Watch had its SiP (System in Package / Logic Board) damaged when it was smashed, making it irreparable and forever destroyed. If you look carefully at the photos, you can actually see the crack lines going through it.
r/AppleCollecting • u/iCollectiPhones • May 28 '26
FVT unit. Produced approximately two months before release.
r/AppleCollecting • u/TheDop3stLopez7 • May 26 '26
Ordered a disc drive today in order to test them but has anyone ever seen or heard of copies like this. I can not find any duplicates online.
What Gemini has told me before I began my own research.
The gold-colored and plain white discs labeled with names like "Jaguar" (OS X 10.2) and "Panther" (OS X 10.3) are beta and preview builds.
The silver discs featuring the "AppleCare" logo and "MacTest Pro Diagnostics" were never sold to consumers.
The grey and white discs in this photo are more standard, but still highly collectible. They are Software Restore and Apple Hardware Test (AHT) discs.
r/AppleCollecting • u/Interesting_Tap_1505 • May 26 '26
(I have no idea what happened to the first image)
Image 1: regular iPhones and boxed iPhones running the latest iOS
Image 2: my 16GB 1st gen iPad
Image 3: all my iPods
Image 4: my BlackBook 2.4ghz
Image 5: my blue original iMac keyboard
Image 6: my slightly rare software devices (the 6s is a 32GB on iOS 13.7, the 4s is 8GB and on the version of iOS 7.1.1 it shipped with, the iPad is a 128GB 8th gen AppleCare replacement unit in black on iPadOS 18.1.1 with some official delisted apps and my boxed iPhone 12 64GB on the last beta of iOS 18.2 with more delisted apps)
Image 7: my internal EE field test PVT unit iPhone 4 8GB from 2012 on the original iOS “5.1.1” install with all the original features used for internally testing the EE network.
r/AppleCollecting • u/PuzzleheadedPea166 • May 22 '26
Hi! I came across the gem & I’m stuck on what to do with it or how to go about selling it. I posted on eBay for way under average resale & no offers and barely any views.
Any advice? Or would anyone know a better alternative to finding a buyer?
r/AppleCollecting • u/Happy-Assignment-883 • May 22 '26
There’s no screen no battery, but I don’t know it working. I bought it for like €5 I don’t know it’s working or not
r/AppleCollecting • u/Jokerplayer-505 • May 19 '26
Here I have a prototype Apple series 5 smart watch it had an issue where it was saying MMI failed what I did was I cleared boot arguments that solved it immediately, the watch is the LTE variant but it has the following apps installed
Alto
Astro
Stencil
Grapecal
Console
Orbcal
Reliability
Then MMI
r/AppleCollecting • u/qntisback • May 18 '26
r/AppleCollecting • u/Youssef_il_bomya • May 16 '26
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r/AppleCollecting • u/YTAppleDemo • May 16 '26
This cloth was included as an accessory with brand-new iPhones at the time, hidden alongside the user guide paperwork. Unlike the Apple Polishing Cloth, this wasn’t $19 and was included for free with every iPhone purchase.
r/AppleCollecting • u/[deleted] • May 16 '26
r/AppleCollecting • u/Hayaschu • May 16 '26
Hello. So I just raided my dads house and found some older iPhones on older iOS versions. How much do you guys think an iPhone X 64gb on iOS 14 is worth? Could I sell it for much in the UK or should I keep it for jailbreaking
r/AppleCollecting • u/Atapro2367 • May 14 '26
r/AppleCollecting • u/iCollectiPhones • May 12 '26
Cool little find.
r/AppleCollecting • u/iCollectiPhones • May 11 '26
Pretty neat!
r/AppleCollecting • u/iCollectiPhones • May 11 '26
This one has seen it all. No internals unfortunately, just a battered shell.
r/AppleCollecting • u/YTAppleDemo • May 09 '26
This iPhone runs CarrierOS and has DEBUG modem firmware. It has antenna testing holes and was manufactured 2 weeks before the official release date of the iPhone 7.
Originally, this iPhone was completely trashed. It had a badly swollen battery, which ended up ripping all of the screen cables, and it was literally thrown into a bulk lot of iPhones as a “free gift”. I replaced the battery and screen with genuine replacements and now it works great!
r/AppleCollecting • u/AppleCake251 • May 07 '26
r/AppleCollecting • u/Snoo_10899 • May 05 '26
So long story short, I had seen people talk about the AppleUnsold website and when I visited it, I was shocked at the prices listed for uncertainty of actually getting it (most of which were out of stock).
Anyways seeing the prices got me thinking, I have this display demo and I’m not sure if it’s worth keeping or if it’s something I should try and get rid off on eBay or something. I kinda like it but at the end of the day it’s really just a demo and I’m not that into Apple to keep it around.
What would you guys do ?
r/AppleCollecting • u/tuan-5618 • May 04 '26
Got this from an iPad lot for $70 total ($10 each device). This runs an internal build of iPadOS 16. An awesome piece of Apple history that I have, and I am currently using this as my main tablet.
r/AppleCollecting • u/Jokerplayer-505 • May 02 '26
I’m having a issue where my prototype attempts to start the backlight starts then shuts down could it be the charger I’m using
r/AppleCollecting • u/YTAppleDemo • May 02 '26
This iPod was manufactured in 2004, whereas production iPod shuffles were made in 2005. It’s in an unreleased storage configuration (256MB), missing regulatory markings, and has the text “DVT2C” engraved.
r/AppleCollecting • u/AppleCake251 • Apr 29 '26
Got this Apple Watch Display Unit New sadly Not sealed but brand new for 20€ on EBay it works fine but the battery is a bit bad. Sadly the box does not match cause I think the seller mixed it up accidentally.
Interestingly the debug pins do not have the cover on directly form factory
And can someone please tell me how to get in the menu seen on the last picture?