[Jiggly]

For the small, reasonable sum of $86,001, you could have had the World’s first USB-C iPhone. A robotic engineering student created this USB-C iPhone, but has seriously advised that the buyer does not update the OS or use it as their everyday phone (who would use a phone worth $86k as an everyday device?!).

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The fact that the mod has sold for over eighty times its original sale price shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Although Pillonel has open-sourced his work on the project in a Github repository containing technical details, CNC instructions, and information on the custom PCB the design uses, actually replicating the modification is no mean feat. Especially since it involves installing extra circuitry into the phone’s chassis.

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[mothered]

Moved from The Lounge forum to Mobile & Tablets.

Such a price tag. It'd be a shame to accidently drop It In the toilet bowl.

[Cannabis]

earlier in the year, the EU said they were looking into making all phone producers to use type-C for their plugs in attempt to cut down on E-waste. But I wouldn't spend that type of money to get a type-C on my iPhone... I'd just buy an Android.

[Jiggly]

earlier in the year, the EU said they were looking into making all phone producers to use type-C for their plugs in attempt to cut down on E-waste. But I wouldn't spend that type of money to get a type-C on my iPhone... I'd just buy an Android.

I think it's more just a collectors/novelty purchase. I wonder what the value of that thing would be in ten years? Either worth nothing or a lot xD

It would be good for iPhone to go with the USB-C (assuming it's of a good enough standard to compete with the lightening cable), then I'd not have to listen to people in the office asking to borrow a charger and it never being the right type.

[mothered]

I wonder what the value of that thing would be in ten years? Either worth nothing or a lot xD

Irrespective of their nature, phones don't seem to hold their value In the space of a decade.

I could be wrong, but I believe It will decline.

[Jiggly]

I wonder what the value of that thing would be in ten years? Either worth nothing or a lot xD

Irrespective of their nature, phones don't seem to hold their value In the space of a decade.

I could be wrong, but I believe It will decline.

I think you're quite right. iPhone switching to USB-C is unlikely to be something that's remembered or thought about much long term. I could be wrong.