First USB-C iPhone X Sells for $86,001
Do you want to charge everything with one USB charger and one Type-C cable or create a USB-C iPhone? Pillonel showed off the world’s first iPhone with a USB-C port, and the custom iPhone PCB ribbon cable that goes inside an iPhone X that can both charge and transfer data over USB-C. After a ton of research, engineering student Ken Pillonel showed off the world’s first iPhone with a USB-C port. The process imported several parts from China and opened the components in a manner that wouldn't cause any structural damage to make the switch. The successful prototype was sold on eBay for $8,6001.00 at 12:04AM Nov 11, 2021. It’s not just a cosmetic modification either, as Pillonel showed that his custom USB-C iPhone support charging, data transfer, and reversibility, while maintaining functionality for the rest of the iPhone’s components. To get the port cutout right, he used special drill equipment to enlarge the existing cutout. The end result was creating an iPh...