On the 29th June 2007, the original Apple iPhone was released… how crazy is that! I bet they are worth a fortune now for a sealed one. Pretty sure history museums will have one present. Anyway, the Apple iPhone is celebrating its 10th birthday and eBay have put together 10 stats, based around what they have seen and sold on the popular auction site.

The online marketplace has revealed it’s sold an iPhone every second in the last three months, and surprisingly it’s the iPhone 5C – which came out in 2013 – that takes the crown as the most popular iPhone. The trusty model has seen more than 35 million searches in the past three years – that’s 22 every minute!

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Here are some more stats that eBay has compiled and I have to say, some of them are quite impressive!

  1. Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, sales of the product have jumped by 5000% with eBay seeing 16,000 searches in that first year – compared to 835,000 in 2016
  2. In 2011, the year Snapchat was first released, the online marketplace saw a massive increase in demand for iPhone accessories. Selfie sticks proved particularly popular as Brits were sick of straining to get the right angle, with searches increasing from 8 in 2010 to a huge 37,000 in 2011
  3. In the last three years Brits have spent more than 830 million minutes searching for the perfect iPhone on eBay, with an average search time of 45 minutes and more than 17 million searches in total
  4. When it comes to the most popular iPhone model, the 5c takes the crown – with more than 35 million searches in the past three years, followed by the iPhone 6 model
  5. And it seems Britain is a nation of bargain hunters, with Black Friday proving the peak day to bag an iPhone 6 with sales reaching 283 thousand
  6. The average price an iPhone will go for on eBay is £235 and the average Brit will spend £23 on iPhone accessories per year, including; selfie sticks, headphones, chargers and cases
  7. Sunday is the most popular day for Brits to browse for iPhone models and accessories – specifically between 9pm – 11pm
  8. In the last year Brits have spent more than 730 million minutes on site searching for the perfect iPhone accessories – that’s enough time to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy one million times
  9. Over the same time period, more than 530 million people have used an iPhone to shop on eBay.co.uk – that’s more than the population of Russia and America combined
  10. Today, there are 7 million iPhone related products on site with more than 5 million items sold in the last three months – that’s nearly one every second.

So there we go, people have spent a staggering 730 million minutes, searching eBay for the perfect accessory! Madness! If you haven’t tried eBay yet, where have you been?! Go check it out and I guarantee you will find so many products, new and used, that you will want to purchase! If you’re looking for that next iPhone purchase, check out eBay, the world’s most popular online auction house.