The world's first 'iPhone with USB Type-C port' will be sold for about 10 million yen

The iPhone charges and synchronizes the device with Apple's proprietary Lightning port, but some devices such as the iPad Pro are switching from the Lightning port to the USB Type-C port. Not only users, but also media and regulators are pressing Apple to switch the iPhone's Lightning port to a USB Type-C port. A person who replaced the Lightning port of such an iPhone with a USB Type-C port by himself appeared, and the world's first 'iPhone with a USB Type-C port' was sold at an internet auction and sold for about 10 million yen. ..

World's First USB-C iPhone | eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/165161363347

Ken Pillonel, a student in robotics, created the world's first 'iPhone with a USB Type-C port' by modifying the iPhone. The process of creating an 'iPhone with a USB Type-C port' is explained in detail in the following article.

A person who replaced the iPhone with a USB Type-C port released a video of the procedure --GIGAZINE

Mr. Pillonel's 'iPhone with USB Type-C port' was auctioned on eBay, an internet auction, and it was finally sold. The auction was for $ 1 (about 113 yen), but there were 116 bids, and the final bid was $ 86,001 (about 9.8 million yen).

In addition, Mr. Pillonel has open sourced the iPhone equipped with a USB Type-C port, and has released information on the circuit necessary for customization. However, please note that the iPhone modified by Mr. Pillonel was 'iPhone X', so the circuit diagram published in the open source is just 'the circuit diagram for modifying iPhone X'.

not-for-iphone-usb-c / ip-x at master · kenp-io / not-for-iphone-usb-c · GitHub
https://github.com/kenp-io/not-for-iphone-usb-c/tree/master/ip-x