Mohammed Shakaa, who has been collecting iPhones for nearly two decades, brought the devices along while picking up two units of Apple’s newly launched foldable smartphone, the iPhone Duo. A Dubai resident took his love for Apple to another level when he arrived at an Apple Store carrying 53 old iPhones from his personal collection.
He keeps the devices on display at home and even owns multiple colour variants of certain models. “With every generation, you see something changing: the camera, touch, battery, operating system and many other things. I have experienced those changes over the years, and that is why I love it. However, his ambitions do not end in Dubai. Shakaa now hopes to attend an Apple launch event in California and become the first customer in line there.
(Also read: iPhone Duo sold out on Blinkit within 5 minutes of launch on platform, says Albinder Dhindsa ) According to a Khaleej Times report, Apple employees had contacted Shakaa a day before his visit and asked him to bring his collection to the store.
Shakaa, who originally hails from Karachi, said collecting iPhones has become both a hobby and a personal challenge. “I am a die-hard Apple fan,” he said. “I want to go to California for Apple’s next launch and be number one there,” he said. “I want to represent myself and show them how far my craze for these phones has gone.”
