As an employee with some involvement, there was a batch of original iPads that were
engraved with Steve Jobs signature. Scott Forstall joked "I don't want to see
these show up on eBay!"
Anyway, being none too careful, I let my then 3 year old play with it, and she was walking
around with rapt attention to whatever cartwheeling clown was on it, when she dropped it
on some bricks. The iPad's back was dented (not near the signature), and while it
still worked, wouldn't take a charge. Failure Analysis said they didn't want to
take it since it was one the "special' ones...
So I opened it up (easier then then now; just wedge the screen out and break some metal
retaining clips) and found that the dent, while small, was sharp and deep and pressed on
the charging circuit. I wanted to insulate it, so I put a picture of my daughter there
and sealed it up. Still works to this day and is great for netflix.
But when it does eventually wind up with some collector down the line, I hope they'll
be surprised and a little confused. Its always nice to make someones life a little more
surreal.
Cheers,
--sma