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June 09, 2008

The Opportunity Cost of Early Adoption

Posted in: Humor, OEMs, Observations

Khoi Vinh,  prolific design blogger at Subtraction, created a great info graphic contrasting the reduced resale value of his iPhone (orange) with the rising value of AAPL stock (green). The graphic illustrates the cost of being an early adopter. If you had invested $599 in AAPL stock instead of buying an iPhone you would now have enough to buy the 3G iPhone and have $599 in AAPL assets.


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