“If you spent the money on an original iPod in 2001 on Apple stock ($499), you would have $14,513.78 today.”
In part that's a commentary on Apple's soaring equity value;in part that's a clue about product pricing for device pricing.
So the issue is whether the same choices exist today for the Apple iPad. Of course, 2001 was a good time to buy equities.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Would You Rather Have had the First iPod or $14,500?
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Gary Kim has been a digital infra analyst and journalist for more than 30 years, covering the business impact of technology, pre- and post-internet. He sees a similar evolution coming with AI. General-purpose technologies do not come along very often, but when they do, they change life, economies and industries.
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