What If You'd Bought Apple Stock Instead of the First iPhone?
$499 on the first iPhone in 2007, or the same money in Apple stock
$45,031
would be worth today — 90.2x the price of the first iPhone
Apple shares
136.71
Held for
19.3 years
S&P 500 instead
$3,671
The original iPhone went on sale on June 29, 2007. Lines wrapped around Apple stores, and the 4GB model cost $499 — before any contract.
How we worked it out: Launch price: $499 for the 4GB model. We put the $499 into Apple stock at its closing price on June 29, 2007 ($3.65, adjusted for later stock splits and dividends) and value those shares at today's price. Launch prices are US list prices before tax.
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Past performance does not predict future returns. Not financial advice.