It has been our tradition to compare prices of Apple products in various Asia-Pacific countries in order to determine the country that offers the cheapest iPhone or iPad. We’ll do the same today — this time, for the iPad Mini which was recently launched by Apple in several countries in the past weeks.
We compared the prices of the iPad Mini in 12 countries, and we discovered that the cheapest iPad Mini in Asia-Pacific is being sold in…
Millions of people around the world now own an Apple iPad 2. So what do you do to your gadget if you want to stand out and flaunt your wealth?
The answer: plaster it with 24-karat gold, replace the Apple logo with 24-karat diamonds, pepper the frame with the oldest rock in the world and top it off with bones of a dino — wait for it — saur!
Yes, the most expensive iPad 2 — containing gold, diamonds, prehistoric rocks and bones of an extinct animal — is now for sale at £5 million (GBP UK pounds) or approximately US$7.8 million.
“iResign.”
That’s the essence of the announcement made by Steve Jobs on August 24, 2011 when he officially relinquished his post as Apple Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). As he steps down, we look back at the plethora of achievements that Jobs scored for the tech company during the past fourteen years that he was CEO.
Here are three of Jobs’ best achievements as Apple CEO with regard to the Apple stock (AAPL).
Achievement #1: Under Jobs’ helm, the Apple stock (NASDAQ: AAPL) skyrocketed in price from $5 in September 1997 after Jobs was officially appointed as interim CEO to around $376 on the day of his resignation. That translates to a total price growth of 7,420% during the 14-year period or a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36.15%. So if you invested $1,000 back in 1997, this is now worth a whopping $75,200.
