If You Bought $1,000 In Apple Stock When The iPod Was Released, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
If You Bought $1,000 In Apple Stock When The iPod Was Released, Here's How Much You'd Have Now
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) will discontinue making the iPod, a music player that was first launched in 2001. Here's a look at how the stock has performed since the music player was launched.
蘋果納斯達克(Sequoia Capital：AAPL)將停止生產iPod，這是一款於2001年首次推出的音樂播放器。以下是自音樂播放器推出以來該股的表現。
What Happened: Apple released the iPod in 2001 as one of its first personal electronics products. The first iPod was released on Oct. 23, 2001.
發生的事情：蘋果於2001年發佈了iPod，作為其首批個人電子產品之一。第一款iPod於2001年10月23日發佈。
Later versions of the iPod were introduced including the iPod Mini in 2004, iPod Nano in 2006, iPod Touch in 2007 and several versions of the iPod Shuffle.
後來推出的iPod版本包括2004年的iPod Mini，2006年的iPod Nano，2007年的iPod Touch和幾個版本的iPod Shuffle。
The device was one of several items that expanded the product line for Apple away from the computer market, and also one of the many products that were launched with co-founder Steve Jobs serving as Apple CEO.
這款設備是將蘋果的產品線從電腦市場擴展到其他市場的幾款產品之一，也是與聯合創始人共同推出的眾多產品之一史蒂夫·喬布斯擔任蘋果首席執行官。
The success of the iPod led Apple to later push into the phone market with the iPhone, a product that has been extremely successful for the company and remains a huge revenue driver for the tech giant.
IPod的成功促使蘋果後來通過iPhone進軍手機市場，這款產品對公司來説非常成功，仍然是這家科技巨頭的鉅額收入來源。
Related Link: Apple's iPod Is Coming To An End, But The 'Music Lives On'
相關鏈接：蘋果iPod行將結束，但音樂將永存
"If we didn't do the iPod, the iPhone wouldn't have come out," former Apple Senior Vice President Tony Fadell said. "The iPod brought us confidence. It brought Steve confidence that we could so something outside of the map and that we could actually continue to innovate in new areas."
前蘋果高級副總裁表示：“如果我們沒有iPod，iPhone就不會問世。”託尼·法德爾説。“iPod給我們帶來了信心。它給史蒂夫帶來了信心，讓他相信我們可以做一些出類拔萃的事情，我們實際上可以繼續在新的領域創新。”
The iPod changed the music industry forever, with options to buy songs separately from a full album and several a-la-carte options. The music player also helped boost the share price of Apple with early success.
IPod徹底改變了音樂產業，它提供了從完整專輯中單獨購買歌曲的選項，以及多個單點選項。這款音樂播放器也幫助提振了蘋果的股價，取得了初步的成功。
Investing $1,000 in Apple: Apple shares traded around $19.60 on Oct. 23, 2001. A $1,000 investment in Apple could have purchased 51.02 shares at the time of the iPod release.
向蘋果投資1,000美元：2001年10月23日，蘋果股價約為19.60美元。在iPod發佈時，1,000美元的投資可以買到51.02股蘋果股票。
Over the last 21 years, Apple stock has also split several times with a 2-for-1 split in 2005, a 7-1 split in 2014 and a 4-1 split in 2020.
在過去的21年裏，蘋果的股票也出現了幾次分裂，2005年是1比2,2014年是7比1,2020年是4比1。
The hypothetical investment would now be 2,857.12 shares.
假設的投資額現在是2857.12股。
Based on a price of $149.31 for Apple shares at the time of writing, the $1,000 investment would now be worth $425,596.59. This represents a return of 42,559.67% over the last 21+ years.
根據撰寫本文時蘋果股票149.31美元的價格，1,000美元的投資現在價值425,596.59美元。這代表了過去21年多來42,559.67%的回報率。
Photo: Courtesy of Blake Patterson on Flickr
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