iPhone: Early Adopter Tax ($$$ well spent?)

My tongue in cheek tirade against Apple (I'm really not upset, people) is actually echoed through the blogosphere.

This one is cool (it has graphs on it)...

Evidently, if I had not bought the first generation iPhone in June 2007, INSTEAD invested that $$$ in Apple Stock (AAPL)... today my ROI would have gotten me the new iPhone G3 version AND kept the $599 assets in AAPL stock.

That "Early Adopter Tax" gets me every time.

Thanks to Jon Sampson for the link.