The Cost of Early Adoption [Infographic]

Everyone’s been an early adopter at one point in their life. Whether it happened with the new release of the iPhone, or Nintendo’s next gimmicky platform, generally everyone has adopted a new device or technology early on in its lifecycle at some point throughout their lives. As consistent early adopters know, however, it’s always a pretty big gamble, as we customers are paying the highest price for which our new device will ever sell, yet we are paying that price for the device in what is generally the worst working state in which it will ever be. Ever wonder what the cost of being an early adopter is? Read on below to view this information in everyone’s favorite way to view information: The graphic.

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