It quickly became an outrage on the market when Apple launched its iconic smartphone top-of-the-line iPhone 16 Pro Max on September 20, 2024.
Apple offered the smartphone for $1,199, and brand enthusiasts were too fast to buy it. Even if you might be one of those Apple fans, that’s possible.
But have you ever wondered if you bought Bitcoin for the same amount rather than the latest smartphone?
Well, on September 20, 2024, Bitcoin priced at $62,966.53. It’s clear that you’ve bought a small percentage of cryptocurrency for $1,199.
But today, if you sold the same percentage of Bitcoin, you could have bought a MacBook Pro.
When Bitcoin escaped the tariff disaster on April 22, 2025, the price of Bitcoin reached $91,509.68. In fact, since the iPhone 16 Pro Max release date, the value of the asset has skyrocketed by 45%.
So if you were to sell your fractional bitcoin holdings today, you would have received around $1,740.
For this amount, you can buy a MacBook Pro with a $1,599 M4 chip and save over $140.
It should be noted that tariff tensions between the US and China have led global industry to panic. And the high-tech industry couldn’t take the brunt of it either.
It was a particular concern for Apple, one of the world’s largest high-tech companies. Because it’s because it’s a US-based company, but it manufactures most of its products in China.
If Trump doesn’t give tech companies bailouts from tariffs, the iPhone’s price could reach over $2,000.