如果考慮到通脹對價格的影響，再把智能手機的所有核心軟硬件功能都集中到一款1985年生產(chǎn)的產(chǎn)品中，那它會值多少錢呢？一家公司打算找出答案。

互聯(lián)網(wǎng)營銷公司W(wǎng)ebpageFX在一篇很長的評估報告中比較了如今和那時的智能手機價格。該公司發(fā)現(xiàn)，具備現(xiàn)今所有功能的智能手機在1985年的價格是3213.6910萬美元。這聽起來確實有些荒誕。但對該公司數(shù)據(jù)的進一步分析表明這個數(shù)字或許有些道理。

比如說，如果你想在1985年買一部摩托羅拉DynaTAC手機，就得拿出9000美元，這遠遠超過現(xiàn)在一部無鎖智能手機幾百美元的價格。想給朋友發(fā)短信或圖片？你很可能需要傳真機，而1985年一臺傳真機的價格是1105美元。萬一在迷失方向時需要GPS導航儀，1985年的你就需要花費6630美元。如今，這些都作為軟件集成到了智能手機中。

這還僅僅是個開始。WebpageFX發(fā)現(xiàn)，雖然iPhone 自帶Apple Music這樣的便攜音樂播放器，但在1985年，你可能得用價格400美元的索尼D-50 CD隨身聽才能在四處走動時欣賞音樂。萬一想記錄下和家人的某個特殊時刻，你就得花3700美元買一臺攝像機。現(xiàn)在，人們只需抽出口袋里的手機就可以錄像了。

不過，上述花銷和3210萬美元還有天壤之別。那么，WebpageFX是怎么得到這個數(shù)字的呢？

該公司指出，關(guān)鍵在于處理能力。要想得到和現(xiàn)今高端智能手機同樣的處理能力，1985年的消費者得買一臺Cray-2超級計算機。價格呢？3200萬美元。

在解釋怎樣算出智能手機值3210萬美元的文章中，WebpageFX寫道：“Cray-2超級計算機曾是世界上速度最快的電腦。今天，這樣的計算能力和速度占據(jù)的空間比你的手還小（而且要方便得多）。”

沒錯，1985年的智能手機聽起來或許很貴。但如果說WebpageFX的數(shù)據(jù)說明了什么問題的話，那就是如今的手機也許真的很便宜。畢竟，該公司提供的數(shù)據(jù)顯示，一部智能手機在1985年的價格大約相當于957輛2016年產(chǎn)的轎車或者109幢新建房屋。在那時買一部擁有如今手機所有能力和功能的產(chǎn)品就相當于現(xiàn)在買下近8.5萬臺電腦。（財富中文網(wǎng)）

譯者：Charlie

校對：詹妮

If you adjusted prices to inflation and took all of the core hardware and software features in your smartphone into a device built in 1985, how much would it cost? That’s what one company decided to find out.

In a lengthy evaluation comparing smartphone costs now and then, Internet marketing company WebpageFX found that a smartphone with all the features one would expect today would have cost $32,136,910 in 1985. Admittedly, that might sound a bit ridiculous. But further evaluation of the company’s data reveals it might make some sense.

For instance, if you wanted to buy a mobile phone like the Motorola DynaTAC back in 1985, it would’ve cost you $9,000—a far cry from the few hundreds you’d pay now for an unlocked smartphone. Want to send some text and images to a friend? You probably would’ve needed a fax machine, which in 1985 cost $1,105. In the off chance you didn’t know where you were going and needed a GPS navigator, it would’ve cost you $6,630 in 1985. Now, it comes bundled as software inside your smartphone.

But that’s just the beginning. WebpageFX found that while a portable music player like Apple Music comes with the iPhone at no charge, in 1985, you would’ve needed a $400 Sony D-50 Discman to walk around and listen to tunes. Just in case you wanted to capture that special moment with your family, you would’ve needed to purchase a $3,700 camcorder. Now, you can whip a smartphone out of your pocket and get to recording.

Still, that all amounts to a far cry from $32.1 million, so how did WebpageFX get there?

According to the company, it’s all about processing power. To get the same level of processing power customers would find in a high-end smartphone today, one would have needed to buy the Cray-2 supercomputer in 1985. Its price? $32 million.

“The Cray-2 supercomputer was the fastest computer in the world for a time,” the company wrote in its explanation on how it landed at $32.1 million for a smartphone cost. “Today, all of that power and speed is smaller than your hand (and a lot more convenient).”

Yes, a 1985 smartphone might sound expensive, but if WebpageFX’s data is any indication, today’s devices might actually be a bargain. After all, according to the company, a 1985 smartphone would cost about as much as 957 new, 2,016 cars, and 109 new houses. A single smartphone with all the power and features of today’s devices would have set you back the cost of nearly 85,000 computers on shelves right now.