Apple increases its R&D budget by $500 million

25 April, 2013
The $500 million injection marks a 33% increase over Q2 of last year, and up to $4 billion in this fiscal year.

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  • Anonymous
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  • 25 Apr 2013

AnonD-77892, 25 Apr 2013sadly... we all know that apple product uses samsung pro... moreso every iphone is a disguise galaxy...

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    • Anonymous
    • v}7
    • 25 Apr 2013

    I guess adding the 6th row is harder than what they thought it would be

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      • yan
      • j8w
      • 25 Apr 2013

      AnonD-77892, 25 Apr 2013sory but i just wants to tell you that my friend work at ap... moreand you expect us to believe that you have a friend that works at apple? lol

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        • UNA
        • 25 Apr 2013

        Who Cares?, 25 Apr 2013Buddy dont be mad your beloved Apple is getiing crushed by ... moresadly...

        we all know that apple product uses samsung processor and chipsets? Samsung has increased the price of manufacturing Apple's application processor by nearly 20 percent. The Korean daily notes that this is the first time Samsung has sought to increase pricing on the processors that go inside Apple's mobile devices. so maybe you are half right!

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          • AnonD-77892
          • UNA
          • 25 Apr 2013

          AnonD-120291, 25 Apr 2013And people probably wont see any results until 2014, as the... moresory but i just wants to tell you that my friend work at apple and he told me alot about upcoming iphone and ios7 trust me dude when ios7 comes out people will forget andriod customization ios 7 is completely redesign and you can customize it even better than andriod no need to jailbreak bcuz all paid cydia apps and tweak and new apps like cydia are going to be in ios7 and new iphone will come in eight colours with super fast fingerprint scanning and much more. very innovative.. just wait

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            • kLX
            • 25 Apr 2013

            Anonymous, 25 Apr 2013Lol at the Apple haters. Noticed their numbers have dwindle... moreBuddy dont be mad your beloved Apple is getiing crushed by the king of plastic..True story..

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              • AnonD-69388
              • RmC
              • 25 Apr 2013

              they needed it the most.........now atleast we hope they will start making phones that actually people prefer, rather then sticking to the same old formula they been following for so long....................

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                • Anonymous
                • PG5
                • 25 Apr 2013

                Lol at the Apple haters. Noticed their numbers have dwindled recently. It's become increasingly a loser activity to be one, the few left are proud of it tho haha

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                  • AnonD-115286
                  • CZY
                  • 25 Apr 2013

                  R&D dept

                  Research & Development Department


                  I think the name of the Department is clear enough about what is its responsibilities for the company/corporation, or you can simply google it for more detail

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                    • AnonD-120291
                    • 3xq
                    • 25 Apr 2013

                    And people probably wont see any results until 2014, as there is no doubt the iphone 5s will be here in 3-4 months tops, not really enough time, but does at least point to iphone 6 potential, however with all that money they are spending they should offer some basic feature missing, that have been on every other phone for years, along with something revolutionary and not just a row of icons and the same ui, it probably is a good idea also to bring a high end and a low end model to help close the gap, but it was always going to be the case that apple would eventually wobble, the market is saturated with iphones and there will come a time when they slip up, all manufacturers suffer from this, at some stage, the competition is fierce and after a while people will get bored of a product and try something new, look at nokia, they were the worlds biggest and now look at them, its a case of swings and roundabouts, most of the big players will get a shot at the top spot at some point

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                      • Xfactor0024
                      • PG3
                      • 25 Apr 2013

                      It good to see companies like apple respond to market changes and trends. i hope to see a very good come back on iOS anda new version of the Iphone. * fingers Crossed*

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                        • yan
                        • j8w
                        • 25 Apr 2013

                        yan, 25 Apr 2013sorry for being naive, but what is "R&D"? Thanksand what is their job

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                          • yan
                          • j8w
                          • 25 Apr 2013

                          sorry for being naive, but what is "R&D"? Thanks

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                            • Anonymous
                            • w7n
                            • 25 Apr 2013

                            Alright!! Now we'll have 2 added rows of icons instead of 1!!

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                              • Anonymous
                              • iia
                              • 25 Apr 2013

                              lol takes 500mil to work out they need a bigger screen?

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                                • Pn$
                                • 25 Apr 2013

                                man, 4 billion USD a year to develop one phone each two years and to update it once, to update the ipad once a year and to "improve" iOS and MacOS once a year. what the hell are they doing with all this money?

                                i said it before and i'll say it again. 5 yeahrs after steve jobs died apple won't produce phones anymore.

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                                  • kLX
                                  • 25 Apr 2013

                                  Apple desperately needs at least a 4.3 inch display with a completely revamped user interface to stay afloat in the Samsung flood!! For now Apple sits on a leaking boat..

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                                    • XNt
                                    • 25 Apr 2013

                                    Anonymous, 25 Apr 2013Nah, the only reason why apple can afford to spend so much ... moreHa Ha Ha Ture that !

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                                      • AnonD-124074
                                      • sF}
                                      • 25 Apr 2013

                                      Apple without Steve Jobs is all deja vu again.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • M3s
                                        • 25 Apr 2013

                                        ha ha apple haters