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Research and development spending has increased consistently for over a decade at Apple, but it’s basically flat year over year for Q1 2024.
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Apple spends incredible amounts of money on research and development each quarter. According to Apple’s Q1 2024 earnings report, it spent $7.7 billion in the space.
When viewed each quarter, Apple has increased its spending on R&D year-over-year every quarter since at least 2013. For Q1 2024, it was nearly flat for the first time.
Apple R&D spending flat for the first time in over a decade — sort of
Apple R&D spending flat for the first time in over a decade — sort of
