04-29-2013, 01:37 PM
You mean they haven't ANNOUNCED any new products. That's very different. Tim Cook said on the earnings concall that they would be releasing new products in the fall and 2014 including "new product categories". It may take a few more months, but I suspect later this year you'll realize what they've been spending all that money on.
Also, throwing more money into R&D doesn't necessary mean more innovation and faster cycles. Microsoft spends 8 times as much as Apple on R&D, but that didn't stop Apple coming out with the iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, etc during the same period when Microsoft came out with...Windows Vista, Windows 8 RT, the Kin, Zune, Windows Phone, the MSN Smart Watch, and 100 failed tablets.
Also, throwing more money into R&D doesn't necessary mean more innovation and faster cycles. Microsoft spends 8 times as much as Apple on R&D, but that didn't stop Apple coming out with the iPod, iPhone, iPad, MacBook Air, etc during the same period when Microsoft came out with...Windows Vista, Windows 8 RT, the Kin, Zune, Windows Phone, the MSN Smart Watch, and 100 failed tablets.
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