Attendees stand outside of the Apple Visitors Center ahead of an event in Cupertino, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. Apple plans to unveil three phonesanother firstincluding a premium model that could cast a halo over the rest of the line, and perhaps even the rest of the smartphone industry. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg
In recent years, Apple Inc has quietly put together a global network of small research and development labs, from the French Alps to New Zealand.
Nothing unusual about that for a company that spends US$11bil (RM46.17bil) a year on R&D. Look a little closer, however, and you'll notice that many of these labs are located near companies with a strong record in mapping, augmented reality and other areas Apple is pushing into. In several cases, these companies lost employees to Apple not long after the iPhone maker came to town. Apple spokeswoman Trudy Muller declined to comment.
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