For a Q4 2014 in which it had record revenues and profit, the company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has also spent serious amounts of money on research and development of future products and technologies that will be launched in the coming years. According to the declarations finances of those from Cupertino, no less than 1.8 billion dollars were invested in research and development in laboratories and centers Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), from all over the globe. The figure is 500 million times higher than the one spent in the previous fiscal quarter, a sign that Apple is intensively preparing to bring new extremely attractive products to the market.
The growth in R&D expense during the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of 2014 was driven primarily by an increase in headcount and related expenses, including share-based compensation costs, and machinery and equipment to support expanded R&D activities. The Company continues to believe that focused investments in R&D are critical to its future growth and competitive position in the marketplace and are directly related to timely development of new and enhanced products that are central to the Company's core business strategy. As such, the Company expects to make further investments in R&D to remain competitive.
Apple invests serious amounts of money in research and development because it has multiple teams that develop a multitude of technologies, this being highlighted by the large number of invention patents registered annually. Apple develops technologies for various fields of activity, but invests massively in the development of its iPhone, iPad and Macs, they need annual improvements to be competitive. In this idea, we can expect that this year Apple will invest over 2 billion dollars in research and development in several fiscal quarters.
