Apple predictably picks Shenzhen to be the home of its second Chinese R&D center

Beijing might be China’s capital, and Shanghai its most populous city, but Shenzhen comfortably leads the list of effervescent places jam-packed with the tools and resources needed to accelerate tech growth across a number of industry segments.Some call it the Silicon Valley of hardware, and although it also tends to get a bad rap in certain circles for hosting the world’s most shameless and occasionally hilarious clone products, it was only a matter of time until Apple selected it as the home of its second local R&D center.

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Apple’s R&D expenses will rise to massive $10 billion this year, suggesting key ‘pivot’

Unlike Google, or rather recently founded parent company Alphabet, which often seeks media attention over its many projects and experiments in early development stages, Apple prefers to work behind closed doors on new products before bringing them to the public in advanced, polished and commercial-ready form.The Tim Cook-led Cupertino money-making machine is also known for ...

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