Elon Musk Isn't Sure Apple's Showed Its Entire $30B R&D Prowess With New IPads: 'Maybe They Have Some Secret Products...'
Elon Musk Isn't Sure Apple's Showed Its Entire $30B R&D Prowess With New IPads: 'Maybe They Have Some Secret Products...'
After Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) launched its new iPad Air 6 and iPad Pro models on Tuesday, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk raised questions about the tech giant's huge research and development investment.
蘋果公司（納斯達克股票代碼：AAPL）週二推出新款iPad Air 6和iPad Pro機型後，特斯拉和SpaceX首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克對這家科技巨頭的巨額研發投資提出了質疑。
What Happened: Musk took to X, formerly Twitter, and responded to a meme comparing Apple's $30 billion R&D spend in 2023 to the marginal improvement in the thickness of its new 11-inch iPad Pro.
發生了什麼：馬斯克選擇了X（前身爲推特），並回應了一個模因，將蘋果在2023年的300億美元研發支出與其新款11英寸iPad Pro的厚度略有改善進行了比較。
The meme was captioned "How It Started" vs "How It's Going." In response, the tech billionaire said that considering it was a lot of money that was invested in R&D, the Tim Cook-led company might be working on some "secret products."
該模因的標題是 “它是如何開始的” 與 “進展如何”。作爲回應，這位科技億萬富翁表示，考慮到在研發上投入了大量資金，這家由蒂姆·庫克領導的公司可能正在開發一些 “祕密產品”。
Tesla CEO Elon Musk Is Impressed By The Fact That Jeff Bezos' AWS 12-Month Revenue Is Higher Than 466 S&P 500 Companies: 'Wow'
傑夫·貝佐斯在AWS的12個月收入高於466家標準普爾500指數公司，這一事實給特斯拉首席執行官埃隆·馬斯克留下了深刻的印象：“哇”
That's a lot of money. Maybe they have some secret products in development ?
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 7, 2024
那是一大筆錢。也許他們有一些祕密產品在開發中？
— 埃隆·馬斯克 (@elonmusk) 2024 年 5 月 7 日
Why It Matters: This isn't the first time, Apple's substantial R&D investment caught Musk's attention. In January earlier this year, Tesla investor Sawyer Meritt highlighted that while the EV giant spent almost $4 billion in FY23, Apple and Microsoft invested $29.92 billion and $27.2 billion, respectively.
爲何重要：這不是蘋果的大量研發投資第一次引起馬斯克的注意。今年1月初，特斯拉投資者索耶·梅里特強調，儘管這家電動汽車巨頭在23財年花費了近40億美元，但蘋果和微軟分別投資了299.2億美元和272億美元。
At the time, the Tesla CEO said, "There are gigantic differences in the effectiveness of R&D spending between companies."
當時，特斯拉首席執行官表示：“公司之間研發支出的有效性存在巨大差異。”
Apple's newly unveiled iPad Pro features the M4 chip and OLED display. On the other hand, and iPad Air, now comes in two sizes, for the first time since its existence.
蘋果新推出的iPad Pro採用M4芯片和OLED顯示屏。另一方面，iPad Air現在有兩種尺寸，這是自其存在以來的首次。
The new iPad Pro has a starting price of $999 for 11-inch and $1,299 for the 13-inch model. Similarly, iPad Air 6 starts at $599 and $799, for 11-inch and 13-inch models, respectively.
新款iPad Pro的11英寸起價爲999美元，13英寸機型的起價爲1,299美元。同樣，iPad Air 6的11英寸和13英寸機型的起價分別爲599美元和799美元。
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