Kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo sikwazise ngezicwangciso zika-Apple zokuvula iziko le-R & D eBeijing. Kule veki u-Apple udibene kwi-Chinese Silicon Valley ukuvula iziko elitsha le-R & D. UTim Cook ngoku uhamba eJapan, apho intloko yeApple ityelele amaziko eNintendo, ukongeza kwindibano kunye nenkulumbuso yaseJapan apho I-CEO ye-Apple ibhengeze ukuba izakuvula elinye iziko le-R & D elizweni. Kufuneka kukhunjulwe ukuba ekupheleni kwalo nyaka iziko lokuqala le-R & D elicwangciselwe iJapan liza kuvulwa, ukuba nje imisebenzi igqitywe ngexesha, ke eli ziko litsha liya kuba lelesibini elizweni kunye nelesine e-Asiya.
Kwintlanganiso ne-Nkulumbuso yase-Japan, u-Shinzo Abe, ethe yahlala ngaphezulu nje kweyure, u-Tim Cook no-Abe bathetha ngezicwangciso ze-Apple zeli lizwe. Iziko elitsha le-R & D liya kubekwa eYokohama, kwisakhiwo esidala esasiphantsi kwePanasonic, isakhiwo esiya kuguqulwa yiApple ngokupheleleyo sibe liziko lophando nophuhliso elitsha.
Eli ziko litsha, kwisixeko saseTsunashima, linendawo engama-269.000 eenyawo zenyawo kwaye njengamanye amaziko enkampani baya kusebenza ngamandla aluhlaza, kumandla ahlaziyekayo ukongeza ekusebenziseni amanzi asetyenziswayo kwizibonelelo, izibonelelo eziya kuba nemithi ngaphezulu
Ukongeza kumaziko amabini e-R & D amiselweyo e-China, i-Apple okwangoku inolu hlobo lweziko olusasazekileyo I-Israel, i-United Kingdom, i-France, i-Japan ne-Switzerland. Mhlawumbi lixesha lokuba i-Apple iyeke ukusebenzisa ileyibhile "Yenzelwe i-Apple eCupertino" ukongeza "Yenziwe yi-Apple eCupertino nakwamanye amazwe amaninzi".