>> R&D is part and parcel of a manufacturer. But now, we are getting waterproofing, stronger glass that is already strong? That was a bad R&D year!
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> Glass isn't strong enough. I worked taking calls for a call center of a cell phone company. Glass breaks a lot. It needs much improvement. And water. Here. In Costa Rica. Humidity kills phones. And cables. Unless you always encase your electronics in a ziplock. Much work to be done.
> KLM
Never forget that not all of R&D ends up in the hands of consumers. No small part of it, depending on the industry and the company, may "end up on the cutting room floor" — meaning there was what appeared to be a marvelous idea, if they can make it work and make it reliable, but after researching it and developing for 2 years, they finally determine that it cannot be done — or not now, not reliably, not to their standards.
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