On the Apple earnings call for the first quarter of this year, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed once again, Apple is looking for new acquisitions.

Cook said Apple could buy a bigger company than Beats. In 2014, buy Beats Apple to $ 3.1 billion.

Cook emphasizes:

We are always looking for acquisitions can us added strength, it should have a certain uniqueness, or can we accelerate into an area of interest. Therefore, as I said before, acquired the object's size is not a critical issue. Compared to our previous acquired companies, our next target must be larger. We value the strategic fit, and whether it had the great technology and a great team. Therefore, we continue to look for acquisitions, remains very active in the mergers and acquisitions market.

Cook went on to say that Apple bought in the past four quarters of 15 companies.

Cook says is the key, Apple is not big on takeover target revenue or audience size, because Apple is sufficient in these two respects. So when Apple wants to buy the company, which mainly focused on technical innovation and talent.

Cook said in his speech, Apple hopes to buy one can help it "accelerate into an area of interest," the company, which shows that it is also possible to purchase an automotive technology company, because Apple is working on cars.

But, like Cook said at the general meeting of shareholders of the company earlier this year, when Apple find a favorite company, regardless of its size, Apple will be happy to buy, even if it will cost Apple $ 233 billion in cash reserves a large part of it.

Therefore, this means that Apple could buy 10 billion dollars ' worth of companies like Dropbox. But the question is whether Apple considers that Dropbox has the technology you want.

Apple currently has cash and marketable securities worth more than $ 250 billion.

在苹果今年第一季度财报电话会议上，苹果公司CEO蒂姆·库克再次证实，苹果正在寻找新的收购对象。

库克表示，苹果可能收购一个比Beats更大的公司。2014年，苹果以31亿美元的价格收购了Beats。

库克强调：

我们一直在寻找可以对我们构成补充力量的收购对象，它应该具有某种独特性，或者可以让我们加速进入一个很感兴趣的领域。因此，正如我之前所说，收购对象的规模不是关键问题。相比我们以前收购的公司，我们下一个收购对象肯定更大。我们看重的是战略契合，以及它是否具有伟大的技术和伟大的团队。因此，我们继续寻找收购对象，在并购市场中保持相当活跃的状态。

库克接着说，苹果在过去的四个季度购买了15家公司。

库克的讲话的关键是，苹果并不看重收购对象的收入或用户群大小，因为苹果在这两方面都很充足。因此，当苹果要收购公司，它主要看重的是技术创新性和公司人才。

库克在讲话中表示，苹果希望收购一个可以帮助它“加速进入一个感兴趣的领域”的公司，这表明它也可能购买一个汽车科技公司，因为苹果正在开发汽车。

但是，就像库克在今年早些时候的公司股东大会上说的那样，当苹果找到一个喜欢的公司，不管它的大小，苹果会很乐意收购，即使这会花掉苹果2330亿现金储备中的很大一部分。

因此，这意味着苹果可以收购像Dropbox这样价值100亿美元的公司。但问题是，苹果是否认为Dropbox拥有自己想要的技术。

苹果公司目前拥有的现金和有价证券总值超过2500亿美元。