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1、[2012.09.15]Fiveoutoften得分不及格[复制链接]Apple’snewsmartphone苹果的新智能手机Fiveoutoften得分不及格TheiPhone5ishardlyagreatleapforwardiphone5未实现质的飞跃Sep15th2012
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3、fromtheprinteditionThesmartestphoneintheroom?iphone5,发布会上最智能的手机?SOMEhilariousvideosdoingtheroundsontheinternetsh
4、owpeoplepretendingtotakephotoswithinvisibleiPhonesandholdconversationsonthem.ThesespoofsaremeanttopokefunatAppleanditslegionoffans.Buttheverynotionthatthefirmcouldproduceasee-throughphonealsohighlightshowcloselyitsbrandhasbecomeassociatedwithrevolutionaryinnovations
5、.Whatapity,then,thattheiPhone5,whichwasunveiledonSeptember12th,failstoliveuptothathard-wonreputation.网上有一段“隐形iphone”的恶搞视频十分流行,在该视频里人们煞有介事地用手掌拍照片打电话。这些滑稽模仿都是在拿苹果公司和果粉开涮。但苹果公司有能力生产透明手机的这一观念也突出了苹果就是“革命性创新”的代名词。但遗憾的是,9月12日发布的iphone5却辜负了它来之不易的美誉。Thedeviceisthinnerthanits
6、predecessors,hasabiggerscreenandboastsconnectivitytosuperfast4Gwirelessnetworks.ButitnowcompetesagainstimpressiveofferingsfromthelikesofSouthKorea’sSamsungandotherrivals,whoareconstantlychurningoutsnazziersuperthinhandsetsoftheirownwithstunningdisplays.Theyareunlike
7、lytolosemuchsleepbecauseoftheincrementalchangesmadetotheiPhone5.比前几代iphone相比,Iphone5更薄,屏幕也更大,并支持4G极速无线网络。但现在,韩国三星等公司也能生产出同样出色的产品,这意味着苹果公司的iphone5所面临的竞争巨大。这些公司不断推出一系列显示效果极佳的更炫超薄手机。所以对于Iphone5的渐进式改进,他们并不怎么感到焦虑。Thisisahigh-stakesgameforApple,whosephonebusinessstillacco
8、untsformorethanhalfofitsrevenues.Thesearenotabouttoplummet:hordesoffolkstillwanttogettheirhandsonsmartphones.IHS,aresearchfirm,reckonsthatnextyearglobalshipmentsofsmartphoneswillexceedthoseofnon-smartonesforthefirsttime.ButtheiPhoneisfacingmuchstiffercompetitionfrom
9、handsetsusingGoogle’spopularAndroidoperatingsystem.AccordingtoIDC,anotherresearchfirm,Android’sshareofsmartphonesalesrosefrom24%in2010to66%inthefirsthalfofthisyear;Apple’sgrewbyfourpercentagepoints,to20%,overthesameperiod.这是一场高风险的博弈。因为手机业务仍为苹果公司收入打下了大半壁江山。虽然手机销量不会骤减
10、,因为很多人仍想入手智能机。调研公司IHS表示,明年全球智能机出货量将首次超过非智能机。但谷歌安卓系统的手机也广受喜爱,可以说,iphone所面临的是一个强手如云的市场。另一家调研公司IDC表示,从2010年到今年上半年,智能手机销量中安卓手机份额从24%上升到了66%。而在
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