iPhone销售强劲提振苹果利润_BEC初级作文

iPhone销售强劲提振苹果利润

作为世界第一大手机制造商，以及苹果在手机业的头号竞争对手，三星电子也不例外。三星本月表示，预计本财季利润同比将下降24%。三星认为，这部分是因为目前是中国智能手机销售的淡季，而中国是世界上最大的智能手机市场，另一个原因是来自低成本竞争对手的激烈竞争。

Tablet sales shrank for Samsung, too, last quarter. The company said that generally, consumers upgrade tablets less often than they do smartphones.

三星上季度平板电脑销量也出现下降。公司表示，总的来说，消费者更换平板电脑的频率低于智能手机。

That might be the same reason iPad sales slowed this quarter as well.

这可能也是这一财季iPad销量放缓的原因。

“It’s part of a pattern — lots of new people are buying iPads, but people who already have them haven’t been replacing them very quickly,” said Jan Dawson, an independent telecom analyst for Jackdaw Research.

杰克道研究公司(Jackdaw Research)独立电信分析师简·道森(Jan Dawson)说，“这是有规律的——许多新用户在购买iPad，但已经拥有iPad的人不会很快更新换代。”

Mr. Maestri of Apple added that he believed Apple’s new partnership with IBM would only help lift iPad sales among businesses using tablets. Earlier this month, the companies said they would work together on 100 business programs exclusively for iPhones and iPads.