iPhone增量式改变或将令苹果面临风险_时事

iPhone增量式改变或将令苹果面临风险

The new iPhone is sure to shatter previous sales records. It may also prove the moment to dump Apple shares.

新iPhone一定会打破之前的销售纪录。除此之外，它也提醒我们，可能到了卖出苹果(Apple)股票的时候了。

Each new iPhone has sold as many units as all previous generations combined, Apple executives have joked internally according to recent trial testimony. And it isn't crazy to believe exponential growth can continue for at least one more. Combine pent-up demand among existing iPhone users looking to upgrade, with the possibility that the new model will finally be compatible with the world's largest carrier, China Mobile, and investors can expect explosive results.

据前不久的庭审证词显示，苹果高管在公司内部开玩笑时曾说，每款新iPhone的销量都是之前所有几代产品的销量之和。认为至少另一款iPhone的销量也将呈现出这种增长模式并非不切实际的想法。那些想让手里iPhone更新换代的用户具有潜在需求，再加上新机型可能最终将与全球最大无线运营商中国移动(China Mobile)的网络兼容，基于这两个因素，投资者可以期待新iPhone异常火爆的销售情况。

But the device setting those records is itself likely to be just an incremental upgrade over its predecessor, the iPhone 4S. Indeed, if the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system is any guide, the newest iPhone may not look that much different from smartphones Apple sold over three years ago. Granted, the screen is expected to be larger and the device thinner. But the actual user experience isn't expected to be very different.