蘋果iPhone銷量13年來首次下降
The world's most profitable company became less valuable this week when California-based Apple Inc. reported the first decline in iPhone sales in 13 years.
總部設在加利福尼亞州的蘋果公司公佈的數字顯示，iPhone銷量13年來首次下跌，讓這個世界上最盈利的公司的股價隨之下滑。
Apple CEO Tim Cook blames the struggling Chinese economy for Apple's weaker earnings, but analysts say other factors may be at play including the increasing saturation in the smartphone market and a shortage of new products.
蘋果公司首席執行官庫克將iPhone盈利減少的原因歸結爲中國經濟面臨困難，但分析人士認爲還有其他因素，包括智能手機市場日趨飽和以及新產品的匱乏。
More than two billion people around the world own a smartphone – nearly one in five of them are iPhones. The phone’s success has been key to Apple’s transformation into a global technology leader, but the days of people lining up around the block for the next great iPhone may be over.
目前世界上有20多億人擁有智能手機，其中將近五分之一是iPhone。iPhone的成功是幫助蘋果公司躋身全球技術前列的關鍵因素，但人們大排長龍等候購買下一代iPhone的日子可能已經過去了。
