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Smartphone owners’ waning appetite for new apps is casting a shadow over what has been a technology market hotspot and is fuelling mobile developers’ concerns that their best days of growth are coming to an end.
智能手機用戶對新應用(app)的興趣在減弱，爲一度成爲科技市場的熱點蒙上陰影，也令移動開發者擔心，他們最好的增長時期正走向終結。Almost a third of smartphone users do not download any apps for their devices in a typical month, according to a report by Deloitte that predicts the volume of app store sales is hitting a ceiling.
德勤(Deloitte)不久前發佈的一份報告稱，接近三分之一的智能手機用戶一個月內未下載任何應用，這預示着應用商店銷售量正在見頂。
The average number of apps downloaded on a monthly basis has decreased considerably in 2014, the firm found in a survey of people in the UK. As smartphones saturate mobile markets in the US and Europe, developers must rely on customers continuing to download new apps for their businesses to grow.
德勤對英國用戶調查發現，2014年平均月度應用下載量大幅減少。隨着美歐智能手機市場趨於飽和，開發者必須依賴客戶不斷下載新應用，才能保證自己業務的增長。
“We are reaching a limit in the UK in the volume of app store downloads,” said Paul Lee, analyst at Deloitte. As an early adopter of smartphones and home to many top developers, the UK has become a bellwether for the rest of the mobile industry.
德勤分析師保羅•李(Paul Lee)說：“在英國，應用商店下載量即將達到上限。”由於很早便接納了智能手機，而且擁有很多頂級開發者，英國已成爲整個手機行業的風向f標。Almost nine in 10 people also say that they never spend money on apps or other smartphone content, which will raise questions that the size and profitability of the mobile market for games makers and other producers of mobile media.
接近90%的人表示，他們從沒在應用或其他智能手機內容上花過錢，這令人對遊戲生產商和其他手機媒體制造商的規模和盈利能力產生了疑問。The study follows quarterly results from King Digital Entertainment last week which showed customers’ spending on its hugely popular mobile game Candy Crush Saga had declined faster than expected, while its other games were failing to make up the difference.
德勤報告公佈之前，King Digital Entertainment上週發佈的季報顯示，顧客在其超級熱門的手機遊戲《糖果粉碎傳奇》(Candy Crush Saga)上的開銷減少快於預期，而其他遊戲未能彌補差距。
