苹果低价iPhone有何特别之处?
Everything We Know About Apple's Cheaper iPhone
根据Jessica E. Lessin在《华尔街日报》的报道,苹果正打算推出一款低价iPhone。
Apple is working on a less-expensive iPhone, according to a report by Jessica E. Lessin in the The Wall Street Journal.
首先,苹果此举一个可能的原因是:目前如果没有无线运营商的补贴,苹果iPhone的价格非常昂贵。尽管iPhone 4两年期合约机是免费的,iPhone 4S的两年期合约机价格也仅为99美元,但非合约机的价格仍高达数百美元。
First, a possible reason why: Apple*s iPhones are already very expensive without the carrier subsidies. While the iPhone 4 is now free with a two-year contract and the iPhone 4S is $99, without a contract the devices are still hundreds of dollars.
比如,比最新型号早两代的iPhone 4的非合约机在苹果零售店的价格为450美元。iPhone 5非合约机的起价为649美元。
The iPhone 4 without a contract, a phone two generations old, for example, costs $450 on Apple*s store. An iPhone 5 starts at $649 without a contract.
与此同时,谷歌的旗舰安卓手机Nexus 4最便宜的型号只要300美元。这让谷歌在一些运营商补贴尚不普遍的国家赢得了市场份额。
Meanwhile Google's GOOG -0.20% flagship Android phone, the Nexus 4, costs $300 for its cheapest model . This helps Google snap up market share in places where subsidies aren*t as widely used.
这款新手机标志着苹果战略的重大改变,因为这意味着苹果正努力在智能手机市场的多个方面占据主导地位,包括低端市场。
The new phone would be a big change in Apple*s strategy, as it signals a move to try and dominate multiple aspects of the smartphone market 岸 including the low end.
同时,以下是我们了解到的信息:
In the meantime, this is what we know:
新款的低价机型与常规的iPhone相似,但是其手机外壳的成本更低。苹果可能会采用聚碳酸酯塑料外壳,多数其他零部件的材料可能保持不变,或者使用更早型号iPhone回收利用的材料制造。
• The new model could resemble the regular iPhone, but come with a less-expensive body. Apple could employ a shell made of polycarbonate plastic, with many of the other parts remaining the same or being recycled from older iPhone models.
苹果曾经推出过塑料外壳的产品。iPhone3和3GS使用的就是塑料外壳,不过其材料可能与即将推出的这款不同。
• Apple has some experience working with plastic cases. The iPhone 3 and 3GS had a plastic casing, though the materials were probably different from the models being tested now.
这款手机最早可能在2013年年末发布。自从2007年推出第一款iPhone以来,苹果从未同时推出多款不同型号的新iPhone,只是存储容量有别。
• It could launch as early as late 2013. The company hasn*t sold multiple new iPhone models with different storage capacities since launching in 2007.