华为三叠屏手机,贵不贵呀? | 纽约时报
积木同学 外刊看世界
2024年09月13日 07:57 山东
美国的近几届政府使用严厉的贸易限制措施来试图压制中国电信设备巨头华为。作为回应,华为则不放过任何机会来展示它仍然屹立不倒。
去年,在美国商务部长吉娜·雷蒙多访华快结束时,华为推出了一款使用中国制造的先进芯片的智能手机。这种芯片正是美国努力阻止中国研发的技术,这项努力是由雷蒙多领导的。
中国将那款名为Mate 60 Pro的华为手机誉为本国企业冠军打破美国技术限制取得的胜利。该款手机在中国电子商务平台上几分钟就销售一空。许多购物者还为购来的手机选择了背后印有雷蒙多头像的手机壳。
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1. successive [səkˈsesɪv] adj. 连续的,依次的;接替的,继承的
2. stiff [stɪf] adj. (肌肉或关节)酸痛的,僵硬的;不易弯曲的,硬的;艰难的,严厉的;无礼的,生硬的;(酒)烈性的;稠的,难搅拌的;难移动的,不顺滑的;昂贵的;(风)强劲的,猛烈的;过于正式的 n. 死尸;……的人;无趣的人,令人讨厌的人;(体育俱乐部的)后备队,候补队 (the stiffs) v. 诈骗,不还钱,(尤指)不给小费;(新产品、电影、节目等)不畅销,彻底失败;冷落,怠慢;杀害某人 adv. 非常,彻底地;stiffs;stiffer;stiffest;stiffs;stiffing;stiffed;stiffed
3. giant [ˈdʒaɪənt] n. (传说中的)巨人;高大健壮的人;巨兽,巨型植物;大公司,大国;卓越人物,伟人;(天文)巨星 adj. 巨大的,伟大的;giants
4. opportunity [ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ] n. 时机,机会;opportunities
5. commerce [ˈkɒmə(ː)s] n. 贸易,商业;社交,交往;性交;commerces;commercing;commerced;commerced
6. semiconductor [ˈsemɪkənˈdʌktə] n. [电子][物] 半导体;semiconductors
7. chip [tʃɪp] n. 炸薯条,炸薯片;芯片;碎块,碎屑;缺口,豁口;筹码;撮球,切球;木条 v. 打破,弄缺;(尤指用工具)削下,凿下;切成细条;撮球,挑球;chips;chips;chipping;chipped;chipped
8. mate [meɪt] n. 朋友,伙伴;同伴,同事;配偶,伴侣;配对物,一对中的一个;(男人之间常用)哥儿们,伙计;助手,下手;(船上的)大副;(美国海军的)军士;(国际象棋比赛中的)将死 v. (使)交配;连接,配备;(国际象棋中把对方)将死 【名】 (mat)(日)蛏(姓),(西、意、塞)马特,(波黑)马特,(罗、俄)马泰(人名);mates;mates;mating;mated;mated
9. triumph [ˈtraɪəmf] n. 巨大成功,重大胜利;(胜利或成功的)喜悦,狂喜;(成功的)典范,楷模;古罗马凯旋式 v. 获胜,成功;(因胜利或成功而)欣喜,欢跃;(古罗马将军)凯旋而归;triumphs;triumphs;triumphing;triumphed;triumphed
10. champion [ˈtʃæmpjən] n. 冠军,第一名;拥护者,斗士 v. 捍卫,拥护,支持 adj. 极好的;冠军的,得一等奖的 【名】 (champion)(英)钱皮恩,(法)尚皮翁(人名);champions;champions;championing;championed;championed
11. penalty [ˈpenltɪ] n. (因违反法律、规定或合同而受到的)处罚,刑罚;(行为、环境带来的)不利后果,苦难;(体育运动中对犯规者的)判罚,处罚;(足球、橄榄球及类似运动中的)罚球;(桥牌)(叫牌者未完成定约时的)罚分;penalties
12. device [dɪˈvaɪs] n. 装置,设备;手段,方法;花招,诡计;炸弹,爆炸装置;图画,设计;(某物的)样式,外表;devices
13. novelty [ˈnɒvəltɪ] n. 新颖,新奇性;新奇的事物(或人、环境);廉价小饰物,小玩意儿 adj. 新奇的,风格独特的;novelties
14. tablet [ˈtæblɪt] n. 药片,片剂;丸;(石头、黏土等制的刻字的)牌,碑,匾;平板电脑;便笺簿,拍纸簿;一块肥皂;(单线)路牌;檐板;乳脂软糖;(计算机的)输入板,手写板;tablets
15. vertical [ˈvɜːtɪkəl] adj. 垂直的,直立的;纵向的;不同层次(或等级)的;(某类产品从生产到销售各个阶段)纵向结构的;(尤指疾病或遗传特性传递)代代相传的;(解剖)颅顶的,头顶的;顶点的,最高点的 n. 垂直线,垂直面,竖直位置;竖杆;垂直高度差;verticals
16. seam [sɪːm] n. 缝;接缝 vt. 缝合;接合;使留下伤痕 vi. 裂开;产生裂缝;seams;seams;seaming;seamed;seamed
17. color [ˈkʌlə] n. 颜色;肤色;颜料;脸色 vt. 粉饰;给……涂颜色;歪曲 vi. 变色;获得颜色;colors;colors;coloring;colored;colored
18. enable [ɪˈneɪbl] v. 使能够,使可能;激活,启动;准许,授权;enables;enabling;enabled;enabled
19. edit [ˈedɪt] v. 编辑,校订;编选;剪辑;主编 n. 编辑,校订,剪辑 【名】 (edit)(罗、匈)埃迪特(人名);edits;edits;editing;edited;edited
20. luxury [ˈlʌkʃərɪ] n. 奢华,华贵;奢侈品;不常有的乐趣,难得的享受 adj. 奢侈的,豪华的;luxuries
21. launch [lɔːntʃ, lɑːntʃ] v. 发动,发起;上市,发行;使(船或舰)下水;发射(武器或宇宙飞船);启动(计算机程序);投出,用力扔出;使投身于(事业等);起飞,出海 n. (航天器的)发射;(产品的)上市;(事件的)发起;汽艇,游艇;(新产品,出版物)发布会,推介会;launches;launches;launching;launched;launched
22. splash [splæʃ] v. (液体)稀里哗啦地溅落,飞溅;朝……泼洒,使……溅湿;泼溅着水行进,拍打着水游;以显著版面刊载,以大篇幅报道;使有色块,使有光斑;在(某物)上花很多钱 n. 落水声,溅泼声;溅上的液体,溅洒后留下的污渍;掺入饮料的少量液体;色块,光斑;(报章等旨在招徕读者的)重点文章;拍水,戏水;引人注目的效果;splashes;splashes;splashing;splashed;splashed
23. rival [ˈraɪvəl] n. 竞争对手,敌手;可与之匹敌者,可与之相比的人(或物) v. 与…相匹敌,比得上 adj. 竞争的,对抗的 【名】 (rival)(俄)里瓦尔(人名);rivals;rivals;rivalling;rivaling;rivalled;rivaled;rivalled;rivaled
24. commemorate [kəˈmeməreɪt] v. 纪念,用以纪念;commemorates;commemorating;commemorated;commemorated
25. release [rɪˈlɪːs] v. 释放,放走;使出院;把(动物)放生;解救;放开;拉开,松开(装置);发射,投(弹);公布,发布;发行,上映;表达,发泄;释放,排放(物质);解除(职务或工作),解雇;放弃,让予;使不紧张;开放,解禁 n. (人或动物的)释放,放出;排放,泄漏;(设备的)松开,拉开;释放装置(如按、拉的装置);表达,宣泄;解脱,轻松感;放松的机会;新发行的东西;公开,发布;公映;(责任等的)免除,解除;免责书;放弃,让予;放弃文书;传球;releases;releases;releasing;released;released
26. executive [ɪgˈzekjətɪv] adj. 行政的,有执行权的;高档的,豪华的;供主管人员使用的;(有关)经营管理的,领导的 n. 主管,经理;行政部门,执行委员会;executives
27. detain [dɪˈteɪn] v. 拘留,扣押;耽搁,阻留;detains;detaining;detained;detained
28. violate [ˈvaɪəleɪt] v. 违反,违背;侵犯,打扰;亵渎,损毁(神圣之地等);强奸;violates;violating;violated;violated
29. sanction [ˈsæŋkʃən] n. 制裁;处罚,惩罚;(正式)许可,批准;(尤指基督教会的)法令,法律;(伦理学)约束力;支持,鼓励 v. 认可,准许;对……实施制裁,处罚;sanctions;sanctions;sanctioning;sanctioned;sanctioned
30. manufacture [ˌmænjəˈfæktʃə] v. (用机器大量)生产,制造;编造,捏造;生成,产生(一种物质) n. 大量制造,批量生产;工业品;制造业;manufactures;manufactures;manufacturing;manufactured;manufactured
31. costly [ˈkɒstlɪ] adj. 昂贵的,值钱的;造成严重损失的,代价大的 【名】 (costly)(英)科斯特利(人名);costlier
32. prone [prəʊn] adj. 有做……倾向的,易于……的;俯卧的,趴着的;(前臂姿势)手心向下的 【名】 (prone)(意、法)普罗内(人名)
33. defect [dɪˈfekt] n. 缺点,缺陷,毛病 v. 背叛,叛变;defects;defects;defecting;defected;defected
34. volume [ˈvɔljuːm; (?ɜ) -jəm] n. 体积,容积;总数,总量;音量,响度;(控制音量的)旋钮,控制杆;(成套图书中的)卷,册;(期刊)合订本;书籍;(写在羊皮纸或纸草纸上的)书卷;(尤指头发的)厚,多 adj. 大量的 v. 以卷的形式发出;成团卷起;volumes;volumes;voluming;volumed;volumed
35. global [ˈgləʊbəl] adj. 全球的,全世界的;全面的,整体的;(计算机)全局的;球形的
36. plunge [plʌndʒ] v. (使)突然向前倒下(跌落);猛推,猛插;投入(液体中以使淹没);(价值)猛跌;(剧烈)颠簸,震荡;(马)猛地用后腿直立;陡然向下倾斜;骤然陷入;(鲁莽地)开始;(使)投身,(使)突然开始从事;种下(植物) n. (突然的)坠落;跳水,快速游泳;(价值或数量的)骤然下跌;突然陷入 adj. (女式服装)领口低的(plunging);plunges;plunges;plunging;plunged;plunged
37. restrict [rɪsˈtrɪkt] v. 限制,控制(大小、数量、范围);限制(活动或行为),妨碍;约束,管束;(以法规)限制;封锁(消息);restricts;restricting;restricted;restricted
38. critical [ˈkrɪtɪkəl] adj. 批判的,爱挑剔的;极其重要的,关键的;严重的,危急的;病重的,重伤的;评论性的,评论家的;临界的
39. additional [əˈdɪʃənl] adj. 附加的,额外的
40. ally [əˈlaɪ, æˈlaɪ] n. 同盟国;盟友,支持者;辅助物,助手 v. 与……结盟,与……联合 【名】 (ally)(英)艾丽,(法)阿利,(巴基)阿利,(尼日利)阿利(人名);allies;allies;allying;allied;allied
41. growth [grəʊθ] n. 成长,生长;增长,发展;肿瘤,赘生物;生长物,产物;种植,栽培 adj. 发展的,增长的;growths
42. leadership [ˈlɪːdəʃɪp] n. 领导,领导地位;领导才能;领导人员,领导层;领先地位;leaderships
43. despite [dɪsˈpaɪt] prep. 尽管,即使;不由自主地,忍不住地 n. 亵渎;轻蔑,鄙视 v. 蔑视;激怒;despites;despiting;despited;despited
44. accord [əˈkɔːd] n. 协议,条约;符合,一致 v. 使受到,给予(某种待遇);(与……)一致,符合;accords;accords;according;accorded;accorded
45. fell [fel] n. (尤指英格兰北部的)山(冈),丘陵,高沼地;采伐的木材数量;兽皮,生皮 v. 砍伐;击倒;把(接缝的边)缝平;掉下,跌落(fall 的过去式形式) adj. 凶恶的,残暴的;和丘陵、小山有关的 【名】 (fell)(美、英、德、法)费尔(人名);fells;fells;felling;felled;felled
46. reverse [rɪˈvɜːs] v. 逆转,彻底改变(决定、政策、趋势等);撤销,推翻(法庭判决);颠倒,反转;交换,互换(位置、功能);承认错误,放弃(立场);倒(车);(发动机)反向运转;打对方付费的电话;使(铅字,图案)印成白或浅色 n. 相对,相反(the reverse);逆向,逆转;倒车挡;失败,挫折;反面,背面;(翻开的书)左手页,(活页文件的)背面;(硬币或奖牌)反面图案(或刻字);(美式橄榄球)反向传球,变位传球 adj. 相反的,反向的;背面的,反面的;(半导体结的外加电压)反向的;(地层)逆断的,冲断的;反身的;reverses;reverses;reversing;reversed;reversed
47. domestic [dəˈmestɪk] adj. 国内的,本国的;家用的,家庭的;喜爱家庭生活的,乐于操持家务的;非野生的,驯养的 n. 家庭纠纷,家庭矛盾;佣人,家仆;国货,本地产品;domestics
48. economy [ɪ(ː)ˈkɒnəmɪ] n. 经济;节省,简练;经济舱 adj. 经济实惠的 【名】 (economy)(英)伊科诺米(人名);economies
49. upgrade [ˈʌpgreɪd] v. (使)(计算机、机器或软件)升级;提高(设施、服务等的)档次,改善;(使)升级到更高待遇,(使)升舱;使(雇员)升职;使(某事物)升格 n. 改善,提高档次;(计算机的)升级;上坡 adj. 往上的 adv. 往上;upgrades;upgrades;upgrading;upgraded;upgraded
50. bet [bet] v. 打赌,赌博;敢肯定 n. 下注;赌金;预计,猜想;有可能成功的人选(或备选行动) abbr. 在……之间(between. 【名】 (bet)(美)贝特(人名);bets;bets;betting;bet;betted;bet;betted
51. motivate [ˈməʊtɪveɪt] v. 成为……的动机,是……的原因;激励,激发;申请;motivates;motivating;motivated;motivated
52. regulate [ˈregjəleɪt] v. (用规则条例)控制,管理;调节,调整;监控,监管;校准,对准(时钟或其他仪器);regulates;regulating;regulated;regulated
53. version [ˈvɜːʃən] n. (同一种物件稍有不同的)样式,型号;(从不同角度的)说法,描述;(电影、剧本、乐曲等的)版本,改编形式;《圣经》译本;胎位倒转术 v. 创制……的新版本,更新……的版本;versions
54. unlikely [ʌnˈlaɪklɪ] adj. 不大可能发生的;未必真实的,难以相信的;非心目中的,不大恰当的;不典型的;(两个人或物)不般配的 adv. 未必;unlikelier
55. dramatic [drəˈmætɪk] adj. 巨大而突然的,急剧的;激动人心的,引人注目的,给人深刻印象的;有关戏剧的,戏剧表演的;夸张的
56. boost [buːst] v. 使增长,推动;偷窃;宣扬,推广 n. 推动,促进;广告,宣扬 【名】 (boost)(英)布斯特,(德)博斯特(人名);boosts;boosts;boosting;boosted;boosted
57. notify [ˈnəʊtɪfaɪ] v. 通报,告知;申报;notifies;notifying;notified;notified
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Over successive administrations, the U.S. government has used stiff trade restrictions to try to stifle the Chinese telecom giant Huawei. In turn, the company never misses an opportunity to show that it is still standing.
美国的近几届政府使用严厉的贸易限制措施来试图压制中国电信设备巨头华为。作为回应,华为则不放过任何机会来展示它仍然屹立不倒。
Last year, at the tail end of a visit to China by Gina Raimondo, the U.S. commerce secretary, Huawei unveiled a smartphone that was powered by an advanced semiconductor made in China. The chip was exactly the kind of technology that the United States, in an effort led by Ms. Raimondo, had tried to prevent China from developing.
去年,在美国商务部长吉娜·雷蒙多访华快结束时,华为推出了一款使用中国制造的先进芯片的智能手机。这种芯片正是美国努力阻止中国研发的技术,这项努力是由雷蒙多领导的。
The Huawei phone, called the Mate 60 Pro, was heralded in China as the triumph of a national champion over American constraints. It sold out within minutes on Chinese e-commerce platforms. Many shoppers chose to pair their purchase with a phone case emblazoned with a photo of Ms. Raimondo’s face.
中国将那款名为Mate 60 Pro的华为手机誉为本国企业冠军打破美国技术限制取得的胜利。该款手机在中国电子商务平台上几分钟就销售一空。许多购物者还为购来的手机选择了背后印有雷蒙多头像的手机壳。
第一,学习stiff的熟词僻义。这个词做形容词,表示a stiff punishment is great or severe,〔惩罚〕严厉的,严酷的,例:calls for stiffer penalties for rapists 要求对强奸犯处以更严厉刑罚的呼吁
第二,学习the tail end of sth的用法。这个词组表示the last part of an event, situation, or period of time,〔某事件、形势或时期的〕尾声,末尾。
**第三,学习herald的用法。**这个词作及物动词,表示to say publicly that someone or something will be good or important,公开称赞,常用搭配为be heralded as sth,例:When it opened, the hospital was heralded as a new way forward in nursing care. 该医院开业时被誉为护理业向前迈进的新的一步。
In the Chinese tech hub of Shenzhen on Tuesday, Huawei again made a bid for the spotlight with the announcement of a new device just hours after Apple introduced its iPhone 16 in California. Huawei’s latest phone, the Mate XT, is heavy on novelty: It can be folded, twice.
周二,在中国技术中心深圳,华为再次努力争取公众注意力。苹果在加州推出iPhone 16几个小时后,华为宣布推出一款新设备:Mate XT。这款最新的华为手机配有很多新奇的功能:它的屏幕能三折叠。
The tablet-size device folds along two vertical seams to become the size of a typical phone. It is the first commercially available trifold smartphone. It comes in two colors, red and black, and will go on sale on Sept. 20.
这款平板电脑大小的手机能沿两个垂直接缝折叠,折叠后的大小与普通手机相当。这是市场上能买到的第一款三折叠屏智能手机,有两种颜色可供选择:红色和黑色,将于9月20日上市。
“It’s a piece of work that everyone has thought of but never managed to create,” said Richard Yu, Huawei’s consumer group chairman. “I have always had a dream to put our tablet in my pocket, and we did it.”
“这是大家想得到,但做不出来的产品,”负责华为消费者业务的董事长余承东说。“我一直有个梦想,我希望把我们的平板装在口袋里,今天我们就实现了。”
The Mate XT, with a screen that measures 10.2 inches diagonally, is equipped with artificial intelligence-enabled translation, messaging and photo editing features. Mr. Yu also unveiled a thin keyboard that folds in half to the same size as the phone. He showed the audience how he carried both together in the pocket of his suit jacket.
Mate XT三屏态时屏幕的对角线长10.2英寸,配有人工智能翻译工具、短信应用,以及照片编辑功能。余承东还展示了一款可对折的薄键盘,键盘折叠起来的大小与手机的相同。他向观众展示了他如何将新的手机和键盘一起放在他西装外套的口袋里。
**第一,学习novelty的用法。**这个词做名词,表示the quality of being new, unusual, and interesting,新颖;新奇性,例:the novelty of the ideas 那些想法的新奇之处
**第二,学习come的熟词僻义。**这个词做不及物动词,表示to be produced or sold with particular features,有,可提供,例:This particular sofa comes in four different colours. 这种沙发有四种不同的颜色。
**第三,学习diagonal的用法。**这个词做形容词,表示a diagonal line is straight and joins two opposite corners of a flat shape, usually a square,对角的,对角线的。
Starting at $2,800, the Mate XT is priced like a luxury product.
Mate XT起价19999元,这是奢侈品的售价。
Since the Mate 60 Pro was launched last year, Huawei has been eating into Apple’s yearslong dominance of the market for high-end smartphones in China.
自从去年推出了Mate 60 Pro以来,华为一直在侵蚀苹果多年来在中国高端智能手机市场的主导地位。
While the trifold phone is making a splash, Huawei has not yet introduced its latest rival to the iPhone, the next-generation Mate 70.
尽管这款三折叠屏手机引起了轰动,但华为尚未推出与最新款iPhone竞争的下一代手机:Mate 70。
In recent years, Huawei has launched new products in September, which is also when Apple typically unveils new iPhones.
华为近年来都是在9月推出新产品,这也是苹果通常发布新款iPhone的时间。
**第一,学习eat into sth的用法。**这个词组表示to gradually damage or destroy something,侵蚀,腐蚀,逐渐损毁,例:Acid eats into the metal, damaging its surface. 酸腐蚀金属,损坏其表面。
**第二,学习make a splash的用法。**这个词组表示to do something that gets a lot of public attention,惹人注目,引起轰动,例:Russell’s new show made a big splash in New York. 拉塞尔的新节目在纽约引起很大的轰动。
第三,学习unveil的用法。这个词做及物动词,表示to show or tell people about a new product or plan for the first time,〔首次〕透露〔新计划〕,展示〔新产品〕,例:The club has unveiled plans to build a new stadium. 俱乐部首次披露了要建造一座新体育馆的计划。
Huawei has used the events to also commemorate the 2021 release of Meng Wanzhou, a top executive and the daughter of the company’s founder who had been detained in Canada after the company had been accused of violating U.S. sanctions. Her case became a geopolitical flashpoint and her return received widespread attention in China.
华为还利用这些产品发布会来庆祝2021年的孟晚舟获释,孟晚舟是华为高管,也是公司创始人的女儿,因公司被指控违反美国制裁而在加拿大被拘留。她的案子成了一个地缘政治导火索,她的回国在中国受到广泛关注。
Analysts said the introduction of the Mate 70 had been slowed by constraints on chip production at the country’s leading chipmaker, the state-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation of China, or SMIC.
分析人士称,推出Mate 70的时间被推迟是因为,中国领先的芯片制造商、得到政府支持的中国半导体制造国际公司(简称中芯国际)的芯片生产受到了限制。
The company was behind the chips that enabled Huawei to take the world by surprise last year. But the technology used to manufacture those chips is costly and prone to defects, making it difficult to produce them in large volumes.
中芯国际生产的芯片去年让华为震惊了世界。但制造这种芯片的技术成本高昂、且容易出现缺陷,因此很难大批量生产。
Huawei was once a top global smartphone brand and maker of 5G telecommunications equipment. Its worldwide market share for smartphones plunged after the Trump administration moved in 2019 to restrict its access to critical technologies, including semiconductors. Additional sanctions by the United States and its allies further eroded the company’s profits. But Huawei staged a comeback last year, reporting its fastest growth in four years, driven in part by the sales of Mate 60 Pro.
华为曾是一个主要的全球智能手机品牌和5G电信设备制造商。特朗普政府2019年采取措施限制华为获得包括半导体在内的关键技术后,它在全球智能手机市场的份额大幅下降。美国及其盟友的额外制裁进一步侵蚀了华为的利润。但华为去年卷土重来,报告了四年来利润的最大增幅,这在一定程度上是受Mate 60 Pro的销售推动。
The new folding phone is Huawei’s attempt to show off its leadership despite the uncertainty around the release date of the Mate 70, according to Linda Sui, a senior director at TechInsights, a market research firm.
市场研究公司资本设备的高级总监琳达·胥(音)说,这款折叠屏手机是华为试图在Mate 70发布日期不确定的情况下展示其领导地位的尝试。
“Huawei still tried to do something to save face, to make people believe they feel comfortable competing with Apple side by side,” Ms. Sui said.
“华为仍试图做些事情,以挽回面子,让人们相信他们可以放心地与苹果肩并肩的竞争,”胥女士说。
For a decade, China accounted for roughly 20 percent of Apple’s total sales. It was the iPhone’s most important market after the United States.
中国约占苹果总销量的20%已有十年时间,是继美国之后 iPhone的最重要市场。
But Apple’s market share in China fell dramatically during the first half of this year. Even offering iPhones at a discount — a rare step for Apple — was not enough to reverse the decline.
但苹果在中国的市场份额今年上半年大幅下降。苹果甚至采取了罕见举措,打折出售iPhone,但这仍不足以扭转销售下降的趋势。
In the quarter that ended in June, Apple dropped out of the five top-selling brands in China, according to Canalys, a research firm. It was the first quarter in years that the best selling smartphones in China were all made by domestic companies.
研究公司Canalys的数据显示,苹果已在今年4至6月的季度里跌出了中国五大畅销品牌的行列。那也是多年来中国最畅销的智能手机首次全部由国产公司包办。
Since the Mate 60 was released, Apple has lost nearly a quarter of its market share for high-end smartphones, Ms. Sui said. That share has been taken up by Huawei.
胥女士说,自从Mate 60发布以来,苹果已失去了中国高端智能手机市场近四分之一的份额。该份额已被华为占据。
Apple faces additional challenges: reluctance by Chinese consumers to spend while the economy sputters, and growing government pressure for people to turn away from devices made by U.S. companies.
苹果还面临着额外的挑战:由于经济低迷,中国消费者不愿花钱;同时,政府也在施加越来越大的压力,迫使人们不再购买美国公司生产的设备。
Many consumers are holding on to their phones longer rather than spending on an incremental upgrade. Apple has bet that new software enabled by artificial intelligence will motivate people to spring for the iPhone 16.
许多消费者宁愿继续使用老手机,也不愿花钱购买只是渐进式升级的新手机。苹果已押注嵌入人工智能的新软件将激励人们购买iPhone 16。
Inside China, the government closely regulates access to A.I. products like some of the new features Apple has outlined. Apple has said it plans to work with OpenAI, the American artificial intelligence leader, on part of this technology. But to make it available in China, it is likely that Apple would need to find a Chinese partner company.
中国政府严格监管人工智能产品的使用,比如苹果公司概述的一些手机新功能。苹果表示,在部分人工智能技术的研发方面,打算与美国人工智能领军者OpenAI合作。但要想在中国推出这项技术的话,苹果很可能需要找到一家中国合作伙伴。
An obvious choice would be Baidu, the Chinese search giant. Samsung, the Korean electronics maker, partnered with Baidu for the versions of its new A.I.-enabled smartphone that were released in China this year.
一个显而易见的选择将会是中国搜索巨头百度。韩国电子产品制造商三星已与百度合作,推出了三星今年在中国发布的新款人工智能智能手机。
Apple, which did not reply to a request for comment, has not explained how it will roll out its A.I. software in China.
苹果没有回复记者的置评请求,也没有解释它将怎样在中国推出公司的人工智能软件。
Lori Chang, a senior analyst at Isaiah Research, a market research company, said the trifold phone was unlikely to give Huawei’s sales a dramatic boost. The device is expensive, and because the foldable screen is hard to make, the company is expected to produce just a few hundred thousand units. Huawei launched its first foldable phone with one seam in 2019.
市场研究公司以赛亚调研的高级分析师洛丽·张(音)说,三折叠屏手机不太可能大幅提升华为的销量。该设备价格昂贵,而且由于可折叠屏幕难以制造,预计华为只会生产几十万部三折叠屏手机。华为在2019年首次发布了一款双折叠屏手机。
In Shenzhen on Tuesday, Mr. Yu, the Huawei executive, said the phone’s high price reflected how challenging it was to produce. “We hope to reduce the cost by improving the process after it is launched on the market,” Mr. Yu said.
华为高管余承东周二在深圳表示,新款手机的高售价反映了其制造难度。“我们希望在上市后通过改进工艺进一步降低成本,”余承东说。
Still, as of Tuesday, more than four million people had signed up on Huawei’s website to be notified when the Mate XT goes on sale.
尽管如此,截至周二,已有超过400万人在华为网站上注册,以便在Mate XT上市时获得通知。