苹果手机销量首次下滑

IPhone sales have fallen for the first time, as the global smartphone market grew at its slowest rate in eight years.

目前全球智能手机市场发展速度呈现八年来最低，而苹果手机销量也首次出现了下滑现象。

Sales of Apple's high-end smartphones suffered their first ever year-on year decline of 4.4 per cent, according to market analyst Gartner.

据市场分析机构高德纳公司称，相比去年同期，苹果高端智能手机的销量首次下降了4.4%。

South Korean rival Samsung market share also slipped throughout the year to 22.5 per cent, a decline of 2.2 per cent, but was enough to maintain its position as the world's most popular smartphone vendor. In total, Samsung shipped around 320 million units throughout 2017 globally, compared to Apple's 225 million - some 15.9 per cent of the market.

作为苹果公司的劲敌，韩国三星电子公司2017全年的市场份额同样下跌至了22.5%，减幅为2.2%，尽管如此，却也不影响三星成为世界上最受欢迎的智能手机供应商。2017年三星手机全球销量总计达3.2亿台，而苹果手机销量仅为2.25亿台，约占据世界手机市场的15.9%。

Consequently Apple's share of the smartphone operating system market also fell, from 20.4 per cent in the final months of 2017 to 17.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2017.

相应地，苹果公司智能手机操作系统的市场份额也相应下跌，由2017年第四季度的20.4%减至2017年第三季度的17.7%。

Google's Android share rose 4.7 per cent from 76 per cent the previous year to 80.7 per cent in 2017.

谷歌的安卓操作系统份额增加了4.7个百分点，从2017年的76%增至2017年的80.7%。

The statistics are indicative of the wider slowdown in smartphone sales, as consumers in developed markets own more smartphones and tablets than ever before, and are replacing them at a slower rate than in the past. Weak international currency and fears of economic slowdown - particularly in China - are also contributing factors.

这些数据显示了智能手机销量普遍下滑的趋势，其原因在于：如今，发达国家消费群体持有的智能手机和平板电脑数量比之前增加不少，买新换旧的速度也较之前减慢。当然，还有一些其他的影响因素，比如疲软的国际货币形势，以及人们对于经济衰退的忧患意识，特别是在中国。

In total, around 1.4 billion smartphones were shipped last year, which, while a 9.4 per cent rise over the same period in 2017, was the slowest rate of growth in the sector since its early days in 2008.

去年全球智能手机的全球销量总计达14亿台，虽说相较于2017年同期增长了9.4个百分点，但从2008年开始的智能手机市场发展情况来看，手机销量增速却创下了新低。

Chinese vendor Huawei was the year's success story after increasing its sales by 53 per cent, making it the world's third-largest vendor. Huawei previously announced it sold more than 100 million smartphones during 2017, a figure Gartner places at around 104 million.

中国手机厂商华为公司的销售量增加了53%，成为世界上第三大手机供应商，这无疑是去年的成功神话了。华为公司先前宣称其2017年的手机销量为1亿台，而据高德纳公司发布的数据，大约为1.04亿台。

Fellow China-based brand Xiaomi's sales were revealed to be worse than predicted, after the company claimed to have sold more than 70 million units during 2017, down from its previous estimate of 80 million, which had been revised from the original projection of 100 million. According to Gartner, the company sold closer to 65 million smartphones.

据透露，另一个中国品牌——小米手机的销售量却远低于预期。之前，小米公司称2017年小米手机已售出7000万台，低于8000万台的销售预期，这个销售预期是经过修改的，原本的预期为1亿台。据高德纳公司称，小米公司智能手机销售量仅为近6500万台。

The 'others' band, which includes LG, HTC, Sony and BlackBerry, accounted for just under 45 per cent of the total market in 2017, selling some 635 million phones.

2017年，LG、HTC、索尼、黑莓等其他手机品牌在手机市场中占据的份额不足45%，售出的手机总量仅有6.35亿台左右。

Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile phone symposium, is set to kick off in Barcelona at the end of this week. New smartphones from Samsung, LG and Xiaomi are expected to invigorate this year's mobile release cycle, while Apple is widely rumoured to be preparing to launch a new entry-level handset called the iPhone 5se at a separate event on March 15, before going on sale three days later. The iPhone 7 is expected to be released in September.

世界移动通信大会是世界上最大的移动手机研讨会，定于本周末在西班牙巴塞罗纳召开。三星、LG和小米公司的新款智能手机都将在今年的手机发布周期中亮相，争相斗艳，另有广为流传的消息称苹果公司预计在3月15日单独举行发布会，发行一款新型初端智能手机，名为“苹果5se”，并将在发布结束的三天后开始上市销售。另外，苹果7预计在今年9月份发行。