第三季度蘋果手機銷量猛增

Apple has posted a record third quarter as soaring demand for iPhones sent profits technology giant sold 47.5 million iPhones in the quarter, up 35% on a year ago, with Mac computer sales up 9% to 4.8 million.

由於對蘋果手機需求升高，蘋果公司第三季度盈利創下紀錄。本季度，該行業巨頭賣出4750萬蘋果手機，銷量比去年增長了35%，蘋果電腦銷量爲480萬，增長了9%。

The performance resulted in what chief executive Tim Cook called "an amazing quarter". Profits rose by 38% to $10.7bn , while revenue was up 33% to $49.6bn. Despite the strong results, shares fell 6.7% to $121.89 in after-market trading in New York.

因本季度業績好，蘋果首席執行官Tim Cook將其稱爲“讓人吃驚的一季度”。盈利增加了38%，升至107億美元，收益上升了33%，增加至496億美元。但是儘管業績良好，紐約後市股票仍下跌了6.7%，降職121.89美元。

Demand for its iPad tablets remained weak, with Apple selling 10.9 million, down 18% from a year earlier. But Mr Cook also said the Apple Watch had had a "great start". The Apple boss said last autumn that he did not want to reveal detailed figures for the watch to avoid giving competitors inside information.

對蘋果平板電腦的需求依然疲軟，銷量爲1090萬，與一年前相比，下降了18%。但是Cook先生表示，蘋果手錶“開端良好”。該總裁去年秋天表示不願透露過多有關蘋果手錶的具體數字，以避免競爭者獲取內部信息。

But Apple said that revenue from "other products", which includes the watch as well as products such as the iPod, came to $2.6bn - about $952m higher than the previous s of the watch in the first nine weeks had exceeded those of both the iPhone and iPad after they were first launched.

但是蘋果公司表示來自“其他產品”的收益高達26億美元，比上季度增加了九億五千二百萬美元，其中包括蘋果手錶、以及諸如iPod等產品。 蘋果手機發行的前9周內，其銷售額超過了蘋果手機和蘋果平板電腦。

Apple also continued to do well in the China s doubled year-on-year and accounted for more than a quarter of the company’s total third-quarter jump should help to reassure investors that demand in China remains robust despite fears the market is close to saturation point.

蘋果產品在中國的銷量年年攀升，佔蘋果公司第三季度銷售額的四分之一。這便消除了一些投資者的疑慮，他們擔心中國市場已經接近飽和，但中國市場的需求仍然保持強勁。

But Colin Gillis, an analyst, told the BBC that the firm’s "complete dependence" on iPhone sales and growth in China was still a concern. "Look at the PC market. People ask if that could ever happen to smartphones. Of course it could. And there are risks associated with its dependence on China," he said.

但是分析師Colin Gillis接受BBC採訪時表示，蘋果手機的銷量完全依賴中國市場仍然是個問題。“看看私人電腦市場，人們就會問智能手機市場是否也會這樣？答案是肯定的。完全依賴中國市場就會有很多冒險因素。”

However, Mr Gillis said that investors should put the results into perspective."Overall the results are stunning - it’s made $10bn in profit. But Apple is an outlier in many metrics, so you need to look at the performance relative to expectations," he said.

Gillis先生表示，投資者應當正確審視所取得的業績。“總體來說，業績確實讓人震驚，盈利高達100億美元。但是從很多指標來說，都是異常值，因此應當審視相對於預期的業績表現。”