【英语科技】苹果iPhone 4面市旺销 三天售出170万部

Apple Inc. said Monday that it sold more than 1.7 million iPhone 4s in the first three days since the device went on sale, fueled by current iPhone owners upgrading their phones.

While the iPhone has enjoyed early success, some analysts believe that sales could have been even stronger had Apple had more phones stocked. In an acknowledgment of a shortage, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said, 'We apologize to those customers who were turned away because we did not have enough supply.'

Overall, the iPhone 4's early sales were significantly higher than the one million units that Apple sold of the previous iPhone model, the iPhone 3GS, in its first three days last year. In his statement, Mr. Jobs called the latest i Phone's sales 'the most successful product launch in Apple's history.'

The iPhone 4's early sales include preorders for the device through Saturday. Apple said it took advance orders for more than 600,000 new iPhones world-wide on June 15, the first day it opened for preorders, the most ever taken by the company in a single day.

The iPhone 4, which starts at $199 and has a higher-resolution screen than its predecessors and other improvements, went on sale in the U.S. and four other countries last Thursday. Throngs of enthusiasts lined up at Apple stores and other retailers world-wide to be among the first to get the gadget. Sales didn't appear to slow even after reports of antenna reception problems, which Apple said could be solved by getting a case or changing the way users hold their phones.

In total, Apple has sold more than 50 million iPhones since it introduced the first model in 2007. Wall Street is expecting the latest model to help Apple sell about 37 million iPhones in the fiscal year ending in September, up nearly 79% from 20.7 million a year earlier.

Earlier this month, Apple admitted to problems manufacturing the white version of the iPhone 4. U.S. carrier AT&T Inc. also stopped taking new orders on the first day of preorders, citing processing problems.

苹果公司(Apple Inc.)周一称，iPhone 4 推出三天内已售出170万部，销量大旺的一个促动原因是目前iPhone用户正在进行手机升级更新。

EPA旧金山的苹果专卖店尽管iPhone 4刚刚上市即表现抢眼，但有不少分析师认为，如果苹果公司多备些存货的话，销量应该更大。苹果首席执行长乔布斯(Steve Jobs)发言承认产品供货不足，并向那些因货源不足而未能买到该产品的顾客道歉。

总体而言，iPhone 4刚上市的销量远远超过上一代iPhone的表现，去年的iPhone 3GS上市前三天销量为100万部。乔布斯在发言中称，新一代iPhone的销量创该公司有史以来新上市产品的最佳纪录

iPhone 4的初期销量包括到上周六的预订量。苹果公司说，6月15日开始接受新一代iPhone预订单的首日，订单量即超过60万部，创公司单日订单之最。

iPhone 4单价最低199美元，与前几代产品相比，其屏幕清晰度更高，并有其它方面的性能改善，该产品上周四起在美国及其它四国上市发售。全球各地的苹果店及其它零售店外，大批iPhone迷们排起了长队，争相先得为快。即便在有关产品天线接收存在问题的报道后，销量也未见放缓，苹果公司称，天线接收问题可以通过加个保护套或改变手握手机的方式来解决。

苹果公司自2007年推出首款iPhone以来，该产品总计已售出5000多万部。《华尔街日报》(Wall Street)预计，在截至9月份的本财年，新一代iPhone推出将使iPhone年度销量达到约3700万部，比上个财年的2070万部高出近79%。

本月早些时候，苹果公司承认iPhone 4的白色版制造存在问题。运营商美国电话电报公司(AT&T Inc.)在接受预订的首日也称加工过程存在问题，停止接受新订单。