Smartphones Users in America
智慧型手機在美國
For the first time, a majority of American adults are now smartphone owners, according to a study recently released..
依最近公佈調查在美國首次有大多數成年人，現在擁有智慧型手機。
The Pew Center for
Internet and American Life found that 56 percent of all American adults now use
mobile phones that run an operating system such as Apple’s iOS, Google’s
Android or Microsoft’s Windows Phone. That's up from 46 percent in 2012 and 35
percent in 2011.
網路與美國生活研究中心，發現全美百分之56之成年現在使用行動電話，它的運作系統如蘋果的iOS, Google的Android(機器人)或微軟的視窗電話。從2011年的35%上升到2012年的46%.
Microsoft’s XBox One is the company’s first new console in eight
years, and it’s aiming to be an entertainment system for more than just gamers
with the ability to stream live TV and
make Skype calls.
微軟的Xbox One型是八年來該公司首次第一項新的機座型，公司計劃使它成為不僅是玩遊戲人的一種娛樂型系統，且具有能力融入電視的現塲，並可打Skype免費電話。
The company’s recently patented technology sorts through a
vehicle’s raw data to decide what should be sent to the cloud for analysis.
該公司最近申請到技術專利，可以透過車輛的粗略資料，加以分類來決定該傳那些作分析之用。
Google and Apple owners account for half of cellphone users, the report said,
with 28 percent of respondents saying they use Android phones and 25 percent
saying that they use an iPhone running iOS. The report also found that despite
the rising adoption of smartphones, BlackBerry
users are dwindling — down to 4 percent of the population from 10 percent in
May 2011 in this most recent survey.
該報告說，持用Google與蘋果的顧客群，說明佔用手機使用者的一半。其中28%接受調查者說他們使用Android電話，而25%的人說他們使用iPhone，都是用iOS的系統。最近報告也發現，儘管有逐漸增加的人使用智慧型手機，Black
Berry (藍莓) 的用户正從2011年5月的10%萎縮到4%.
Overall, the study found, 91 percent of the U.S. adults own a cellphone.
Around one-third, 35 percent, of Americans own cellphones that don’t run
mobile operating systems; nine percent of American adults still don’t own
any kind of cellphone, the report said.
總體而言，該報告又說美國91%的成年人擁有手機。其中約三分之一，即35%的美國人的手機沒有行動運作系統。9%的成年人沒有手機。
The survey was conducted over cellphones and landline phones
between April 17 and May 19, among a sample of 2,252 adults over the age of 18.
此項調查是在4月17日到5月19日之間對2,252位18歲以上使用手機與地面通訊電話的抽樣使用者。
As noted in many technology polls, there are stark
differences in adoption among age groups, with younger
users much more likely to employ high tech devices. Regardless of income,
younger users tend to be smartphone owners. In other age groups, however, a higher salary is a good indicator of
whether someone owns a smartphone.
如在許多科技意見調查顯示，使用者的年齢層中，對選用機種有明顯的不同，較年輕者喜歡高科技產品。不論收入多少，年輕人傾向於使用智慧型。可是在另外的年齢層中，『有更高收入正是彰顯出某人是否擁有智慧型手機』。
African American users are more likely than Hispanics or white users to
say that they own an Android device. Younger, lower-income smartphone
owners also tend to be Android users, the study found. Apple customers, meanwhile, tend to skew toward an older, more affluent set of
smartphone users.
非洲裔比西班牙裔美國人或白人，更可能說他們使用Android話機。研究發現，年青一點，收入低一點的智慧型話機使用者也傾向Android機種。同時使用Apple的顧客群傾向於年齢大一點，較富裕的一群人們。
Apple offers only a few pricing
options for its phones, while many companies make phones that run Google’s operating
system at various price points.
Apple公司僅僅推出若干價格的機種可供選擇，而許多公司的製造的機種有用Google的操作系統，卻有多種不同的價位可選。
The domestic smartphone market is a tight race, though Apple and Google are clearly the top players. According to a report from the
analysis firm
comScore released Tuesday, Apple is the leading smartphone manufacturer in the
United States, with 39.2 percent of smartphone subscribers over the age of 13
saying they own an iPhone. Samsung, Apple’s arch
rival, makes Android phones and is in
second place with 22 percent of the market.
雖然Google與Apple市塲佔有率明顯位居前茅，但美國國內智慧型話機市塲競爭激烈。依星期二公佈的報告，Apple居美國國內智慧型話機領先的製造商，在13歲以上手機擁有iPhone者，它的佔有率是39.2%. 三星是Apple的狡猾競争對手，製造Android話機則以22%居第二位。
Google’s Android still commands a majority of the overall
smartphone market, however, with 52 percent of comScore respondents saying they
own an Android phone.
Google的Android話機，仍佔有全面智慧型手機市塲的大多數，但儘管如此，有52%接受comScore調查者說他們使用Android話機。
Translated from news released in early June, 2013
【譯自2013年六月初發佈的新聞資訊】。
Justin Lai, 06/14/2013
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