iPhone水货肆虐苹果在华"钱"景堪忧

2014-10-14 10:37:36来源：可可英语

　　HONG KONG — When Apple’s latest iPhones went onsale this month in Hong Kong, Singapore and NewYork, among the hip urbanites and tech-obsessedwas another group clamoring for the devices:Chinese scalpers looking to make a premium byflipping the phones to smugglers.

　　香港——本月，当苹果公司(Apple)最新款的iPhone在香港、新加坡和纽约发售时，争相购买的除了时尚的都市精英和科技迷外，还有一个群体：希望通过将手机倒卖给走私客赚取差价的中国黄牛党。

　　But the gray market for the new iPhones has alreadydried up, even though they will not officially go on sale in China for a few weeks, at the earliest.

　　尽管新款iPhone最早也要几周后才能在中国大陆正式发售，但它的灰色市场已经崩塌了。

　　Wholesalers who helped orchestrate the smuggling of tens of thousands of the phones into thecountry are now slashing prices to move inventory. At an electronics market in central Beijing,one retailer was recently selling the low-end iPhone 6 and 6 Plus for 6,500 renminbi to 8,800renminbi ($1,060 to $1,436), down from 12,000 renminbi to 15,000 renminbi ($1,960 to$2,450) just after the release.

　　为了处理库存，之前帮助安排数万部新款iPhone偷运进中国的批发商正在大举降价。在北京市中心的一处电子市场，一名零售商最近在以6500元到8800元的价格，销售低配版的iPhone 6和iPhone 6 Plus，而刚开始发售时，它们的价格是1.2万元到1.5万元。

　　“Stocks of the iPhone 6 are way too high right now,” said one wholesaler of smuggled iPhonesin Beijing’s northwestern tech hub Zhongguancun.

　　“现在iPhone 6的存货太多了，”一名销售水货iPhone的批发商说。他在位于北京西北部的科技中心中关村做生意。

　　The smugglers’ experience represents the new reality for Apple in China.

　　走私客的遭遇，代表着苹果在中国面临的新现实。

　　Four years ago, the iPhone 4 was a status symbol, with the black market booming before theproduct was officially introduced. Today, the iPhone is simply one option among many, as localcompanies like Xiaomi and Meizu Technology rival Apple in terms of coolness while chargingless than half the price.

　　四年前，iPhone 4是身份的象征，在大陆市场正式发售前，黑市就颇为繁荣。如今，小米和魅族等中国本土手机在酷炫方面堪比苹果，而价钱却不足苹果的一半，于是iPhone沦为众多选择中的一个。

　　A spokeswoman for Apple declined to comment on the smuggling.

　　苹果的女发言人拒绝对走私问题置评。

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