iPhone X发布 999美元起售

Apple’s new iPhone X will cost $999 but will not ship until November, it said at an event on Tuesday, testing both the patience and price sensitivity of its customers.

苹果(Apple)在9月12日的发布会上表示，其新款iPhone X的起售价将为999美元，但要到11月才会发货，这将考验“果粉”的耐心和对价格的敏感性。

The complexity of manufacturing new kinds of screens and cameras inside what analysts called its “super premium” new iPhone is likely to be behind the delayed launch. Normally, iPhones go on sale at the end of September.

被分析师们称为“超级高端”的新款iPhone的屏幕和摄像头制造工艺的复杂性，很可能是推迟上市的原因所在。通常，iPhone都会在9月底上市。

Shares in the world’s most valuable company slid by 1 per cent as the later-than-expected launch was announced.

由于公布的上市日期比预期的要晚，这一全球市值最高的公司的股价下跌了1%。

Apple chief executive Tim Cook billed the new iPhone X as “the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone”, as he unveiled a total of three new models of its ten-year-old smartphone.

iPhone在10年前问世，此次苹果首席执行官蒂姆•库克(Tim Cook)发布了这种智能手机的三款新机型，他将新款iPhone X称为“自原版iPhone以来最大的飞跃”。

With the new top-tier iPhone X, Apple is ditching the home button that has sat at the bottom of the device since it was first unveiled in 2007.

在新款高端iPhone X上，苹果淘汰了自2007年首次发布iPhone以来一直位于这种智能手机底部的Home按钮。

The new iPhone X will “set the path of technology for the next decade,” Mr Cook said, as he showed off an OLED screen that runs right up to the edge of the casing and a new camera capable of high-resolution facial recognition.

库克说，iPhone X将“为下一个10年设定技术路线”，他展示了一个OLED显示屏，这种显示屏延伸至外壳边缘，还有一个能够进行高分辨率面部识别的新摄像头。

In the UK, customers will face an eye-popping price tag as Apple has swapped the dollar sign for a pound and is selling the iPhone X for £999.

在英国，顾客将看到一个令人瞠目的价签，因为苹果简单地把美元符号换成英镑符号，将以999英镑的价格出售iPhone X。

In the US, the top price for the iPhone X will be $1,149, including 256GB of storage, according to its website.

苹果官网显示，在美国，iPhone X的最高售价将为1149美元，其存储容量达256GB。

Alongside the premium-priced iPhone X, Apple also added wireless charging to two new standard iPhone 8 models. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus have improved cameras, displays and processors, but broadly similar designs to the iPhone 7, albeit with a new glass back.

除了昂贵的iPhone X，苹果还为两款新标准的iPhone 8增设了无线充电功能。iPhone 8和8 Plus的摄像头、显示屏和处理器均有所改进，但与iPhone 7的设计大体相同，尽管选用了新的玻璃背板。

As well as the higher-priced X model, Apple is also increasing the starting price of its iPhone 8 from around $650 last year to $699.

除了价格较高的X机型外，苹果还将iPhone 8的起售价从去年的650美元提高到699美元。