【悉尼晨锋报111005】苹果iPhone 4S：升级而非换代

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Apple's iPhone 4S: an evolution rather than a revolution
Asher Moses
October 5, 2011
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/mobiles/apples-iphone-4s-an-evolution-rather-than-a-revolution-20111005-1l7r1.html

ANALYSIS

Hear that sound? That's the collective whine of millions of Apple fans around the world who had been primed for an iPhone 5, only to receive ... an iPhone 4S.

Apple has had about 16 months to plot its new iPhone but the new model is an evolution rather than a revolution of its predecessor, hence the name.

Shareholders weren't satisfied, sending Apple's stock spiraling downward.

"It's been 16 months and all you've got is an A5 processor in the existing iPhone 4," said one analyst, saying the phone was a mild disappointment but would still sell millions of units.

The disappointment is perhaps a measure of Apple's consumer cachet and marketing prowess as the new model certainly has a lot of great things going for it.

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Sure, it doesn't have a bigger 4-inch screen, mobile payments chip or sleek new form factor as had been predicted in the press, but it does offer a faster dual-core processor, better graphics chip, 1GB of RAM and an upgraded 8-megapixel camera. Battery life has been increased to eight hours of talk time.

The software platform is also getting a revision with iOS5 - released to owners of previous models on October 12 - bringing a new personal assistant feature and better cloud syncing with a new iCloud service.

The new software contains about 200 improvements, Apple says, including better notifications and messaging systems, Twitter integration, the ability to share your location with friends and a "Newsstand" that will act as a direct line to newspapers, magazines and other media.

The personal assistant feature, widely predicted in the lead-up to the launch, is one of my favourite aspects of the new phone. It promises to be able to respond to questions such as "What time is it in Paris?" or "Do I need an umbrella today?" It will also read out messages for you and respond to commands such as "Wake me up tomorrow at 6am."

It will certainly be interesting to see how well it works in practice and whether it understands Australian accents.

Speech recognition on mobile devices looks set to be a new mobile battleground as Google has also been hard at work on similar features.

The search giant often talks about a future in which phones will be able to better translate and understand language – where people will be able to have real-time conversations with someone who doesn't even speak their language, with voice recognition and translation occurring on the fly.

The new iPhone 4S could not come a moment too soon as the iPhone is under siege from a raft of offerings based on Google's Android platform.

I have been using the Samsung Galaxy S II for months and it is without doubt a better phone than the iPhone 4. It's got a much better 8-megapixel camera that can take better low-light shots, a sleeker form factor that is much lighter to hold than it appears and a larger, crisper screen.

The Galaxy S II is the first Android phone that I would say beats the iPhone 4 hands down, which means, today, Apple was playing catch-up in the smartphone market for the first time since the iPhone's launch in 2007.

The iPhone 4S is a solid improvement that will bring Apple level with the best Android phones. The new camera, which can take 1080p high-definition video, is one of the strongest new features.

But it's no iPhone 5.

Apple was rumoured to be working on both an iPhone 4S and an iPhone 5 and the fact that it held back on the latter suggests a new model could be coming within six months.

But, as history shows, that won't stop the hordes from lining up overnight to get one when it is launched here next Friday.

If you missed it, watch the full video of Apple's launch event here.


苹果iPhone 4S：升级而非换代

shakahenryqht@译言http://article.yeeyan.org/view/83813/222281
于2011-10-06 09:49:25翻译

分析

听到那声音了吗？那是世界上成百上千万苹果粉丝的集体抱怨声。他们做好了迎接iphone5的准备，结果等来的却是iphone4s.

苹果公司用16个月得时间策划新的iphone手机，结果新机只是前代的升级而非一种全新革命性的新机，名字为iphone4s。

股东们失望了，苹果股票螺旋式下降。

“等了16个月了，而你等到的只是在已有的iphone4里面加上一块A5处理器，”一位分析师说，虽然新机多少有些让人失望，但仍可能会卖出百万部。

虽失望，但这部手机有可能是对苹果潜在用户和市场能力的检验，因为这部手机终究还是有很多可取之处，值得购买。

确实，它没有此前媒体预测的更大的4英寸屏幕，移动支付芯片或光滑的新外形，但是它却拥有了更快的双核处理器，更强大的图形处理芯片，1G的内存和升级的800万像素摄像头。在通话情况下，电池寿命延长至8个小时。

软件平台方面是改进后的iso5--将在10月12日对iphon4老用户发布--带来了新的个人助理功能和更快的云服务同步接收。新的软件有了200多项改进，苹果公布公司说，包括更好的通知和信息系统，Twitter整合，跟朋友分享你的位置，“报刊亭”---用户可直接浏览报纸，杂志和其他媒介。

大家广泛预测将在发布会上处于主导地位的个人助理功能是今天发布会上我最喜欢的一部分。发布会上称它将回应你的问题，比如“巴黎现在什么时间？”或"今天我需要带伞吗？"--也会读出你的信息，对像“明天早上6点叫醒我”这样的命令做出回应。

对于它在实际中的运行以及它是否会听懂澳大利亚口音，大家都很想知道。

手机的语音识别功能必定会成为手机战的新战场，谷歌在此之前也在致力于类似功能的研究。

谷歌这个搜索巨人经常谈到手机的未来，那就是能更好地翻译和理解语言----通过使用邻近设备的语音识别和翻译功，人们甚至能与不跟自己说同一语言的人进行实时对话。

新的iphone4s来的有点迟，因为iphone被谷歌的安卓系统提供的大量功能所包围。

数月来我一直在使用三星Galaxy S II，它无疑要比iphone4强大。它早就配备了更强大的800万像素摄像头，可以低光照条件下拍摄，拥有更光滑的外表，虽然看上去比较重，但其实拿在手里挺轻的，再就是屏幕更大，更明亮。

Galaxy S II是第一批使用安卓系统的手机.我觉得它可轻松打败iphone4.自从2007年的苹果发布会，今天苹果第一次在智能手机市场上扮演急起直追的角色。

iPhone 4S是一部切切实实功能得到提升的手机，这样苹果手机就与最好的安卓手机处于同一水平。它最强大功能之一就是新的摄像头可以拍摄1080P高清视频。

然而它不是iphone5.

在此之前传言，苹果将发布两款手机，iPhone 4S 和iPhone 5。事实是并没有发布iphone5，这表明有可能在6个月内一款新的手机将现身。

  苹果手机在10月14日上市。没有iphone5事实并不会阻止人们像以往一样彻夜排队购机。
如果你错过了苹果发布会，请点击这观看整个发布会视频。

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