Android is taking a big bite out of Apple's share of the Chinese market. Now, though, Apple is poised to bite back.
苹果(Apple)在中国市场的份额已被安卓(Android)咬掉一大口。不过现在苹果很有可能会反咬一口。
China's smartphone market is huge and growing. Strategy Analytics forecasts shipment of 150 million units in 2012, 70% more than last year and outpacing shipments of 123 million units in the U.S.
中国智能手机市场规模庞大，而且还在成长。市场研究公司Strategy Analytics预计2012年出货量将达到1.5亿部，较去年增加70%，并超过美国1.23亿部的出货量。
The problem for Apple is that even as its China sales grow, its market share is shrinking.
苹果面临的问题在于：虽然在中国的销量在增长，但市场份额却在萎缩。
In the second quarter, it had 38% of the market for phones costing 3,000 yuan ($473) and above, compared with 44% a year earlier, according to data from Analysys. In contrast, Android's share rose to 59% from 41% over the same period.
易观(Analysys)的数据显示，今年第二季度售价3,000元（约合473美元）及以上的手机市场当中，苹果所占份额为38%，低于去年同期44%的份额。相比之下，同一时期安卓所占份额从41%上升至59%。
But that pattern might be set for a shift.
但这种趋势可能会发生改变。
Apple's shrinking market share reflects a compatibility problem between previous incarnations of the iPhone and China Mobile, China's biggest mobile network. If the iPhone 5 works with China Mobile's 3G and 4G networks
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