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For the first time market research firm IDC is predicting that 2015 will be the first year that the rate at which the worldwide smartphone market expands will sink into single digits.
市场研究机构IDC首预测，2015年全球智能手机增长将首次降至个位数。
Turns out, most people who want smartphones probably already have'em.
归其原因，智能手机已成为了多数人的囊中之物。
Counterintuitively, this is to Apple's benefit.
“苹果”从中受益，这反而出乎了人们的意料。
IDC’s new report today predicts total smartphone shipments in 2015 will amount to a 9.8 percent increase compared to last year, or 1.43 billion units.
今天，据IDC最新报告预测，较去年相比，2015年全球智能手机出货量预计将增长9.8%，至14.3亿部。
Not surprisingly, IDC expects that Windows Phones and other phones running on operating systems other than Android or iOS will ship in significantly less quantities in the future.
据IDC预测，Windows Phones等其它非安卓和“苹果”操作系统手机出货量将进一步缩水，而这也在预料之内。
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词语解释
1.compared to 与…相比
例句：But that should be minor compared to the advantages noted above.
但是和上述优势相比，这个费用是微不足道的。
2.other than 除了
例句：There may be alternative methods of substantiation other than written records.
除书面记录外，可能还有其他方法可以证实。
3.operating system 操作系统
例句：The virus has infected the operating system of his computer.
病毒已使他的计算机操作系统受到传染。
4.single digits 个位数
例句：In most places inflation is in low single digits.
大多数国家的通货膨胀率仅仅是较小的个位数.
