蘋果公司表態:iPhone使用年限只有三年

Apple has said that it expects so-called first owners of 500 pounds iPhones, iPads and Apple Watches to replace them after only three years of use, and Mac computers only four.

蘋果公司近日表示，擁有價值500英鎊的iPhone，iPad和蘋果手錶的所謂第一所有者，預計在使用三年之後更換這些設備，而Mac電腦則在四年後更換。

As part of the company's new environmental push, Apple has listed how long it expects its products to last for their "first owners" and therefore how much they contribute to the greenhouse gas lifecycle.

作爲該公司新環保活動的一部分，蘋果列舉出了旗下產品對於"第一所有者"的使用年限，從而計算出這些產品的生命週期中所釋放的溫室氣體的量。

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Within a new question and answer section Apple said: "Years of use, which are based on first owners, are assumed to be four years for OS X and tvOS devices and three years for iOS and watchOS devices."

在一輪問答環節中，蘋果公司表示："對於第一所有者的產品的使用年限，我們認爲OS X和tvOS的期限一般爲四年，而iOS和watchOS產品爲三年。"

That assessment doesn't take into account the recycling of devices, their reconditioning and their resale, of course, but when you buy a new iPhone 6S for 539 pounds, Apple expects it to last three years, something many suspected. Apple has been accused of intentionally slowing down iPhones every time a new one is released.

當然，該項評估並沒有考慮到設備的回收、重組和轉賣。當你購買一臺價值539英鎊的新iPhone 6S時，蘋果期望它能使用到三年，不過很多人對此表示懷疑。蘋果公司被指責每發佈一款新iPhone，就故意減慢手機的運行速度。