蘋果神話繼續：iPhone 4S三天內賣出400萬臺
Apple Inc. said on Monday it sold 4 million iPhone 4S models in the three days since it went on sale Oct. 14.
蘋果公司在週一宣佈，自10月14日iPhone 4S上市發售以來，三天內銷售量已達到400萬臺。
Sales in stores began on Friday in Japan, Australia, France, the U.K., Germany, Canada and the United States.
iPhone 4S於上週五開始在日本、澳大利亞、法國、英國、德國、加拿大和美國的蘋果專賣店內銷售。
The company took more than 1 million online orders in the first 24 hours after the release of the iPhone 4S, exceeding the 600,000 for the iPhone 4, though it was sold in fewer countries.
雖然iPhone 4S比iPhone 4的銷售國家少，但在其發佈後的24小時內，蘋果公司收到了100多萬個網上訂單，超過iPhone 4當時的60萬訂單數。
Unveiled just a day before Apple Chairman Steve Jobs died, it was initially dubbed a disappointment, partly because it looked identical to its predecessor. But anticipation of its “Siri” voice software helped it set an online record in orders on Oct. 7.
iPhone 4S是在蘋果董事會主席史蒂芬·喬布斯逝世前一天揭開神祕面紗的。起初iPhone 4S被業界認爲是失望之作，部分是因爲它與之前的蘋果iPhone系列看起來外型一樣。不過人們對iPhone 4S的 “Siri” 語音軟件還是滿懷期待之情，這也幫助iPhone 4S在10月7日創下了網絡訂單記錄。
Along with the new iPhone, more than 25 million customers are using the iOS 5 mobile operating system, in the first five days of its release, and more than 20 million customers have signed up for its free cloud services, Apple said.
蘋果公司表示，在新一代iPhone手機搭載的全新手機操作系統iOS 5正式推出的頭5天內，超過2500萬位用戶選擇進行系統升級，並有超過2000萬的用戶註冊使用蘋果提供的免費雲服務。
The latest iPhone will be available in 22 more countries on Oct. 28 and more than 70 countries by the end of the year.
10月28日，另外22個國家的用戶也可以買到最新的iPhone手機。到今年年底，iPhone 4S的發售國將超過70個。
