Apple tops Samsung to become world’s largest smartphone maker by volume
苹果超过三星成为世界销量最大智能手机制造商
iPhone maker ends 12 years of dominance from South Korean tech company
iPhone制造商是去年唯一出货量增长的主要手机厂商，出货量增长3.7%，达到2.346亿部，小幅领先于三星的2.266亿部。
Apple in 2023 became the world’s top smartphone maker by volume for the first time, ending Samsung’s 12-year reign as the industry leader as consumers trade up to higher-priced handsets.
随着消费者转向价格更高的手机，苹果(Apple)在2023年首次成为世界销量最大的智能手机制造商，结束了三星(Samsung)持续12年的行业领军者地位。
The iPhone manufacturer last year was the only major handset maker to post annual unit growth, according to research group IDC, with 2023 shipments rising 3.7 per cent to 234.6mn to edge ahead of Samsung’s 226.6mn.
根据研究机构IDC的数据，苹果是去年唯一一家实现年度出货量增长的主要手机厂商，2023年出货量增长3.7%，达到2.346亿部，小幅领先于三星的2.266亿部。
That uplift from Apple came in a year that was the worst in a decade for the smartphone market, with device shipments falling 3.2 per cent to 1.17bn units, IDC said.
IDC表示，苹果出货量增长之际，适逢智能手机市场遭遇十年来最糟糕的一年，总出货量下降3.2%，至11.7亿部。
