雙語新聞:新款iPhone價格花樣多

【英文原文】

Pricing Plans Aplenty For New iPhone 3G S

摘要：蘋果公司(Apple Inc.)週一推出iPhone新機型iPhone 3G S。這款新機型速度更快，功能更強，並具備影像攝像及編輯等新功能。

Apple on Monday unveiled a new iPhone model called iPhone 3G S, which is faster, more powerful and has new capabilities like video recording and editing.

The device immediately inspired lust among many consumers. But there are some calculations that people may want to make before snapping the new iPhone up.

For new AT&T customers, that calculation is pretty straightforward. Their price is $199 for the 16-gigabyte iPhone 3G S and $299 for the 32-gigabyte model with a two-year wireless service contract. (AT&T is the exclusive carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.)

But existing AT&T customers don't qualify for the introductory price, including those who bought the previous iPhone 3G model in the past year. Instead, the new iPhone would cost $200 more if they upgrade now.

Then there are those people who may just want the iPhone 3G S without a service contract from AT&T. For those consumers, the introductory price of the gadget would jump to $599 for the 16-gigabyte model and $699 for the 32-gigabyte model.

People may want to weigh the new iPhone 3G S's pricing against other rival devices. The $199 price for the 16-gigabyte iPhone 3G S is the same as Palm's 8-gigabyte Pre smart phone that began selling on Saturday. That makes the iPhone the better deal if looking just at the device.

But industry watchers say AT&T's service plan for the iPhone is still too expensive for many consumers. AT&T requires users to pay $30 a month for unlimited data, $20 a month for unlimited texting and anywhere from $39.99 to $99.99 a month depending on how many minutes they want. Unlimited use of the device for data, text and voice would cost about $150 a month. Sprint, which is so far the only wireless carrier for Palm's Pre, has a 'Simply Everything' plan for $99.99.

Tell us Digits readers: If you're an existing iPhone 3G user, would you upgrade to the iPhone 3G S?

If you don't own a smart phone yet, is the new iPhone or the Palm Pre more attractive to you?

【中文譯文】

蘋果公司(Apple Inc.)週一推出iPhone新機型iPhone 3G S。這款新機型速度更快，功能更強，並具備影像攝像及編輯等新功能。

這款設備立刻就引得衆多消費者垂涎不已。但在出手搶購之前，人們或許還得精打細算一番。

對於美國電話電報公司(AT&T)的新客戶來說，計算方法很簡單。16G容量的iPhone 3G S價格爲199美元，32G型號爲299美元，均含兩年期無線網絡服務合約。（AT&T是iPhone在美國的獨家運營商。）

但AT&T的現有客戶不能享受這個起始價格，包括過去一年內購買了老款iPhone 3G機型的客戶。相反，如果他們現在升級到新的iPhone 3G S，就需要再多付200美元。

然後還有的人可能只想要iPhone 3G S手機，不想要AT&T的服務合約。對於這類客戶，這款機型的起始價躍升至599美元（16G）和699美元（32G）。

人們或許想將iPhone 3G S與其他競爭機型的定價對比一下。16G的iPhone 3G S價格爲199美元，與Palm推出的8G容量Pre智能手機一樣，這款手機於上週六開始銷售。如果光看設備的話，iPhone顯然更划算。

但行業觀察人士說，AT&T針對iPhone的服務計劃對許多客戶來說仍然過於昂貴。AT&T的數據流量包月費用爲30美元，短信包月20美元，另外還有從39.99美元-99.99美元不等的通話費用，取決於用戶選擇的通話時長。如果流量、短信和通話全都包月的話，每個月的費用大約爲150美元。而Palm的Pre手機迄今唯一一家無線網絡運營商斯普林特(Sprint)則有一個“輕鬆全包”(Simply Everything)計劃，費用爲99.99美元。

請讀者告訴我們：如果你已經是iPhone 3G用戶，你會升級成iPhone 3G S嗎？

如果你還沒有智能手機，那新款iPhone和Palm Pre哪個更能得到你的青睞呢？

【詞彙講解】

1. lust 強烈的願望，渴望

He was filled with lust for power.
他內心充滿了對權力的渴望。

2. straightforward 簡單的；易懂的

This is a straightforward task.
這是一項很容易完成的任務。

【詞組講解】

The device immediately inspired lust among many consumers. But there are some calculations that people may want to make before snapping the new iPhone up.
這款設備立刻就引得衆多消費者垂涎不已。但在出手搶購之前，人們或許還得精打細算一番。

snap up 表示表示“搶購”，例如：

I snapped up the coat at that cheap price.
在價格便宜時我買下了這件大衣。