Otherwise referenced frequently as the "iPhone X." I really don't care what you call it.

也有人稱它為 iPhone X ，但你怎麼叫它一點都不重要

There's been some news developing and I feel like we should discuss it.

最近又出現了相關的新聞，所以我想該來討論一下

I'm no stranger to this device.

我並不是第一次使用這支手機

I used it for an extended period of time and I came back to you with some video content.

我已經用了一段時間，所以我製作了影片來跟大家分享

My findings, my feelings, and so on.

我的發現、感受等等

And I want to be clear about something at this point right now.

我也想要先跟大家說明

This is a good phone!

這是一支不錯的手機！

The camera is nice and so on and a lot of people enjoy it and that's cool for me.

相機表現很好而且大家都很喜歡，我也覺得很棒

It just ain't my choice and I don't think it represents a great value given its price point.

只是它真的不在我的選擇行列內，而我也認為它的價格跟價值並不相符

But today's video is about an article that I read yesterday on Forbes

但今天的影片和我昨天在《富比士》讀到的文章有關

which was informed by an article on Apple Insider,

消息來源為 Apple Insider (蘋果內幕網站)

essentially stated that this phone right here in front of me might be getting canceled by Apple.

基本上，它陳述了我面前這支手機即將被 Apple 取消了

This is not a TV show — how do you cancel it?

它又不是什麼電視節目 — 你要怎麼取消它？

What do you.. what do you do here?

到底是要怎麼做呢？

Well, according to Ming Chi Kuo, this prolific information leaker who is essentially,

根據郭明池 ，一個最多產的洩密者，基本上，

I mean, he's never wrong, this guy, alright?

他從來不會說錯，好嗎？

His company KGI Securities reported recently that production was going to shut down soon

他的公司凱基證券報導生產即將要停擺

and that the reason for it: a lack of demand for this device right here.

而背後的原因是因為需求不高

Now, he stated that one of the reasons for this potential cancellation

他表示這項可能的取消生產原因

is a lack of demand specifically in China regarding the overall screen size of this device.

是因為需求不足，特別在中國，因為這支手機的螢幕大小因素

It's not the biggest screen in the world.

它不是世界上最大的螢幕

Face ID, where you at?

啟動 Face ID

There you go.

好了

Obviously there's plenty of orders that are already put in for this.

很明顯地，由於 iPhone X 已經有大量訂單

There's retailers and telecommunications companies that are gonna have these things on the shelf.

零售商、電信公司都會上架這些 iPhone

It just means that you're gonna shut down the assembly line sooner than you normally would.

所以這僅表示 Apple 會比其他代 iPhone 更早關閉生產線

And the current rumor based on the information from this guy

而最近根據郭明池說的

is that that'll happen at some point in the summer.

這件事在今年夏天的某個時間點會發生

This would mark the first time ever that Apple has shut down

這將是 Apple 第一次關閉

or canceled a particular device before the next one has actually launched.

或取消某個產品的生產線，在下一代產品發表之前

Like you, you buy an iPhone 7 right now.

像現在還可以買 iPhone 7

You could even buy a brand new iPhone 6s, I believe.

我相信你甚至還可以買到 iPhone 6s

The idea here is not that the X would be completely dead,

這並不是 X 會完全消失

but a modified larger version would take over for it and this one would be buried forever.

而是一個修改後更大的版本會取代現在這一代

But that's not where the story ends!

但不止如此

All of a sudden there was an update.

突然又出現了不同的說法

Ming Chi Kuo, he kind of backtracked a little bit and was like,

郭明池又退一步說

"Wait iPhone's performing pretty good,

等等，iPhone 的表現其實不錯

I'm not really sure they're gonna shut it down I'm not really sure what's going on."

我不確定他們有沒有要關閉生產線了，我其實不知道發生什麼事了

And to me, that 48-hour backtrack is kind of interesting on its own.

對我來說，在這 48 小時內發生的變動很有趣

Was the original information bad?

原來的資訊是不正確的嗎？

Did something change in the face of the reporting?

在報導時，有什麼資訊出錯了嗎？

I'm not really certain.

我並不確定

The question still remains: is this phone going to be canceled or not?

但問題還是存在：這支手機會停止生產嗎？

Now of course you guys know where I stand on this particular device.

當然，你們都知道我對於這支手機的立場

I don't think it's the greatest value for money and I even, anecdotally,

我不認為它是這個價位表現最好的，我甚至

I know people in my life that have chosen to upgrade to the iPhone 8 or 8 plus

我認識蠻多人選擇去買 iPhone 8 或 8 plus

instead of this and so when I saw the report come out stating that that's what people were doing,

而不是 iPhone X ，所以當我看到報導說這是人們的現狀

that they weren't gravitating towards this model,

他們並不受到此商業模式的吸引

I could see some reality in that, at least in my own personal experience.

我認為是具有一些真實性在的，至少我的個人經驗是如此

So at a certain point you have to wonder if that influence has leaked out,

所以在幾個特定的時間點，你必須去思考這樣的影響是否開始發散

or if people just in general haven't gravitated towards this particular phone.

或者是否人們只是尚未受到這個機型的吸引

You might think something is a great deal or a great design,

你可以說某物是很划算的交易或者很好的設計

and someone in China or India or elsewhere might think otherwise.

而中國、印度其他地區的人則可能不認同

But this development, it certainly lends itself to my intuition,

但在這件事情的發展中，它的確和我的直覺是相符的

which is that this marketplace has gotten incredibly more competitive recently

也就是如今市場的高度競爭

and what you are able to get at lower price points has improved substantially.

並且已經能夠以相對低很多的價格交易

So the question going forward, probably not just for Apple,

所以這樣的問題，並不只有 Apple 有

but also for Samsung and the various other premium smartphone makers:

同時對於三星以及其他智慧型手機大廠也是問題點

how big is the demand for a $1,000 phone?

一個一千美元的手機會有多少的需求市場呢？

And do they sort of need to reconfigure a little bit in order to match the demand that does exist?

而這些廠商是否需要某種程度的重組才能配合如今存在的需求？

Now for the record, I don't imagine that the next generation iPhone flagship will be less than this one.

聽好了，我並不認為下一代的 iPhone 旗艦款會比現在便宜

I think Apple is perfectly happy playing in that premium space and so is Samsung.

我認為 Apple 很喜歡它的「旗艦款」模式，而三星也是

But the numbers, once they eventually become public, well,

但數字只要一公佈出來

those won't lie and we'll find out for certain what the demand is for this particular device compared to the others.

是不會騙人的，而我們就能確定這支特定的手機的需求和其他相比是如何

What do you think is gonna happen?

你覺得接下來會發生什麼事呢？

Do you think that this will survive?

你認為它會成功嗎？

That the iPhone X will remain intact?

iPhone X 會保持自己的地位嗎？

Or will this one go to bed somewhere?

還是它會回家吃自己呢？

You let me know down in the comments.

留言讓我知道你的看法

Also what do you think is the perfect smartphone screen size?

還有什麼樣的螢幕大小是最剛好的？

Tim Cook, he's gonna be down in these comments.

提姆庫克會來看這些留言的

He's gonna be reading what you're saying, so get your voice out there

你寫的他會看到，所以大聲說出來吧！