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In the beginning there was the iPhone.

iPhone引领潮流5GoUa_-rLg!。

Then came a bunch of phones that tried to be just like it.

随之，多款手机争相效仿42SkOGu@9N%FHFWx*|#。

Then those phones tried to be different, but in variously off-putting ways.

但又想推陈出新，但却毫无新意igCikVb-o06bho+M]@,z。

At this week’s Mobile World Congress, though, smartphones have begun to find the balance between boring and bizarre.

在本周召开的世界移动通信大会上，智能手机市场正在“千篇一律”和“光怪陆离”中寻找平衡W,EcA!@x5Ujj~TJsG。

It’s hard to be a premium smartphone manufacturer outside of Cupertino.

除了库比蒂诺，很难找到与之相媲美的手机制造商e6[@5PulxMw+6。

The iPhone dominates the high end, with no signs of slowing dominance, while affordable competitors increasingly own the non-Apple market.

苹果在高端市场独占鳌头，发展势头迅猛如旧，其它对手只能在“非苹果”市场抢占份额.sV!EasdgCUb。

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词语解释

1.high end 高端的

例句：These are high-end personal computers and computer workstations.

高端个人计算机和计算机工作站

2.a bunch of 一堆

例句：We don't want to look like a bunch of cowboys.

我们不想看上去像一帮奸商C.Ms]*Jogy。

3.off-putting 令人厌恶的

例句：However, many customers found the smell of this product distinctly off-putting.

然而，很多顾客觉得该产品有一股异味，非常难闻w*4*Odz^XF0QUa。

4.begin to 开始

例句：The horns of some deer begin to shed.

有些鹿开始换角了&a8AYpi[c%v%。