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APPLE says 2 million iPhone 5 were sold on the Chinese mainland in the first three days since sales began last Friday.
苹果公司表示200台iPhone 5自上周五开始前三天在中国大陆销售一空。
Industry insiders said the figure reflected the popularity of iPhone 5 in China, the world's biggest mobile phone market, and Apple's improved distribution and supply in its second biggest market after the United States.
业内人士说这个数字反映了在中国这个世界上最大的手机市场iPhone 5的流行，苹果在其仅次于美国的第二大市场改进了分发和供应链。
"Customer response to iPhone 5 in China has been incredible," Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook said in a statement yesterday. "China is a very important market for us and customers there cannot wait to get their hands on Apple products."
“在中国消费者对iPhone 5的反应一直令人难以置信，”苹果的首席执行官蒂姆•库克昨日在一份声明中表示。“中国对我们来说是一个非常重要的市场，那里的顾客迫不及待地想要得到苹果产品。”
Figures for initial sales of previous iPhone models in China were not available.
先前iPhone模型在中国的销售原始数据并不可用。
In September, when the iPhone 5 made its debut in nine countries and regions, including the United States and Hong Kong, more than 5 million phones were sold in the first three days.
今年9月，当iPhone 5在9个国家和地区首次亮相，包括美国和香港，在前三天拥有超过500万的手机销量。
Apple's partners on the mainland, China Unicom and China Telecom, launched sales at midnight last Thursday, earlier than the Apple Stores which opened at 7am on Friday.
苹果在中国内地的合作伙伴，中国联通和中国电信，在上周四午夜开始销售，早于周五早上7点苹果零售店开售。
"Everyone who comes to our store is able to get an iPhone 5 because we have stocks for two or three days," Zhu Yan, China Telecom's Shanghai-based marketing official, said.
“凡到我们商店的每个人能够得到一台iPhone 5，因为我们有两三天的储备，”朱燕，中国电信上海市场官员说。
Previously, people had to queue for several hours at Apple Stores to buy products such as the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 when they were launched.
以前当他们推出时人们不得不在苹果商店排几个小时购买如iPhone 4和iPad 2那样的产品。
"It's really easy this time because you can buy it everywhere," said Xu Min, a software engineer who bought a white 16GB phone from Bailian's online store.
“这次真的很容易因为你到处都可以买到，”徐敏说，一位软件工程师，他从百联的在线商店买了一台白色的16 GB手机。
