iPhone Duo 定价惊人，但苹果首款折叠屏手机在中国的初期关注度似乎颇高。
iPhone Duo has an eye-popping price tag, but initial interest in Apple 's first foldable phone in China appears solid.
全球首发日周五，黄牛党亚历克斯·王（Alex Wang）站在北京热门商圈三里屯旗舰店外，提出以额外 3000 元人民币（约合 448 美元）的价格，当场收购顾客刚买到手的新机。
On the day of the global launch on Friday, scalpers like Alex Wang stood outside the flagship store in Beijing 's popular shopping area, Sanlitun, offering to pay customers an extra 3,000 Chinese yuan ($448) to buy their newly purchased phones on the spot.
“我觉得 Duo 还能再溢价卖半个月，”他在旁观看已预约购机的 Duo 顾客排长龙时对 CNBC 表示，“主要原因是供应紧张。”据 Counterpoint Research 数据，尽管折叠屏手机在全球仍属小众产品，但中国市场是单一最大市场。
"I feel the Duo can be sold with a higher price for half a month," he told CNBC while watching the lines of Duo customers who had pre-booked their phones. "The main reason is the tight supply." Though foldables are still a niche product globally, China's market is the single largest, according to Counterpoint Research.
果粉玛丽·童（Mary Tong）是三里屯店约 100 人排队队伍中的第一位，她清晨 6 点就到场提取折叠屏设备。
Apple fan Mary Tong, who was first in a line of about 100 people at the Sanlitun store, showed up at 6 a.m. to pick up her foldable device.
“苹果一直是后来者，”她说，“我觉得很多中国人更偏爱折叠屏手机。”华为正推自家 AI 助手小艺，以增强这家中国智能手机厂商对抗苹果及其他本土竞争对手的竞争力。华为已拥有丰富的折叠屏产品线，于 9 月 7 日——比苹果发布 Duo 早两天——推出售价约 3000 美元的新款三折叠 Mate XT2。
"Apple has been the laggard," she said. "I think many Chinese do prefer foldable phones." Huawei is promoting its own AI assistant XiaoYi to boost the Chinese smartphone maker's competitiveness against Apple and other homegrown rivals. Huawei, which already has a broad lineup of foldable phones, launched a new trifold called the Mate XT2 that is priced at about $3,000 on Sept. 7, two days before Apple's Duo announcement.
中国小米在同一时期也推出了自家定价不菲的折叠屏新机 18 Fold。
China's Xiaomi unveiled its own pricey foldable, the 18 Fold, around the same time.
甚至在北京苹果店正常营业时间前，未预约的顾客便已到场碰运气，试图买到新机。苹果此前表示，首发日中国大陆不提供现场购买，其他国家和地区供应也将“受限”；每单在线购买限购两部。
Even before the Beijing Apple store's regular opening hours, customers without a reservation showed up to test their luck to get their hands on the new phone. Apple had said the Duo would not be available for walk-in purchase on launch day in mainland China and would be "limited" in other countries. Each online purchase was restricted to two phones.
张正（Zhang Zheng）称他在官网尝试下单，但预计交货时间延至 2027 年 1 月，令他望而却步。他表示依然想买一部。“觉得对工作有用，看着也酷，”他说。
Zhang Zheng said he had tried to order one on the site but was discouraged by the delivery timeline, which stretched to January 2027. He said he still wants to buy one. "I think it will be useful for work and it's cool to look at," he said.
虽然外界对设备本身议论纷纷，但对 Apple Intelligence 的期待微乎其微。苹果公司表示，面向中国大陆市场的 AI 系统版本定于本月开始测试，将包含实时翻译、照片“清理”功能和写作工具等特性。
While there was buzz about the device itself, expectations for Apple Intelligence were negligible. The company said a version of the AI system is set for beta testing this month for the mainland China market and will include features like live translation, Clean Up in photos, and writing tools.
10 月 14 日，北京批准阿里巴巴 AI 模型用于 Duo 及其他苹果设备，作为这家美国科技巨头在华待推出 AI 服务的一部分。苹果在夏季获得了中国监管部门的许可。
On Oct. 14, Beijing approved Alibaba AI models for use in Duo and other Apple devices as part of the U.S. tech giant's pending AI rollout in the country. Apple received Chinese regulatory clearance over the summer.
中国官方媒体援引前 CEO 蒂姆·库克在最近一次访华行程中的说法称，苹果改版后的 Siri AI 暂时不会在该国推出。
Chinese official media cited ex-CEO Tim Cook on a recent China trip as saying Apple's revamped Siri AI would not be available in the country yet.
Duo 用户赵约翰（John Zhao，音译）表示，他在海外工作时曾试用过 Apple Intelligence，感觉“不错但不超出想象”。他预期中文版会不那么令人兴奋。
Duo customer John Zhao said he had tried Apple Intelligence while working overseas, and it was "nice but not beyond imagination." He expects the Chinese version to be less exciting.
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