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An Apple supplier may have just leaked iPhone 8 launch timing
备受瞩目的iphone8是否会如约而至?
New iPhones launch in September, and that’s a trend that’s been around since as far back as the iPhone 5. With the insane rumor whirlwind surrounding the highly anticipated iPhone 8, there’s been plenty of hand wringing and whispers to suggest that the new flagship won’t be ready to carry on the tradition. Now, a report on a possible Apple supplier seems to suggest that the iPhone 8 will indeed arrive a bit later than usual.
自iphone5发行以来，每年九月都是iphone发行新机型的时间，这已成为一种趋势。备受瞩目的iphone8一直处于疯狂谣言的风口浪尖上，大量的公众及小道消息报道称，新机的发行时间将会与以往不同。一份来源于可能是苹果零件供应商的报告显示iphone8的发行将会略晚于以往。
The info comes from a company, Finisar, that is thought to be supplying Apple with high-tech lasers built into the iPhone 8, which are used for a variety of things including AR depth mapping and possibly image recognition. The report claims that “one company” will be purchasing tens of millions of units of the specialized lasers later this year, and that company is thought to be Apple.
消息来源于一个叫做Finisar的公司，业界认为该公司为iphone8提供高科技内置激光单元，该单元用来实现大量功能，这其中包括AR深度映射并可能为图像识别提供硬件基础。报告中显示某公司在今年后期将会采购数以万计的此种专业激光单元，而这一某公司很可能就是苹果公司。
If that theory holds true, then Finisar’s production schedule could be a pretty solid indicator of the iPhone 8’s release window. Loup Ventures, which connected all these dots in the first place, now expects Apple to debut the iPhone 8 at an event in September, but not actually ship until a month later in October. That guess lines up nicely with other reports that place the iPhone 8’s launch in October.
如果这一猜测成立，那么Finisar公司的生产计划可以认为是iphone8发布窗口的可靠参考指标。能够在第一时间把所有细节联系上的Loup Ventures基金会期望9月份的某场活动中可以发行iphone8，而不是非要晚一个月在10月份发行。这一猜测与其他的关于iphone8将在10月发行的报告恰好吻合。
The relatively minor delay over the established norm is being chalked up to potential manufacturing setbacks, and considering how many reports we’ve already seen this year that hint at supply constraints and other issues, it wouldn’t be shocking to see the new smartphone arrive a month later than its predecessors.
与现有的规范相比，相对较小的延期发行归因于潜在的制造困难，考虑到今年我们看到那么多关于供货紧张及其他问题的报道，新的iphone8即使比他的前辈们晚一个月与我们见面也不会太令人惊奇。
来源:Yahoo
