Four million people rushed into stores the weekend Apple iPhone 4S launched.But once the geek frenzy wore off, it seems not everybody was over the moon.More than a fifth of iPhone users regret buying their hi-tech handset, a survey has revealed.
iPhone 4S开始销售的那个周末，有400万人冲进了苹果商店购买。不过，当头脑发热的家伙们都冷静下来后，貌似变成“几家欢喜几家愁”了。一项调查显示，超过1/5的iPhone用户后悔购买了这部高科技手机。

Forty-three per cent of disappointed users said it was down to 'jealousy' of rival smartphones - possibly the biggest surprise about the poll of 1,694 people.Perhaps the efforts of rival smartphone makers - many of whom have rushed out phones with bigger screens and faster processors in the wake of the underwhelming iPhone 4S - are starting to pay off.
43%失望的用户说，他们对Smartphone（多为苹果竞争对手制造）的嫉妒让他们感到沮丧——这大概是这次投票（1694人参与）的结果中，最令人惊讶的地方。当iPhone4S还没点燃大家的热情时，多家Smartphone制造商就开始“抄袭”，并且把屏幕做得更大，把处理速度改进得更快。也许制造商们的努力要开始得到回报了。

The second-most popular reason for users turning against their new phones was disappointment was the battery life, with 25 per cent saying they felt let down.Others - eight per cent of the total - were disappointed with the email on iPhone 4S.
让用户们不待见新手机的第二大原因，是对电池续航时间的失望（25%的人都不满意）。而剩下的8%，则是对iPhone4S的电子邮件这一应用不满意。

The survey didn't make clear whether the users were 'fresh' smartphone buyers - ie those likely to be baffled by hi-tech features - or 'switchers' from devices such as BlackBerries, who were more likely to compare iPhone's features with other phones that offered bigger screens, faster processors, or apps such as BlackBerry's excellent email service.
调查并没有清楚说明，接受调查的用户们是否是智能机的“新手”——那些容易被高科技搞糊涂的人。也没有说明他们是否是刚换了手机的人（比如黑莓的老用户）——那些人更容易把iPhone的特点，和其他手机的更大屏幕、更高速率、或者一些应用（比如黑莓杰出的电子邮件服务功能）作比较。

This isn't a death knell for Apple's new handset, though - although the poll was of 1,694 over 18s, not all of them owned iPhones, and in such online polls, moaners tend to be much more vocal than satisfied customers.
不过这个结果并未给苹果的新产品敲响丧钟。虽然投票面向的是1694个成年人，但并非每个人都有iPhone，而且像这种在网络上进行的投票，抱怨的人肯定比满意的消费者，嚷嚷得更加厉害。

Website GoodMobilePhones, which conducted the survey, said, 'Smartphone envy is something that many phone owners experience, but few will admit to, because everybody wants to believe that they own the 'best' phone on the market.
发起这项调查的GoodMobilePhones网站说，“对Smartphone的嫉妒，是很多iPhone用户的亲身体会。但是很少有人会承认，因为每个人都想相信自己拥有的是市场上‘最好的’手机。”

We were really surprised that so many people admitted to regretting their iPhone purchase, because they are regarded by many as the best phones available.
我们的确很惊讶，竟然有这么多人承认自己后悔买了iPhone，因为iPhone可是被很多人视作最好的手机啊。

注： Smartphone是使用Windows Mobile for Smartphone Edition操作系统的智能手机，主要的设计理念就是个人随身的数字处理中心。与另一种Windows Mobile产品PocketPC Phone的区别是不使用触摸屏，单手操作，Smartphone简单的说就是手机为主体加上PDA（个人数字助理）的功能，而PocketPC Phone则是PDA为主体加上手机的功能。