It is stunning that Apple managed to sell 74m smartphones in the fourth quarter of last year. The resulting profit, $18bn, is unfathomably large. At the same time, though, it is not a surprise that Apple is the most profitable company in the world. The influence of its products is immense. We live in an age of information, mobility and connectivity. Apple is the company for our times and so it seems natural that it should make the most money.
蘋果(Apple)去年第四季度7400萬部智能手機(jī)的銷售業(yè)績著實(shí)令人震驚。由此產(chǎn)生的180億美元的巨額利潤超出了人們的想象。但與此同時(shí),蘋果是世界上最賺錢的公司并不令人感到意外。蘋果產(chǎn)品的影響力非常大。我們生活在一個(gè)信息、移動(dòng)和互聯(lián)的時(shí)代。蘋果正是應(yīng)運(yùn)而生的公司,所以它最賺錢似乎是理所當(dāng)然的。