Upper-Intermediate - iPhone vs Android (D1693)

A: 哟,新买了个手机啊!是iPhone4?
yō, xīn mǎi le gè shǒujī ā! shì iPhone sì?
Hey, you bought a new phone! Is it an iPhone4?
B: 是啊。
shì a.
Yeah.
A: 你真是个苹果迷,用的都是苹果产品,乔布斯一定爱死你了。
nǐ zhēn shì ge Píngguǒ mí, yòng de dōu shì Píngguǒ chǎnpǐn, Qiáobùsī yīdìng ài sǐ nǐ le.
You really are an Apple nut. All you use are Apple products. Steve Jobs must love you.
B: 哈哈,没办法。
hāhā, méi bànfǎ.
Hah-hah. What can you do?
A: 你倒别说,做工什么的真是不错。唉,听说在国内要剪卡才能用?
nǐ dào bié shuō, zuògōng shénme de zhēn shì bùcuò. ái, tīngshuō zài guónèi yào jiǎn kǎ cái néng yòng?
I gotta say though, the craftsmanship really is quite nice. Hey, I heard you have to cut the SIM card in order to use the phone in China?
B: 可不是,国内的SIM卡不能直接使用。不过听说去移动公司用机器一压就行了。
kěbushì, guónèi de SIM kǎ bùnéng zhíjiē shǐyòng. bùguò tīngshuō qù Yídòng gōngsī yòng jīqì yī yā jiù xíng le.
That's right. You can't use Chinese SIM cards directly. Though, I did hear you can go to China Mobile and they have a machine that can cut it for you just like that.
A: 真麻烦!你这是行货还是水货?
zhēn máfan! nǐ zhè shì hánghuò háishi shuǐhuò?
What a pain! Did you buy an official or unofficial one?
B: 行货,在苹果旗舰店买的。水货的话好像要越狱什么的,我不会弄,所以只能买个行货咯。
hánghuò, zài Píngguǒ qíjiàndiàn mǎi de. shuǐhuò dehuà hǎoxiàng yào yuèyù shénme de, wǒ bù huì nòng, suǒyǐ zhǐnéng mǎi ge hánghuò lo.
Official. I bought it at an official Apple store. I think you have to do that jailbreak thing with the unofficial phones. I don't know how to do all that, so I just bought an official one.
A: 我感觉苹果就是卖相好点,其他的功能也没什么特别的。
wǒ gǎnjué Píngguǒ jiùshì màixiàng hǎo diǎn, qítā de gōngnéng yě méi shénme tèbié de.
I feel like Apple phones just look good. As far as the other functions go, they're nothing special.
B: 乐趣都在那些应用程序里呢,我这是新的,还没装APPS。唉,你最近是不是也换手机了?
lèqù dōu zài nàxiē yìngyòng chéngxù lǐ ne, wǒ zhè shì xīn de, hái méi zhuāng APPS. ài, nǐ zuìjìn shì bu shì yě huàn shǒujī le?
The fun part is the applications. Mine's new though, so I haven't installed any apps yet. Hey, didn't you get a phone recently too?
A: 是啊,买了个Android系统的智能机,欧水的,便宜。
shì a, mǎi le gè Android xìtǒng de zhìnéngjī, ōushuǐ de, piányi.
Yeah. I bought a smartphone that uses the Android operating system; a European version. It was cheap.
B: 在国内能用吗?
zài guónèi néng yòng ma?
Can you use it in China?
A: 当然能用啊,买来后我自己刷机好多次了,也不用剪卡。
dāngrán néng yòng a, mǎi lai hòu wǒ zìjǐ shuājī hǎo duō cì le, yě bùyòng jiǎn kǎ.
Of course you can. I've flashed the ROM a bunch of times since I bought it, and you don't need to cut the SIM card.
B: 那你还不是要刷机,多麻烦。
nà nǐ hái bùshì yào shuājī, duō máfan.
You still have to flash it though. That's such a pain.
A: 不麻烦,我觉得很有乐趣。如果刷得不成功,手机要变砖的。所以每次刷机,都很紧张,很刺激,呵呵。
bù máfan, wǒ juéde hěn yǒu lèqù. rúguǒ shuā de bù chénggōng, shǒujī yào biànzhuān de. suǒyǐ měicì shuājī, dōu hěn jǐnzhāng, hěn cìjī, hēhē.
I don't mind. I think it's fun. If you don't flash it successfully, the phone gets bricked. So, every time I flash it I get really nervous. It's exciting. Heh-heh.
B: 呵呵。
hēhē.
Heh-heh.
A: 不过,就算变砖也还是有办法恢复的。程序的话,可以去电子市场下载,差不多都是免费的。
bùguò, jiùsuàn biànzhuān yě háishì yǒubànfǎ huīfù de. chéngxù dehuà, kěyǐ qù diànzǐ shìchǎng xiàzǎi, chàbuduō dōu shì miǎnfèi de.
But even if it gets bricked there are ways to recover it. As for apps, you can just go to the app market and download them. Most apps are free.
B: 哦,不过苹果的程序好像更多点吧。
ò, bùguò Píngguǒ de chéngxù hǎoxiàng gèng duō diǎn ba.
Oh. I think Apple has more apps though.
A: 那倒是!你知道吗,我邮箱用的是Gmail,电脑上经常打不开,但在手机上就很容易打开。所以,我就感觉Android的机器很亲民。
nà dàoshì! nǐ zhīdào ma, wǒ yóuxiāng yòng de shì Gmail, diànnǎo shàng jīngcháng dǎbukāi, dàn zài shǒujī shàng jiù hěn róngyì dǎkāi. suǒyǐ, wǒ jiù gǎnjué Android de jīqì hěn qīnmín.
Well, yeah! You know, I use Gmail and I often can't open it on my computer. On my phone though, it opens really easily. So, I feel like Androids are made more with people in mind.
B: 萝卜青菜各有所爱嘛!
luóbo qīngcài gèyǒusuǒ'ài ma!
To each his own!

Key Vocabulary

苹果 Píngguǒ Apple
fan
乔布斯 Qiáobùsī Steve Jobs
你倒别说 nǐ dào bié shuō 'that being said'
做工 zuògōng craftsmanship
剪卡 jiǎnkǎ to cut
to press
行货 hánghuò authorized goods
水货 shuǐhuò unauthorized goods
旗舰店 qíjiàndiàn official store, flagship store
越狱 yuèyù to jailbreak a device
卖相 màixiàng appearance
功能 gōngnéng function
乐趣 lèqù joy, fun, pleasure
应用程序 yìngyòng chéngxù application; software
系统 xìtǒng system; operating system
智能机 zhìnéngjī smart phone
欧水 ōushuǐ unauthorized European goods
刷机 shuājī to flash a device, reinstall an operating system
变砖 biànzhuān to be bricked (of a device)
恢复 huīfù to recover
电子市场 diànzǐ shìchǎng electronics market
亲民 qīnmín of the people; made with people in mind
萝卜青菜各有所爱 luóbo qīngcài gèyǒusuǒ'ài 'to each his own'

Supplementary Vocabulary

安卓 An1zhuó Android
粉丝 fěnsī fans
认可 rènkě to approve
售后 shòuhòu after-sale
正规 zhèngguī legitimate
渠道 qúdào channel
摆脱 bǎituō to shake off
困境 kùnjìng difficult situation, predicament
限制 xiànzhì to restrict
操作系统 cāozuòxìtǒng operating system
砖头 zhuāntóu brick

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