Some lucky people are brilliant at everything. Asian electronics companies have to be at least world-class at something to take on mighty Apple. Samsung Electronicshas scale and is fantastic in smartphones. This week Apple missed forecasts for its fiscal third quarter, but the pending launch of iPhone 5 suggests the lull will not last long. For other Asian electronics companies, though, an absence of scale or a gee-whizz gadget is simply not good enough.
有些幸运的人,真是样样精通。要同强大的苹果(Apple)一较高低,亚洲电子企业至少必须在某个方面具备世界一流水平。三星电子(Samsung Electronics)规模够大,而且智能手机做的很棒。本周苹果发布的第三财季业绩未能达到预期,但iPhone 5即将推出表明,这种增长放缓的状态不会持续太久。对三星之外的其他亚洲电子企业而言,如果欠缺规模和令人惊叹叫绝的产品,真是不太妙。