美國(guó)銀行美林證券的分析師沃姆?！つ獫h和斯特凡諾·帕斯卡爾在上周三的備忘錄中告知投資者，傳聞中的蘋果旗艦智能機(jī)iPhone 8可能會(huì)因?yàn)椤凹夹g(shù)問題”延期三到四周。美國(guó)全國(guó)廣播公司財(cái)經(jīng)頻道之前報(bào)道了他們的備忘錄，他們表示蘋果“正在處理”與供應(yīng)商合作伙伴的問題。之前傳聞蘋果考慮在9月給手機(jī)開發(fā)布會(huì)，但目前分析師認(rèn)為這款手機(jī)可能會(huì)推遲到10月發(fā)布。

分析師造訪了蘋果的供應(yīng)鏈，并表示他們的制造合作商沒法讓iPhone的指紋傳感器和3D掃描技術(shù)正常工作。據(jù)說，指紋傳感器將集成在屏幕上，而不是像之前一樣，位于手機(jī)正面的物理按鈕之上，這在蘋果產(chǎn)品中尚屬首次。3D掃描技術(shù)可用于確認(rèn)身份，只需要掃描用戶的臉，就能讓他們使用iPhone的應(yīng)用。

蘋果今年可能會(huì)推出三款新的iPhone機(jī)型，相關(guān)傳聞已經(jīng)有了幾個(gè)月。其中兩款可能是iPhone 7s和iPhone 7s Plus，它們對(duì)去年iPhone 7和iPhone 7 Plus進(jìn)行了小幅升級(jí)。第三款據(jù)信是iPhone 8。它可能會(huì)有完全不同的設(shè)計(jì)，包括全玻璃機(jī)架，其屏幕可能會(huì)幾乎完全覆蓋機(jī)身正面。

蘋果選擇的屏幕迫使他們考慮把指紋傳感器和3D掃描放在屏幕上。據(jù)說，這種新設(shè)計(jì)會(huì)淘汰屏幕下方的區(qū)域，而在之前版本的iPhone上，指紋傳感器正是位于此處。蘋果需要使用3D掃描和指紋傳感器來鑒定用戶，給他們開放應(yīng)用的使用權(quán)，并讓用戶利用移動(dòng)支付服務(wù)Apple Pay付款。

分析師并未提到蘋果和供應(yīng)商將在何時(shí)解決iPhone的問題，也沒說蘋果是否設(shè)立了預(yù)計(jì)的發(fā)布日期。

然而，供應(yīng)鏈的問題致使分析師把蘋果2017財(cái)年的iPhone銷量預(yù)期下調(diào)到了2.081億部，之前他們預(yù)測(cè)的出貨量是2.191億部。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）??

譯者：嚴(yán)匡正

Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts Wamsi Mohan and Stefano Pascale told investors in a note on Wednesday that Apple's rumored flagship smartphone, the iPhone 8, could be delayed between three and four weeks due to "technology issues." The analysts, whose note was earlier reported on by CNBC, said that Apple is "working through" the problems with its supplier partners. Apple has been rumored to be considering a September release for the smartphone. The analysts now suggest the smartphone could be released in October.

According to the analysts, who visited the Apple supply chain, its manufacturing partners are having trouble getting the iPhone's fingerprint sensor and 3D-scanning technology working. The fingerprint sensor is said to be the first from Apple that would be integrated into its screen instead of added to a physical button that previously sat on the front of the smartphone. The 3D-scanning technology would be used to verify a person's identity and allow him or her access to the iPhone's software by scanning his or her face.

Apple has been rumored for months to be working on three new iPhones this year. Two of those handsets, believed to be known as the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus, will offer minor updates over last year's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. The third, believed to be known as iPhone 8, could come with a completely different design featuring an all-glass chassis. It could also have a screen that nearly entirely covers its face.

The iPhone maker's screen choice has forced Apple to consider the display-based fingerprint sensor and 3D scanner. The new design will reportedly eliminate the area below the screen where the fingerprint sensor has been located in earlier iPhones. Apple then needs to use the 3D scanner and fingerprint sensor to authenticate users for access to the handset's software, as well as make payments with its mobile-payment service Apple Pay.

The analysts didn't say when Apple and its suppliers might be able to fix the iPhone's problems. They also didn't say whether Apple has set an expected release date.

However, the supply chain problems caused them to cut their iPhone sales forecasts for Apple's 2017 fiscal year to 208.1 million. The analysts had anticipated 219.1 million iPhone shipments during the period.