Remember we were talking about beat, which is the regular pulse, the pulse of life, the pulse of music, that comes at regular intervals.

我们讲到了节拍，节拍是一种有规律的律动，就像生命的律动一样，这是音乐的律动，节拍表现为有规律的间隔。

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Ostensibly, the shift is to let customers count on a lone upgrade date for all of their connected devices, but let's not beat around the bush: the longer intervals are bad for any subscriber whose desire for a new phone or tablet doesn't perfectly dovetail with their contract length.

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