The poll used telephone surveys in more affluent areas, and door-to-door interviews in rural or less-developed regions.

调查在较富裕的地区采用电话咨询的方式，而在农村或者欠发达地区则采用挨家挨户上门采访的方式。

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Oriental Outlook in its analysis of the survey that compared with 2008, notes that this year's lists have fewer cities from China's more developed regions.

《望东方周刊》在与2008年评选结果的对比分析中指出，今年中国发达地区的入选城市减少了。

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As the travel becomes more frequent, we expect closer cooperation between the Pearl River delta and less developed regions such as Xianning.

随着发车次数的增加，我们期待着珠江三角洲和像咸宁这样的欠发达地区会有更密切的合作。

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With the smartphone market in the developed regions getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2 2012) amid concerns that iPhone innovation has plateaued, Apple needs emerging markets such as China to drive iPhone growth in the coming years.

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The State Council also pointed to a big wealth gap between the urban and rural regions and vowed to provide more fiscal support for the less developed central and western regions of the country.

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With the smartphone market in developed regions such as the U.S. getting more saturated (U.S. smartphone sales grew y-o-y by just 9% in Q2), Apple will be looking to tap the fast-growing emerging markets such as China to grow at historical rates.

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