"We have a great relationship, they never bother me, they never phone," he said, beaming.

“我们关系不错，他们从来没烦我，甚至都不打电话的，”他说。

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Many countries around the world never built full land-line phone systems; they jumped straight to cellular.

全世界许多国家从未建设过完整的座机电话系统；他们直接跳到了手机。

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They may have been right to do so - many cell phone owners have had devices with this functionality for years, but could never understand how to access those functions.

苹果这么做或许有一定道理，很多用户的手机上都有这些功能，却不知道如何使用，总是抱怨这些功能太复杂。但是这些用户都是年长的用户，他们没见过这些新玩意儿。

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"They never called me on the phone. From an official point of view, I know nothing.

VOA: standard.2009.08.04

And if you have these young voters that are 18 to 35, they haven't gotten a phone call and they're not on anyone's list because they never had a landline telephone.

NPR: As Election Day Nears, Poll Data Questioned

Years ago, Nokia and Motorola dominated the local cell phone market, but analysts say they never had the cult status of the iPhone.

CNN: China's Apple fans lament cult figure Jobs' resignation

Sierra Wireless's first stab at a Windows Mobile-powered smartphone, the Voq Professional Phone, was pretty much doomed from the start the design was awful, Sierra had zero experience in marketing handsets, and they were never able to convince a single wireless carrier to offer the phone to its subscribers (which for better or for worse is how most phones get sold in the US).

ENGADGET: Sierra Wireless gets sued over Voq Professional Phone