还记得之前苹果和微信的博弈吗？
昨日，苹果应用商店已挂出横幅称现已支持使用微信支付在应用商店中购物，用户只需提前绑定微信账号即可。虽然之前在微信打赏是否走 IAP 内购渠道让苹果和腾讯陷入争执，不过这并不影响双方在其他业务上的合作。因此本次新增微信支付也算是补全了苹果应用商店的支付渠道，毕竟在中国支付宝和微信支付才是最方便的。
Apple accepts WeChat Pay in bid to reverse sales decline
Apple Inc announced on Tuesday its iconic app store and music-streaming service Apple Music now accepts WeChat Pay in China,a clear sign of easing tensions with internet giant Tencent Holdings Ltd amid an in-app purchase spat*.
*spat:a short argument, usually about something that is not important （通常为小事的）争吵，争执，口角
She was having a spat with her brother about who should do the washing up.
她刚为了该由谁来洗碗与她哥哥吵了几句。
Experts said Apple had very few choices but to reconcile with Tencent, a bellwether* of the mobile industry and a dominant social media force in China, as it tries to salvage falling sales and retain users in the world's largest consumer market.
*bellwether: someone or something that shows how a situation will develop or change 前导；领头者
The report is viewed as a bellwether for economic trends.
这份报告被视为经济走势的风向标。
In a statement, Apple said it is "excited" to introduce Chinese customers using WeChat Pay to purchase apps or subscribe to Apple Music, and will continue to offer payment options that are simple and convenient.
The inclusion of Tencent-backed WeChat as a payment option fills the void of having China's second-largest mobile wallet on board when 963 million WeChat users become accustomed to making purchases via the all-in-one* app.
*all-in-one: means having several different parts or several different functions. 一体化的; 集多功能于一体的
...the X85, an all-in-one printer that's also a scanner, fax and copier
....“X 85”，是集多功能于一体的打印机，同时也是扫描仪、传真机和复印机
App store, which houses a number of mobile applications from gaming, entertainment to dining for the iOS system, is a main gateway for the US tech giant to earn fees from iPhone users. It previously supported credit card transactions, its indigenous Apple Pay, China's UnionPay, and Alipay, WeChat Pay's biggest rival.
The Chinese mainland has been a critical battlefield for Apple's app store. As of June, the region generated nearly one-third of the app store's worldwide revenue, according to App Annie, a firm that tracks metrics* for apps.
*metrics: a set of numbers that give information about a particular process or activity
cost/financial metrics
The study includes market metrics such as market and segment size estimates.
With people awaiting the new iPhone lineups and Chinese brands elbowing into the premium* phone market, Apple is in dire need of alternative revenue streams to make up for the sales slump, and that means doubling down on* software, said Li Chao, senior analyst at iResearch.
*premium: used to refer to something that is of higher than usual quality （品质）高级的；优质的
premium ice cream 优质冰激凌
The building is on a premium site.
这幢大楼建在一块风水宝地上。
*double down on sth: to do something in an even more determined way than before 加把劲做某事
Expect to see Fox double down on its marketing efforts to give the movie a big boost.
"Apple has nothing to lose to include a familiar payment method to the Chinese. It can even boost sales in the short term," he said.
Li's remarks are backed by numbers. Alipay and WeChat Pay combined a whopping 94 percent of China's 18.8 trillion yuan ($2.85 trillion) mobile payment market in the first quarter of 2017, according to Analysys. Apple Pay, albeit(although) being a hit in Western countries, has less than 1 percent of the market share.
"Despite that, the very last thing it (Apple) should do is to run afoul with* Chinese tech players and treat them as competitors," Li said.
*fall/run afoul of: If you run afoul of someone or something, you do something which causes problems with them.与…纠缠；同…发生冲突 (此处查阅了剑桥、柯林斯和韦氏词典，都显示介词搭配是of)
All of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other.
他们所有人都曾触犯过法律。
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