cell-phone industry

基本解释

Smart phones are the silver lining in an otherwise gloomy cell-phone industry.
智能手机是那一层好兆头，为原本乌云密布的手机行业增添了一抹银色衬里。
Phone surveys used to be the standard in the industry back when all customers had land lines, but in the era of the cell phone and do-not-call list, it's less reliable.
使用电话调查的行业标准，当所有顾客地背台词，但在时代的手机和do-not-call列表，它是不可靠的。
"Until the iPhone, the smart phone was a very small part of the cell-phone industry, " he said. "Apple has been very significant in directing the capabilities that these smart phones have."
“在iPhone诞生之前，智能手机只是手机产业中的很小一部分，”他说，“苹果非常重要，它为智能手机的功能配置指明了道路。”

Moulder, a radiation biologist at the Medical College of Wisconsin who has been a consultant to the cell-phone industry.
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