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[jasonlulu_2000]

There is no doubt that Apple is well aware of the increased competition in the market and could be in a hurry to put another device out there, said Ramon Llamas, senior research analyst at IDC Mobile Devices Technology and Trends. Given its history with product launches and business strategy, though, Apple probably isn't going to rush an iPhone release simply to put it on shelves, he said.

"If you're Tim Cook, you're thinking if you want to pay more attention to how to keep growing that bottom line and keep investors happy, or continue with the same approach from Apple, which is do what we can do and manage products and releases how they will work best for us. Apple usually does things in their own time, and I'm having a hard time buying this May or June timeline," Llamas told MacNewsWorld.

What do the two underlined sentence mean respectively?

Thanks!

Jason

[IanT]

"you're thinking if you want to pay more attention to how to keep growing that bottom line"

= "you're trying to decide if you want to concentrate on making more money"

(the bottom line means the last line of the financial report, where the total is written)

" I'm having a hard time buying this May or June timeline"

= "I'm having difficulty believing that a new product will come out as early as May or June"

(buying can mean believing in informal language)

Hope helps,
Ian
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