growing wave

European operators are still feeling miserly, in spite of the growing wave of smartphone-driven data traffic set to jam up their networks.

尽管智能手机产生的巨大数据流量，势将对欧洲运营商的网络造成拥堵，但它们仍感觉吝啬。

The launch comes at an important time for Apple, which continues to make a lot of money from the iPhone but has seen its global market share dip amid a growing wave of lower-cost Android devices as well as an intense battle with archrival Samsung.

新款手机的发布恰逢对苹果来说一个重要的时刻。iPhone仍很赚钱，但由于价格更低的安卓（Android）设备不断涌现，以及与主要竞争对手三星（Samsung）之间的激战，苹果在全球市场的份额一直在下滑。