【单选题】

{{I}}Questions 8 to 10 are based on the following news.At the end of the news item, you will be given 10 seconds to answer each of the following questions. Now listen to the news.{{/I}} Why has the rate of new phone purchases slowed inEurope

A、Because of the warning about sales.
Because the customers are reluctant to trade up to new handsets.
C．Because of cutting into demand for handsets.
D．Because of the U.S slowdown.