Apple Plans iPhone 18 Release; iPhone 17 Prices May Rise
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Apple is making a new phone. It is called the iPhone 18. News reports talk about when Apple will sell it.
The reports say Apple wants to sell the iPhone 18 Pro in September. This is a release date. It is the same month as before. Apple sold new phones in September for many years.
The news also talks about the iPhone 17. This is the phone Apple sells now. Some reports say the price may go up. It could cost up to 1,000 yuan more in China. Yuan is Chinese money.
Apple has a stock on the US stock market. A stock is a small part of a company that people can buy. After this news, Apple's stock price went up. It rose almost 2%. A percent is a way to show a small part of something.
People want to know when new iPhones come out. They also want to know the price. This news gives some early information about the iPhone 18.
Vocabulary15 words
- iPhone
- a phone made by Apple
- release date
- the day a product is sold to people
- yuan
- the money used in China
- stock
- a small part of a company you can buy
- stock market
- a place where people buy and sell parts of companies
- percent
- a small part of 100
- schedule
- a plan of times for things to happen
- price
- how much money something costs
- series
- a group of similar products
- September
- the ninth month of the year
- discount
- a lower price
- rise
- to go up
- company
- a business that sells things
- report
- news information about something
- Pro
- a bigger, better version of a phone
Quiz
Answer key
1. A new Apple phone 2. In September 3. False
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Apple is making a new phone. It is called the _____ 18. News reports talk about when Apple will sell it.
The reports say Apple wants to sell the iPhone 18 Pro in _____. This is a release date.
The news also talks about the iPhone 17. Some reports say the _____ may go up.
It could cost up to 1,000 _____ more in China.
Apple has a stock on the US stock _____.
After this news, Apple's stock price went _____. It rose almost 2%.