Foldable Phones Grow in Popularity as Apple May Join the Trend
Listen to the story
More phone companies now make foldable smartphones. A foldable phone can open and close like a book.
These phones have a big screen. People can watch videos on the big screen. People can also open two screens. They can do two things at the same time.
Companies want to be different from each other. This is called differentiation. Big screens and two-screen work help companies show they are special.
Reports say Apple may soon join this trend. Apple may make a foldable iPhone.
The foldable iPhone may come to the US first. Other countries may need to wait some months for it.
Vocabulary15 words
- foldable
- able to fold or bend in the middle
- differentiation
- making something different from others
- US
- United States, a country
- screen
- the flat part of a phone you look at
- trend
- something many people start to do
- launch
- to start selling a new product
- device
- a small machine, like a phone
- release
- to make something available to buy
- join
- to become part of something
- companies
- businesses that make or sell things
- report
- news information about something
- video
- moving pictures with sound
- wait
- to stay until something happens
- month
- a period of about 30 days
- smartphone
- a modern phone with many functions
Quiz
Answer key
1. A phone that can fold like a book 2. To watch videos and do two things at once 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
More phone companies now make _____ smartphones. A foldable phone can open and close like a book.
These phones have a big _____. People can watch videos on the big screen. People can also open two screens.
Companies want to be different from each other. This is called _____.
Reports say Apple may soon _____ this trend. Apple may make a foldable iPhone.
The foldable iPhone may come to the _____ first. Other countries may need to _____ some months for it.