Samsung Launches New Folding Phones and Watches
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Samsung has a new phone. It is called the Galaxy Z Fold8. This phone can fold in half. It also opens into a big screen.
Samsung made other new phones too. One is the Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra. It is a bigger, better version. Another is the Galaxy Z Flip8. This phone folds a different way. It is small and flips open.
Samsung also made two new smartwatches. They are the Watch Ultra2 and the Watch9. People can wear these on their wrist. They can check time and health on them.
A reviewer looked at the new Z Fold8. The reviewer said the phone's wide screen is very useful. You can use the wide screen in many ways.
For example, you can watch two apps at once. You can read a book on the big screen. You can also play games on it.
Samsung wants more people to use folding phones. The company thinks folding phones are the future. This new phone is like a passport to that future.
Vocabulary15 words
- fold
- to bend something so one part covers another part
- screen
- the flat glass part of a phone where you see pictures and words
- wrist
- the part of your arm near your hand
- folding phones
- phones that can bend in half to become smaller
- passport
- here, something that lets you enter a new time or place
- reviewer
- a person who tests something and tells others if it is good
- launch
- to show and sell a new product for the first time
- device
- a small machine, like a phone or watch
- app
- a small computer program on a phone
- smartwatch
- a small computer you wear on your wrist
- wide
- big from side to side
- version
- one type of a product that can have other similar types
- company
- a business that makes or sells things
- future
- the time that has not happened yet
- review
- when someone tests a product and writes about it
Quiz
Answer key
1. Galaxy Z Fold8 2. Smartwatches 3. It is very useful because it is wide
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Samsung has a new phone. It is called the Galaxy Z _____8. This phone can _____ in half. It also opens into a big _____.
Samsung made other new phones too. One is the Galaxy Z Fold8 _____. It is a bigger, better version. Another is the Galaxy Z _____8. This phone folds a different way.
Samsung also made two new _____. They are the Watch Ultra2 and the Watch9. People can wear these on their _____.
A _____ looked at the new Z Fold8. The reviewer said the phone's _____ screen is very useful.
Samsung wants more people to use folding _____. The company thinks folding phones are the _____.