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Activity book. Track 23. Page 52. Activities 1 and 2. Samsung shows off new foldable phone.

Samsung has provided the public a first look at its new foldable smartphone.

The phone is designed to fold open to make the device the size of a small tablet. It can also perform some operations of a tablet. When folded closed, the device looks and works like a normal smartphone.

Justin Denison is Samsung's senior vice president of mobile product marketing. He introduced the device to people at the conference.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the future of mobile display technology – the Infinity Flex Display." "It's finally here. When it's open, it's a tablet, offering a big screen experience. When closed, it's a phone that fits neatly inside your pocket."

Denison said the design and development of the foldable device was very complex. He said Samsung had to invent new manufacturing materials and methods and "re-imagine the display from the ground up."

He said one of the biggest difficulties was finding a material that was flexible, but also strong enough to support repeated folding and unfolding of the device.

He said the Infinity Flex Display was designed to smoothly operate continuously when opened and closed. Denison said the device will permit users to keep up to three apps open at one time. With normal size smartphones, users have to keep changing between apps.

Technology experts see the new foldable design as a way to get users to buy a new device seen as revolutionary.More people are deciding to hold onto smartphones longer because newly launched models do not offer major improvements and can be very costly.

It remains to be seen whether foldable phones will become popular quickly. The devices are expected to cost more than $l,000.

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