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Mobile phones have changed significantly over the last five years. They have become smaller in size and more advanced technologically. Nowadays, many mobile phones have touch screens, GPS, internet access, and other functions that make them very practical to use. There are also many models available at different price points, so mobile phones have become ubiquitous.

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Full Blast Plus 4-Read Pg14

Mobile phones have changed significantly over the last five years. They have become smaller in size and more advanced technologically. Nowadays, many mobile phones have touch screens, GPS, internet access, and other functions that make them very practical to use. There are also many models available at different price points, so mobile phones have become ubiquitous.

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Full Blast Plus 4 –Let’s Chat (pg.

14)
From Bricks to Smartphone – The Evolution of the Mobile Phone
Read
A. Discuss
- Do you think the mobile phone is a useful invention? Why?
- How much have mobile phones changed in the last five years?

1. Do you think the mobile phone is a useful invention? Why?


Yes, I do. It is easy to ______________________(1) and use, and is very
________________(2), especially in an _____________________(3).
Nowadays, the mobile phone has many ______________________(4) which
make it one of the most __________________(5) and __________________(6)
devices to have been invented.

practical, applications, multifunctional, useful,


emergency, carry around,

2. How much have mobile phones changed in the last five years?
Mobile phones have changed quite a lot __________________ (1). I
think that apart from _________________(2) becoming smaller in size, they
have also become more ___________________(3) in the technology they use.
For this reason, many mobiles ___________________(4) have touch screens,
GPS, Internet access and other functions, which make them very practical to
use. There are lots of models ____________________(5) at different prices so
nearly everyone has one.

advanced, gradually, over the years,


nowadays, available,
COMPREHENSION
Answer questions below after reading the text entitled From Brick to
Smartphone on Pg 14. (Please refer your digital textbook for details).
1. When was the advertisement published?
_______________________________________
2. What was it about?
_______________________________________
3. What was the new invention called?
_______________________________________
4. What were the characteristics of DynaTAC 8000x?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5. How much did it cost?
________________________________________
6. When was a portable mobile phone invented?
________________________________________
7. How much did the DynaTac weigh?
_________________________________________
8. How could you charge a DynaTac phone?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
9. What was one of the problems of the first generation of mobile phone
systems?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
10. What improve with the introduction of 2G mobile systems?
______________________________________________________________
11. How many text messages are sent every year?
________________________________________
12. What changed the world of journalism?
________________________________________
13. When did 3G technology appear?
________________________________________
14. What did 3G mobile phones act as?
________________________________________
15. What have 3G mobile phones made a reality?
________________________________________
16. What are mobile phone companies coming up with?
____________________________________________________________

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