mobile phone
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mobile phone
First recorded in 1945–50
Example Sentences
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The Long Beach rocket-and-satellite maker is buying a company that provides critical communications services to pilots, mariners and others, while giving Rocket Lab a foothold in the emerging satellite-based mobile phone market.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
There’s long been speculation that Elon Musk might enter the mobile phone market.
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
The spectrum will allow its Starlink broadband satellite network to provide mobile phone service worldwide.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
BNP Paribas analysts on Monday wrote that the Charter-SpaceX partnership would help Musk’s rocket and AI company in its desired “path toward becoming more of a direct-to-consumer mobile phone provider.”
From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026
Later that night, while I was sneaking Shannon's pink jacket back into her wardrobe, I found Salim's mobile phone in the picket.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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