smartphone

or smart phone

[ smahrt-fohn ]

/ ˈsmɑrtˌfoʊn /

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noun

a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering internet access, data storage, email capability, etc. Compare dumbphone, landline (def. 3).

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Origin of smartphone

First recorded in 1995–2000

Words nearby smartphone

smartish, smartly, smart mob, smart money, smartmouth, smartphone, smarts, smart sanction, smart set, smartwatch, smart weapons

How to use smartphone in a sentence

The money then funds a system that subsidizes low-income Americans’ landline or smartphone services, with the sums paid directly from the government to a Lifeline user’s telecom provider.
Lacking a Lifeline: How a federal effort to help low-income Americans pay their phone bills failed amid the pandemic|Tony Romm|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
You can print with or without a network and from multiple devices, like smartphones or iPads.
Best all-in-one printer: Upgrade your home office with these multitasking machines|Carsen Joenk|February 8, 2021|Popular-Science
After years spent studying how workers use email, smartphones, and other forms of communication to signal our value at work, Mazmanian concluded the real root of our communication problems lies not in the tools themselves, but in workplace culture.
The key to fixing work is culture, not digital tools|Nicolás Rivero|February 7, 2021|Quartz
Google to offer heart and respiratory rate measurements using just your smartphone’s camera — Google is introducing features that will allow users to take vital health measurements using just the camera they already have on their smartphone.
Daily Crunch: Microsoft rethinks corporate intranet|Anthony Ha|February 4, 2021|TechCrunch

We've seen heart-rate tracking on smartphones before thanks to Samsung's Galaxy line.
Google Pixel phones will soon track heart rate using only the camera|Ron Amadeo|February 4, 2021|Ars Technica
Cool, yes, though not quite as cool as the cyborg cockroaches you can control from your smartphone.
Meet Our Animal Robot Overlords|James Joiner|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An older bro wore a red bow tie and a yarmulke emblazoned with the “TEAM MITCH” logo as he stared down at his smartphone intently.
Mitch’s Brotastic Victory Bash|Olivia Nuzzi|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Waze is a GPS-like smartphone app that provides drivers with up-to-the-minute, real-time updates on road conditions.
The Airbnb of Home-Cooked Meals|Itay Hod|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The device is plugged into the wall and the companion smartphone app instructs the device when to start recording.
The Tracker That Might Actually Help You Sleep Better|DailyBurn|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This year, Hongkongers participated in PopVote, a mock referendum that gathered nearly 800,000 votes via smartphone ballots.
Is Hong Kong Tiananmen 2.0?|Brendon Hong|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for smartphone

smartphone

/ (ˈsmɑːtˌfəʊn) /

noun

computing a mobile telephone with computer features that may enable it to interact with computerized systems, send e-mails, and access the web

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