handset
noun
hand·set
ˈhan(d)-ˌset 
: a combined telephone transmitter and receiver mounted on a handheld device
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In Hong Kong, a small crowd assembled at Apple’s flagship store to check out the new handsets, but stock for walk-in purchases was limited only to the novel iPhone Air.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Samsung Prepares Exynos Chipset For Galaxy S26 Release The Samsung community has long sought Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets in the flagship Galaxy S handsets.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Again, those kind of numbers are decent for E Ink but still a fraction of the frame rates seen on modern handsets.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
In addition, our handsets aren’t built with large antennas or high-power radios, making the link harder to sustain.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 Sep. 2025
Samsung Prepares Exynos Chipset For Galaxy S26 Release The Samsung community has long sought Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets in the flagship Galaxy S handsets.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Again, those kind of numbers are decent for E Ink but still a fraction of the frame rates seen on modern handsets.
—New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2025
In addition, our handsets aren’t built with large antennas or high-power radios, making the link harder to sustain.
—Senior Reporter, PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Handset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handset. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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