handset
noun
hand·set
ˈhan(d)-ˌset 
: a combined telephone transmitter and receiver mounted on a handheld device
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The handset uses Samsung's Vivid mode by default, so colors tend to pop.
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PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
That small but measurable performance gap is present in head-to-head comparisons on the Galaxy S24 handsets, but the Exynos family is more power efficient and offers better battery life.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
When the government last year banned Apple’s iPhone 14 and 15 from the Islamic Republic, the ban spurred a parallel economy for the older handsets, jacking up prices for the devices as many sought to put their depreciating Iranian rials into any physical commodity.
—Nasser Karimi, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
Damon spends the movie neck-cradling a handset and, if Messina is howling at him on the other end, holding it at a comical distance and grimacing.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The change in ranking comes after a tough year that saw consumers going slow on smartphone upgrades and choosing cheaper handsets due to high inflation and economic uncertainties.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
That doesn’t mean the Galaxy Z Fold 6 camera will be ignored, but there will not be an automatic rush to lift the camera from the S24 family and drop it into the foldable handset.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
If your phone can’t be unlocked, your apps and accounts are safe—though someone else could still reset your handset and use it for themselves.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
Haptic generators in handsets typically are linear resonant actuators, which are electrically and mechanically like speakers but are optimized to create low-frequency vibrations in a solid rather than sound waves in the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
That small but measurable performance gap is present in head-to-head comparisons on the Galaxy S24 handsets, but the Exynos family is more power efficient and offers better battery life.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
When the government last year banned Apple’s iPhone 14 and 15 from the Islamic Republic, the ban spurred a parallel economy for the older handsets, jacking up prices for the devices as many sought to put their depreciating Iranian rials into any physical commodity.
—Nasser Karimi, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
Damon spends the movie neck-cradling a handset and, if Messina is howling at him on the other end, holding it at a comical distance and grimacing.
—Wesley Morris, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
The change in ranking comes after a tough year that saw consumers going slow on smartphone upgrades and choosing cheaper handsets due to high inflation and economic uncertainties.
—Reuters, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
That doesn’t mean the Galaxy Z Fold 6 camera will be ignored, but there will not be an automatic rush to lift the camera from the S24 family and drop it into the foldable handset.
—Ewan Spence, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
If your phone can’t be unlocked, your apps and accounts are safe—though someone else could still reset your handset and use it for themselves.
—David Nield, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2024
Haptic generators in handsets typically are linear resonant actuators, which are electrically and mechanically like speakers but are optimized to create low-frequency vibrations in a solid rather than sound waves in the air.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 Feb. 2024
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“Handset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handset. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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