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Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence
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Overall, Charter, in which John Malone’s Liberty Broadband has a big stake, had 29.8 million residential customers taking its Internet, mobile phone, video and other products at the end of the first quarter.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
And the owner of a nearby convenience store said its Wi-Fi was down much of Easter and mobile phone calls failed, too.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
The images were reportedly taken with a mobile phone and not directly submitted to police.
—Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
For years, the mobile phone industry has been moving from short message service, also known as SMS, to something called RCS, a new messaging standard that Google and other companies have already adopted.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
The cities with the most reported Verizon outages include:
Chicago
Brooklyn
Dallas
New York City
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Houston
Indianapolis
Reports state that 61% of users are experiencing mobile phone issues, 21% have no signal, and 18% have 5G home internet problems.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2024
The suspects made off with jewelry, a wallet, a mobile phone and a portable safe, police said.
—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
Iridium, a satellite communications firm based in Virginia, introduced its satellite mobile phone in the late 1990’s.
—San Diego Union Tribune, Orange County Register, 16 Feb. 2024
These are among the ways AI can risk-score instances of devices attempting to log in, such as a mobile phone or a PC with a passkey system, and tailor the number of authentication steps accordingly.
—Christophe Van De Weyer, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1975, in the meaning defined above
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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 1 May. 2024.
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