mobile phone

noun

Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Investigators had a strong set of clues including DNA and mobile phone data linking the four bodies to Mr. Heuermann, who has pleaded not guilty to killing the women. Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024 Marcelo Claure’s resume is jam-packed with successes: founding a multinational mobile phone distributor, pulling off the complex merger of Sprint and T-Mobile and helping shepherd the fairytale run of Spanish soccer club Girona, to name a few. Devon Pendleton, Fortune, 29 Feb. 2024 Imports of iPhones have long been a contentious point – government statistics suggest that about a third of Iran’s entire $4.4 billion mobile phone import market consisted of iPhones before the ban. Nasser Karimi, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobile phone was in 1975

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