smartphone

noun

smart·​phone ˈsmärt-ˌfōn 

variants or less commonly smart phone

plural smartphones also smart phones

: a cell phone that includes additional software functions (such as email or an Internet browser)

Examples of smartphone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The first is Clicks’ debut smartphone, called the Communicator. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2026

Other sources told Outside that the uptick in smartphones, smartwatches, and other devices with SOS technology may have also contributed to the rise in SAR calls. —Gavin Feek, Outside, 31 Dec. 2025

The shortage is spilling beyond AI and also pushing up costs for smartphones, PCs, gaming devices, and other consumer electronics that rely on the same chips. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 31 Dec. 2025

Instead, the rather modest 5,600 milliampere-hour battery can trigger the smartphone equivalent of range anxiety, forcing users to choose between using the device as intended or conserving power. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for smartphone

• alone
• atone
• backbone
• bemoan
• bluestone
• breastbone
• brownstone
• capstone
• cheekbone
• condone
• curbstone
• cyclone

Kids Definition

smartphone

noun

smart·​phone ˈsmärt-ˌfōn 

: a cell phone that includes additional functions (as email or an Internet browser)