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

Due to rising costs of components and raw materials, Android competitors have been forced to raise prices on their premium smartphones. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

The common thread is control, texture, and slowness, all qualities Gen Z associates with a world that existed before smartphones, gig work, and platform algorithms flattened daily life into something frictionless and disorienting. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026

Rising chip costs are also prompting electronics manufacturers to raise prices on smartphones, computers, software and other tech accessories. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

The media, onlookers, and even students are therefore prohibited from pointing their cameras and smartphones at students’ faces near the school grounds. — Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 13 Aug. 2026

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)