handset
noun
hand·set
ˈhan(d)-ˌset 
: a combined telephone transmitter and receiver mounted on a handheld device
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The most expensive Apple handset, the iPhone 17 Pro Max with 2TB of storage, costs $1,999.
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PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
The extra battery life kept my handset alive much longer than usual.
—Jacob Roach, Wired News, 14 Nov. 2025
Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Apple’s new top-of-the-line handset has its best cameras to date, an improved heat dissipation system and its most significant physical redesign in years.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
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PC Magazine, 21 Nov. 2025
The extra battery life kept my handset alive much longer than usual.
—Jacob Roach, Wired News, 14 Nov. 2025
Investigations found the voicemails of public figures were hacked by journalists and private investigators hired by publications who worked on the assumption that few people changed the default voicemail access code their handset came with.
—Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
Apple’s new top-of-the-line handset has its best cameras to date, an improved heat dissipation system and its most significant physical redesign in years.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Handset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handset. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.
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