mobile phone

noun

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Earlier in October, Sweden became the latest country to implement plans for a nationwide mobile phone ban in all schools, following ones in countries including Denmark, South Korea and Brazil. Rachel Hale, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025 So there’s no time to get entertained besides seeing things on your mobile phone or your laptop or sitting somewhere, waiting in a lounge. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025 The kits, which were prepared by the Hostages Directorate in the prime minister’s office, also include clothing and personal items, a laptop, a mobile phone and a tablet. Yamiche Alcindor, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025 Nokia started out in forestry and heavy industries before pivoting to electronics in the 1960s and 1970s, later rising to dominate the global mobile phone market in the 1990s and early 2000s. Adam Gale, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mobile phone

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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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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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