mobile phone

noun

: cell phone

Examples of mobile phone in a Sentence

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With a dedicated mobile phone to contact your butlers, every need is effortlessly addressed. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 And while stocks like Verizon and AT&T have decent yields, their mobile phone businesses are threatened by SpaceX’s Starlink. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026 The company introduced the world’s first commercial CDMA mobile phone service in 1996 and was renamed SK Telecom in 1997. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Oct. 2026 This is an absolute beast of a mobile phone, gorgeously built and thoughtfully designed to make your life easier. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mobile phone

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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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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mobile phone

noun
: cell phone
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