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

All smartphones sold in the country are required to emit a shutter sound when taking photos and videos, an industry measure designed to deter covert photography. —Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

Increasing numbers of teens and adults are addicted to their smartphones, emotionally and psychologically dependent on their availability. —Rachel Mural, Fortune, 21 June 2026

If necessary, it can be run entirely by a smartphone’s battery or using a standard USB power bank. —Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026

In one of Wu’s studies, published in Aging & Mental Health, researchers taught older adults how to use smartphone translation applications. —Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 20 June 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)