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

Shares of the smartphone maker have been in a rut lately, logging losses for the past eight weeks in a row. —Jeff Marks, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026

The company expects the quality and complexity of apps to grow over time, similar to the early days of smartphone app stores. —Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Jan. 2026

Manufacturers arepivoting resources to creating memory for data centers rather than consumer products like smartphones, creating a memory shortage in the tech industry. —Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026

Life without a smartphone may seem unimaginable, but AI giants are planning to put the ubiquitous gadget on the scrapheap. —Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 29 Jan. 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)