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

But Intel failed to foresee the explosion of the smartphone industry in the 2010s and then the artificial intelligence revolution a decade later. —Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025

Huawei Huawei on Thursday launched the second generation of its trifold smartphone, as the Chinese tech giant looks to cement its comeback in its home market and dip its toe back overseas. —Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025

The brand is expected to introduce four new smartphones, including the first ever iPhone to come with the Air branding. —James Peckham, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025

Stock image of a person holding a smartphone displaying the logo of Google. —Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025

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)