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

This issue becomes more complex if organizations have implemented multifactor authentication (MFA), which requires users to register their personal email addresses and mobile phone numbers and then install an app on their smartphones. —Murthy Malapaka, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025

Google is tapping billions of Android smartphones to help detect earthquakes and warn people nearby. —Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 20 July 2025

This is what to do before, during and after an earthquake Indeed, the widespread use of smartphones globally has created a powerful platform for sensing and delivering earthquake alerts, according to a statement from Science. —Doyle Rice, USA Today, 19 July 2025

Like every other 2025 smartphone, there's an AI angle here. —ArsTechnica, 18 July 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)