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

The battery might be correspondingly small, which opens up the question of what the purpose of such a slim device is when customers have long clamored for smartphones with multiday battery life. —Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 10 May 2025

Coming Soon, 200 Megapixels For The Honor 400 Honor has confirmed that the Honor 400 and 400 Pro smartphones will launch on May 22nd. —Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025

Since then, the president has taken other steps to ease the tariff burden on U.S. companies, including a temporary exemption on electronics imports, including smartphones and computers. —Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 9 May 2025

Sony shifted most of its smartphone production from China to Thailand in 2019. —James Peckham, PC Magazine, 9 May 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)