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)
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Nov. 2025
Apple’s smartphone shipments to overtake Samsung.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 27 Nov. 2025
Mines flourish amid war Rare earths include 17 metallic elements that are critical in everyday products from cars to jet engines to electronics like smartphones and flat-screen TVs.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
It’s perfectly sized to fit an iPhone 12 Pro Max and similarly sized smartphones.
—Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Nov. 2025
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“Smartphone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smartphone. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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smartphone
noun
smart·phone
ˈsmärt-ˌfōn
: a cell phone that includes additional functions (as email or an Internet browser)
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