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

Chinese tech companies like Huawei and Tencent are also embedding AI in devices such as smartphones, AI glasses and humanoid robots. — ABC News, 26 July 2026

Rare earth elements power everything from electric vehicle motors and wind turbines to MRI scanners and smartphones. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026

With the iPhone 18 option unavailable, consumers have to choose between keeping an out-of-contract smartphone or paying $200 for the iPhone 18 Pro upgrade. — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026

Memory chips are key components of almost every consumer-electronics device, including laptops and smartphones. — Srikanth Jagabathula, Fortune, 24 July 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)