How to Use smartphone in a Sentence

smartphone

noun
  • This alarm alerts you both by the pool, as well as in home and on your smartphone.
    Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • That store caters to the Android software that powers most of the world's smartphones.
    CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Scott: And a few years later, smartphones came to China, and there was an app for that.
    Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 May 2023
  • My children are seven and nine, not yet at the age when all of their friends have smartphones.
    Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Just juice up your phone, make sure your car is ready to roll, grab your go-to road snacks, and let your smartphone do the hard work.
    USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The one-on-one tutoring is for PC, tablet and smartphones (Android and iphone).
    Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The screen lets the user customize the desk and resembles a smartphone screen.
    Buy Side Staff, wsj.com, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Keep in mind this isn't the type of reset that will erase everything on your smartphone.
    John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The biggest story of the day had been broken by some random guy with a smartphone.
    Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Once an hour, set a smartphone alert that instructs you to check your posture as well as take a break to stand, walk, and stretch.
    Women's Health, 17 May 2023
  • The tag can be placed inside an object and later tracked via a smartphone.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Blues Alley is one of the few venues around town that doesn’t require a QR code on a smartphone for entry.
    Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Stars whipped out their smartphones and leaped to their feet for Gosling's raucous number.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
  • The benefits of a high refresh rate for a TV or monitor are much the same as for a smartphone.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 July 2023
  • That left the company, once the world’s second largest smartphone seller, in bad shape.
    Michelle Toh, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The setup allows over-the-air updates and can connect to the cloud and the user's smartphone wirelessly.
    Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Parents can program the toy with a smartphone, tablet, or computer so the pup will know the kiddo’s name.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
  • People in the local office garb of slacks and zip vests brushed past, thumbing their smartphones.
    Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Simply attach it to the item in question, then use the downloadable smartphone app to have the tile let out a loud ring, making the item easy to find.
    Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • In a store, call up Apple Pay or Google Pay on your smartphone and tap it against the payment terminal.
    Ayesha Rascoe, NPR, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Arm has 90% of the market for smartphone, tablet and laptop processors.
    Belle Lin, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Plug in one end of the adapter jack into the smartphone and then plug in a pair of wired earbuds or headphones to start rocking out to your favorite tunes.
    Rudie Obias, Variety, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The iPhone 14 is also Apple's most repairable smartphone in years.
    Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The subjects also agreed to install an app on their phones for nine days so researchers could track their smartphone use.
    Erika Edwards, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The charger can quickly juice up a wide range of electronics, from smartphones to tablets and laptops.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Fifteen years ago, a smartphone was a luxury item; now 85 percent of the planet owns one.
    Jennifer Doudna, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Put the headset into pairing mode by pressing one of the buttons on the right-hand earcup and then link to a smartphone or computer.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • For those without cable or satellite, here’s how to watch and stream the Oscars from your TV, smartphone or laptop.
    Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Oesterle attempted to hide the smartphone in his mother's purse and claimed the device was his mother's, Diehl said.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2023
  • That server then sent the contents of this article back along much the same path to your WiFi router, which neatly handed it back to your smartphone.
    Harry Guinness, Popular Science, 2 Nov. 2023

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