Definitions

mobile phone

NOUN

cellular telephone

Synonyms

WEAK

car phone cell phone cell telephone cellular phone digital phone mobile telephone radiotelephone

Example Sentences

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Who could have predicted, 20 years ago, that someday fans would watch entire baseball games on a mobile phone?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 12, 2026

It comes two months after, in a separate case, Linehan had his conviction for damaging a transgender activist's mobile phone overturned.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2026

The spectrum will allow its Starlink broadband satellite network to provide mobile phone service worldwide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026

Reports indicate Charter Communications is in talks with SpaceX for a U.S. consumer mobile phone, and Starlink plans a mobile service.

From Barron's • Jun. 29, 2026

He was setting his mobile phone down on the desk and reaching for his cane.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo