cell phones
Handheld wireless devices
Cell phones are portable telephones that connect through cellular networks—a grid of transmission towers that hand off signals as users move.
The term distinguished them from landlines tethered to walls.
Now that most phones are cellular, phone alone usually suffices: I left my phone at home.
Smartphone has largely displaced cell phone in referring to devices with computing capabilities.
- mobile phonesPortable wireless communication devices
- textingSending typed mobile messages
- text messageBrief electronic communication
- callingStrongly felt purpose
- dropped callUnintended mobile disconnection
pocket dial · voicemail · selfie · SIM card · mobile device · tablet · charger · low battery · battery · buzzing · swipe · screen · cracked screen · unlock · vibrate · do not disturb · WiFi · app store
- movie theater etiquettesilence, whispering, texting, talking, quiet
- Phone Storemobile devices, cases, chargers, headsets, screen protectors
- Battery Recyclinglithium-ion, lead-acid, alkaline, nickel-cadmium, collection bins
- telecomwireless, telecommunications, carriers, broadband, mobile
- 20th century inventionsTV, radio, television, airplane, internet
- digital communicationemail, internet, chat, texting, messaging
cell phoneslandlines
Stationary wired telephones
landline phones · rotary phones · home phones · telephone booths · pay phones
cell phonesrotary phones
Telephones with spinning number wheels
telegraphs · carrier pigeons · smoke signals · letters · tin can telephones
cell phonesdisconnection
State of being severed
unplugged · off the grid · digital detox · solitude · offline