cellular phone
Wireless handheld communicator
A cellular phone is a portable telephone that connects through a network of radio towers, each covering a geographic "cell." The term dominated in the 1980s and 1990s but has largely given way to mobile phone or simply phone, since most phones are now cellular by default.
I left my cellular phone in the car.
Held telephone component
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- keypadButton array for input
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- chargerPower-restoring device or mount
antenna · microphone · speakerphone · earpiece · camera · LCD · screen · vibration
Mobile software, briefly
- AndroidGoogle's phone platform
- iOSMobile operating system
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- selfiePhoto of oneself
emoji · Snapchat · Instagram · TikTok · streaming · gaming · Bluetooth · NFC
Designed for palm use
- pocket-sizedSmall enough to carry
- compactTightly packed together
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
- cordlessWithout attached wiring
rechargeable · battery-powered · on-the-go · mobile · personal · convenient · transportable · pocketable
Contact by phone
- textWritten or printed words
- SMSMobile text protocol
- MMSMobile multimedia protocol
- voicemailRecorded caller messages
speakerphone · contacts · dial · incoming · outgoing · caller ID · hold · mute
Message-conveying cue
- coverageExtent of inclusion
- networkInterconnected system
- carrierOne that transports
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
tower · base station · reception · bars · dropped call · dead zone · handoff · ping
Electromagnetic waves for communication
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- airwavesRadio frequency spectrum
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- transmitterSignal-emitting device
receiver · antenna · signal strength · modulation · carrier wave · interference · propagation · GSM
handset
Held telephone component
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- keypadButton array for input
- batteryPortable electricity storage
charger · antenna · microphone · speakerphone · earpiece · camera · LCD · screen · vibration · ringtone
apps
Mobile software, briefly
- AndroidGoogle's phone platform
- iOSMobile operating system
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
selfie · emoji · Snapchat · Instagram · TikTok · streaming · gaming · Bluetooth · NFC · biometrics
handheld
Designed for palm use
- pocket-sizedSmall enough to carry
- compactTightly packed together
- lightweightLacking mass or importance
cordless · rechargeable · battery-powered · on-the-go · mobile · personal · convenient · transportable · pocketable · wireless
call
Contact by phone
voicemail · speakerphone · contacts · dial · incoming · outgoing · caller ID · hold · mute · conference call
signal
Message-conveying cue
roaming · tower · base station · reception · bars · dropped call · dead zone · handoff · ping · latency
radiofrequency
Electromagnetic waves for communication
transmitter · receiver · antenna · signal strength · modulation · carrier wave · interference · propagation · GSM · CDMA
- telecommunicationssignals, antennas, radio waves, radio, radio signals
- telephonespayphone, handset, landline, receiver, dial
cellular phonelandline
Stationary wired telephone
corded phone · rotary phone · desk phone · wall phone · home phone
cellular phonetelegraph
Electrical message system
candlestick phone · telegram · carrier pigeon · smoke signals · morse code
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