digital phone

Touchscreen calling device

A digital phone converts voice into digital signals rather than analog waves.

The term distinguished newer cordless phones and cellular networks from older analog technology, though most phones are now digital by default.

Also refers to VoIP phones that transmit calls over the internet: The office switched to digital phones to cut costs.

Related

headset · cellular network · cell tower · GSM · broadband · encryption · codec · ring · 5G · mute · customer service · SIM card · Wi-Fi · virtual assistant · text messaging · text · data plan · LTE

Opposites
transmission technology

digital phonerotary phone

Circular-dial telephone

candlestick phone · analog signal · party line

connectivity/infrastructure

digital phonelandline

Stationary wired telephone

corded phone · desk phone · wall phone · home phone

Family

digital, phone, digit, digits, digitally, digitize, digitized, digitization, digitizing

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G