loaner phone
Borrowed cellular device
A loaner phone is a temporary replacement phone provided while your own device is being repaired or replaced.
Phone carriers, manufacturers, and repair shops offer loaners to keep customers connected during service periods: They gave me a loaner phone while mine was in the shop.
The term follows the pattern of loaner car.
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- temporaryLimited in duration
- borrowedTaken for temporary use
- cracked screenDamaged viewing surface
- crackedHaving surface fractures
screen · broken · repair · repair shop · service center · warranty · insurance · insurance claim · backup · data transfer · spare · rental · burner · prepaid · carrier · store · damaged · device
- borrowed thingsborrowed clothes, borrowed money, library book, lending, borrowing