handset
noun
hand·set
ˈhan(d)-ˌset 
: a combined telephone transmitter and receiver mounted on a handheld device
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No doubt the bill of materials will be lower on this twelve-month-old design, lifting the margins on what will remain the current vanilla handset.
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Razr Fold, the company’s first book-style folding handset, looks expensive next to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is currently discounted to $1,600.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Starlink Mobile rival Skylo is signaling it’s poised for further growth of its satellite-to-phone service, which is already available for free on Android handsets from Verizon and Google Pixels.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
There's no setting on your phone to wipe these notification logs or to stop them from being created and updated, short of completely resetting your handset.
—David Nield, Wired News, 29 Apr. 2026
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Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
The Razr Fold, the company’s first book-style folding handset, looks expensive next to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, which is currently discounted to $1,600.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 May 2026
Starlink Mobile rival Skylo is signaling it’s poised for further growth of its satellite-to-phone service, which is already available for free on Android handsets from Verizon and Google Pixels.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
There's no setting on your phone to wipe these notification logs or to stop them from being created and updated, short of completely resetting your handset.
—David Nield, Wired News, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Handset.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/handset. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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