smartphone
noun
smart·phone
ˈsmärt-ˌfōn 
variants
or less commonly smart phone
plural smartphones also smart phones
: a cell phone that includes additional software functions (such as email or an Internet browser)
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Beijing controls the supply chain for many obscure minerals that are critical components of smartphones, cars and weapons.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Designed as a complete portable signal path rather than a basic adapter, the MD3 has dual USB-C ports for attaching to a smartphone and charging at the same time.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
This same idea powered the earliest electronic machines, such as ENIAC, and still drives today’s smartphones, laptops, and massive AI data centers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Musk alleged that the deal integrating ChatGPT into Apple products violated antitrust and unfair competition laws, supposedly propping up OpenAI to dominate the chatbot market and Apple the smartphone market.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Designed as a complete portable signal path rather than a basic adapter, the MD3 has dual USB-C ports for attaching to a smartphone and charging at the same time.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
This same idea powered the earliest electronic machines, such as ENIAC, and still drives today’s smartphones, laptops, and massive AI data centers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
Musk alleged that the deal integrating ChatGPT into Apple products violated antitrust and unfair competition laws, supposedly propping up OpenAI to dominate the chatbot market and Apple the smartphone market.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
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“Smartphone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smartphone. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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smartphone
noun
smart·phone
ˈsmärt-ˌfōn
: a cell phone that includes additional functions (as email or an Internet browser)
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