mobile phone

noun

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That's according to a German website citing internal documents from German mobile phone providers, but the date was also previously suggested by Bloomberg's Apple whisperer, Mark Gurman. Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 9 Aug. 2025 To avoid identification, the shooter even handed over his mobile phone and vehicle keys to his third accomplice, the department added. Melina Khan, USA Today, 18 July 2025 The filing reads that an investigation from the attorney general’s office found that Allstate collected much of this data from third-party mobile phone apps — such as Life360, Fuel Rewards, GasBuddy and Routely, which is owned by Allstate — using software developed by Allstate as far back as 2015. Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025 In this photo illustration taken on October 6, 2020, a user checks the dating app Tinder on a mobile phone. Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for mobile phone

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mobile phone was in 1975

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“Mobile phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mobile%20phone. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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