mobile phone

noun

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Microsoft, which also saw its acquisition of Nokia Oyj’s mobile phone business end in failure, is far from alone in encountering rejection by a fickle consumer market. Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 28 Feb. 2025 The car will receive regular over-the-air updates through the driver's mobile phone, a new capability from Kia. Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 27 Feb. 2025 In 2023, Apple was the top mobile phone seller in the country with 19% of market share. John Liu, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025 According to Koryo, the region is home to North Korea's first mobile phone network, legal marketplace, and card payment system. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 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 5 Mar. 2025.

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