How to Use smartphone in a Sentence
smartphone
noun-
This alarm alerts you both by the pool, as well as in home and on your smartphone.
— Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023 -
Now the Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphone can be added to the pwned list.
— Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Was a Virginia teen lured to her death through a smartphone app?
— Emily Wichick and Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2022 -
That store caters to the Android software that powers most of the world's smartphones.
— CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023 -
Scott: And a few years later, smartphones came to China, and there was an app for that.
— Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 May 2023 -
My children are seven and nine, not yet at the age when all of their friends have smartphones.
— Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Just juice up your phone, make sure your car is ready to roll, grab your go-to road snacks, and let your smartphone do the hard work.
— USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023 -
The one-on-one tutoring is for PC, tablet and smartphones (Android and iphone).
— Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023 -
The screen lets the user customize the desk and resembles a smartphone screen.
— Buy Side Staff, wsj.com, 6 Nov. 2023 -
Keep in mind this isn't the type of reset that will erase everything on your smartphone.
— John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024 -
This device is easy to use and plugs into your smartphone.
— Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 4 June 2024 -
The biggest story of the day had been broken by some random guy with a smartphone.
— Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Once an hour, set a smartphone alert that instructs you to check your posture as well as take a break to stand, walk, and stretch.
— Women's Health, 17 May 2023 -
The tag can be placed inside an object and later tracked via a smartphone.
— Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024 -
Blues Alley is one of the few venues around town that doesn’t require a QR code on a smartphone for entry.
— Olivia McCormack, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Lori and Avery Schott wondered about the right age for their three children to have smartphones.
— Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 -
Sign up Then smartphone design — and over half of the world now has a smartphone — compounds the issue.
— Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 12 July 2024 -
Using your smartphone as a scanner can save a lot of time — and paper.
— Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Stars whipped out their smartphones and leaped to their feet for Gosling's raucous number.
— Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 -
The benefits of a high refresh rate for a TV or monitor are much the same as for a smartphone.
— Simon Hill, WIRED, 14 July 2023 -
That left the company, once the world’s second largest smartphone seller, in bad shape.
— Michelle Toh, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023 -
That is what everyone thinks the future of smartphone looks like.
— David Pierce, The Verge, 5 June 2024 -
The setup allows over-the-air updates and can connect to the cloud and the user's smartphone wirelessly.
— Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 11 Aug. 2023 -
Just shout your request at a smart speaker, like Siri or Alexa, or touch an app on your smartphone.
— Jay L. Zagorsky, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023 -
Parents can program the toy with a smartphone, tablet, or computer so the pup will know the kiddo’s name.
— Maya Polton, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024 -
People in the local office garb of slacks and zip vests brushed past, thumbing their smartphones.
— Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 -
Simply attach it to the item in question, then use the downloadable smartphone app to have the tile let out a loud ring, making the item easy to find.
— Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023 -
Mitigate the gamble and research the rose on your smartphone.
— Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024 -
Philo on Mobile We had no issues signing into the Philo app on an Android smartphone.
— PCMAG, 26 Nov. 2024 -
Apple iPhones have generally been hard to repair, but a recent iFixit teardown found the iPhone 16 to be the most repairable Apple smartphone.
— Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 11 Nov. 2024
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