mobile phone

noun

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According to a slew of recent studies, the average adult spends nearly six hours a day—equivalent to 88 days a year—looking at their mobile phone screens. Benjamin Claeys, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 The midfielder Marc Casado, another graduate from Barca’s academy, kept looking at his mobile phone. Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 18 May 2025 Social media application icons, including TikTok’s, are seen on a mobile phone. Dylan Butts, CNBC, 16 May 2025 Nevertheless, the march of AR on the mobile phone is ongoing – a survey just published by Thrive found 35% of American consumers have now used mobile AR; almost one in two use the technology frequently. David Prosser, Forbes.com, 13 May 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 3 Jun. 2025.

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