Cellphone 

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The definition of a cellphone is a mobile telephone or a handheld two-way
communication device that you can talk on over a cellular network.

The Apple iPhone is an example of a cellphone.

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(CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog,
all cellular systems today are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into
a handheld personal computer (see smartphone and cellphones vs. smartphones).
A cellphone is also called a "mobile," "mobile phone," "handset" or
"cell."Introduced in the mid-1980s, cellphone sales exploded worldwide in the
1990s. By 2008, with three billion units in use, the cellphone became an addiction
for many people, who would never leave their house without it (see nomophobia).
By 2012, there were more than 300 million cellphone subscriptions (including
smartphones) in the U.S. Although third-world countries adopted cellphones
without ever having landlines, by 2016, half the homes in the U.S. relied only on
cellular technology.Major CarriersIn the U.S., the major cellular carriers are Verizon
Wireless (formerly Bell Atlantic Mobile and Alltel), AT&T Mobility (formerly
Cingular), Sprint (merger of Sprint and Nextel) and T-Mobile. In July 2019, the U.S.
Justice Department approved the merger of Sprint and T-Mobile. Outside the U.S.,
the largest companies are China Mobile, UK-based Vodafone and Nippon
Telegraph & Telephone (NTT).Cell TechnologyGeographic areas are divided into a
number of slightly overlapping circular "cells." Each cell contains a base station,
which is identifiable by its transmitting and receiving antenna located on a tower
at the top of a hill or building. The base stations connect to the landline telephone
system of the country and to the Internet.The multiple cells combined with low
power transmitters allow the same frequencies to be reused with different
conversations in different cells within the same city or locale. The primary digital
cellphone technologies are LTE, GSM, CDMA and TDMA.
See 3G, PCS, AMPS, LTE, GSM, CDMA, TDMA, WAP, feature
phone, cellspace, cellular network extender, screaming cellphone and cordless
phone.
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Alternative form of cell phone.
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