smartphone

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smartphone

/ˈsmɑːtfəʊn/ UK
/ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/ US

Where it comes from

From smart + phone; first usage in the mid-1990s.

noun smartphones · smart phone

A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a feature phone.
Similar: smart telephone

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: intelligent, smart, touchphone, screenphone, cellular phone, computerphone, mobile device, cellular telephone, iphone, brick phone, smartbook, 'phone, cellular mobile, mobile phone, videophone, camera phone

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noun electronic handheld device

Español	teléfono inteligente
한국어	스마트폰 seumateupon
日本語	スマートフォン sumātofon, スマートホン sumātohon, スマホ sumaho
हिन्दी	स्मार्टफ़ोन smārṭfon, स्मार्टफोन smārṭphon
Kiswahili	simu janja
Português	smartphone
Français	smartphone, ordiphone, supertéléphone, téléphone intelligent
Deutsch	Smartphone
Italiano	smartphone, telefono intelligente, telefonino intelligente, cellulare intelligente, superfonino, supercellulare
Ελληνικά	σμάρτφον smártfon
Română	smartphone
Русский	смартфо́н smartfón
Tiếng Việt	điện thoại thông minh, điện thoại tinh khôn, phôn khôn, smát-phôn
العربية	هَاتِف ذَكِيّ hātif ḏakiyy, سِمَارْت فُون simārt fūn
עברית	סמארטפון smártfon, טלפון חכם télefon khakhám

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@misc{smartphone_2026,
  title = {smartphone},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/smartphone},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}