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Meaning of "smartphone" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SMARTPHONE

smartphone  [ˈsmɑːtˌfəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SMARTPHONE

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Smartphone is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SMARTPHONE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

smartphone

Smartphone

A smartphone is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones. Early smartphones typically combined the features of a mobile phone with those of another popular consumer device, such as a personal digital assistant, a media player, a digital camera, or a GPS navigation unit. Modern smartphones include all of those features plus the features of a touchscreen computer, including web browsing, Wi-Fi, and 3rd-party apps. Currently, about 90% of handset sales worldwide are for devices driven by Google's Android and Apple's iOS mobile operating systems.

Definition of smartphone in the English dictionary

The definition of smartphone in the dictionary is a mobile telephone with computer features that may enable it to interact with computerized systems, send e-mails, and access the web.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SMARTPHONE


Anglophone
ˈæŋɡləˌfəʊn
cellphone
ˈsɛlˌfəʊn
Dictaphone
ˈdɪktəˌfəʊn
earphone
ˈɪəˌfəʊn
Francophone
ˈfræŋkəʊˌfəʊn
freephone
ˈfriːˌfəʊn
gramophone
ˈɡræməˌfəʊn
handphone
ˈhændˌfəʊn
interphone
ˈɪntəˌfəʊn
iPhone
ˈaɪˌfəʊn
megaphone
ˈmɛɡəˌfəʊn
microphone
ˈmaɪkrəˌfəʊn
payphone
ˈpeɪˌfəʊn
pocketphone
ˈpɒkɪtˌfəʊn
saxophone
ˈsæksəˌfəʊn
speakerphone
ˈspiːkəˌfəʊn
superphone
ˈsuːpəˌfəʊn
telephone
ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn
visiophone
ˈvɪzɪəʊˌfəʊn
xylophone
ˈzaɪləˌfəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SMARTPHONE

smart money
smart sanction
smart set
smart wool
smart-aleck
smart-alecky
smartarse
smartarsed
smartass
smarten
smartie
smartish
smartly
smartmouth
smartness
smarts
smartweed
smarty
smarty-boots
smarty-pants

WORDS THAT END LIKE SMARTPHONE

alto saxophone
camera phone
cameraphone
car phone
cell phone
cellular phone
cellular telephone
geophone
homophone
hone
hydrophone
mobile phone
Persephone
phone
radio microphone
satellite telephone
sousaphone
sulphone
textphone
vibraphone
videophone

Synonyms and antonyms of smartphone in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «smartphone» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SMARTPHONE

Find out the translation of smartphone to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of smartphone from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «smartphone» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

智能手机
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

teléfono inteligente
570 millions of speakers

English

smartphone
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्मार्टफोन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهاتف الذكي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смартфон
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Smartphone
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্মার্টফোন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Smartphone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Telefon pintar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Smartphone
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スマートフォン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스마트 폰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Smartphone
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điện thoại thông minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஸ்மார்ட்போன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्मार्टफोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

akıllı telefon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smartphone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

smartfon
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

смартфон
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

smartphone
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

smartphone
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

smartphone
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

smartphone
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

smarttelefon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of smartphone

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SMARTPHONE»

The term «smartphone» is very widely used and occupies the 3.003 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SMARTPHONE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about smartphone

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10 QUOTES WITH «SMARTPHONE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word smartphone.
1
Marc Andreessen
The smartphone revolution is under-hyped, more people have access to phones than access to running water. We've never had anything like this before since the beginning of the planet.
2
Matt Cohler
The same regions of the brain light up when someone touches their smartphone as when they touch a family member or a pet.
3
Tim Cook
Anything can change, because the smartphone revolution is still in the early stages.
4
Sylvia Day
I can't live without my smartphone, but I really geek on coding. It's not so much technology that I like, but puzzle solving.
5
Joshua Foer
Over the last few millennia we've invented a series of technologies - from the alphabet to the scroll to the codex, the printing press, photography, the computer, the smartphone - that have made it progressively easier and easier for us to externalize our memories, for us to essentially outsource this fundamental human capacity.
6
Thorsten Heins
One of the misconceptions about BlackBerry is that it's your parents' smartphone.
7
Thorsten Heins
A good browser, apps, good camera, and fast networking in your smartphone is just expected today.
8
Andy Hobsbawm
Among many other things, a smartphone functions as a handheld digital sensor for the physical world. In other words, we don't necessarily need our real world things to be directly connected, when the Web interface in our mobile devices provides the network access and intelligence.
9
Ryan Kavanaugh
If you have a smartphone, you can give content to the world. The days of putting a movie in movie theaters because people don't have a choice is over.
10
Jason Kilar
The Internet is going to have a bigger impact on content creators than the television ever had. The reason why that's the case is that suddenly you're able to tell stories 24/7 in the home, out of the home, in every room of the home. A television screen can be in your pocket through a smartphone.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SMARTPHONE»

Discover the use of smartphone in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to smartphone and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Sleeping with Your Smartphone: How to Break the 24/7 Habit ...
And the firm was better able to recruit and retain employees. Clients also benefited—often in unexpected ways. In this engaging book, Perlow takes you inside BCG to witness the challenges and benefits of disconnecting.
Leslie Perlow, 2013
2
Beginning Smartphone Web Development: Building JavaScript, ...
In this book, Gail teaches the web standards and fundamentals specific to smartphones and other feature-driven mobile phones and devices.
Gail Frederick, Rajesh Lal, 2010
3
A Practical Guide to Testing Wireless Smartphone Applications
This book is intended to help software and test engineers pick appropriately to achieve more; and as a consequence deliver better quality, working software to users.
Julian Harty, 2009
4
A Survey on Today's Smartphone Usage
Hence, the main objective of this work is to get a broad picture on how smartphones are used today and what users expect, taking into consideration security aspects.
Tobias Himmelsbach, 2013
5
Appcelerator Titanium Smartphone App Development Cookbook
This book shows you how to utilize both remote and local datasources using XML, JSON and the SQLite database system.
Boydlee Pollentine, 2011
6
Pro Smartphone Cross-Platform Development: iPhone, ...
Learn the theory behind cross-platform development, and put the theory into practice with code using the invaluable information presented in this book.
Sarah Allen, Vidal Graupera, Lee Lundrigan, 2010
7
Nokia Smartphone Hacks
A guide to the features and functions of the Nokia smartphone.
Michael Juntao Yuan, 2005
8
Usage of Smartphone Applications in Tourism
The literature review shows that the main customers are young men, who use these applications especially to plan their travel during the information phase.
Dilara Torun, 2013
9
Smartphone Operating System Concepts with Symbian OS: A ...
Smartphone Operating System Concepts with Symbian OS uses Symbian OS as a vehicle to discuss operating system concepts as they are applied to mobile operating systems.It is this focus that makes this tutorial guide both invaluable and ...
Michael J. Jipping, 2007
10
Professional Microsoft Smartphone Programming
This book provides you with an in-depth look at software development issues and design guidelines, and helps you gain the skills you need to develop your own efficient and feature-rich Smartphone applications that utilize the latest cutting ...
Baijian Yang, Pei Zheng, Lionel M. Ni, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SMARTPHONE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term smartphone is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Samsung confirms smartphone drag
A painful reversal in fortunes for Samsung Electronics' smartphone business continued in the second quarter, the company confirmed on Thursday, adding to ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
2
Can OnePlus 2 equal success for a small smartphone startup?
OnePlus, a small Chinese upstart, drew big hype after it released the OnePlus One -- a smartphone geek's smartphone. With its follow up device, the OnePlus 2, ... «CNET, Jul 15»
3
Smartphones aren't selling like they used to (it's an Android thing)
Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturer HTC, meanwhile, posted a loss of $260 million in the second quarter and said it had closed some of its production ... «CNET, Jul 15»
4
Samsung Profit Falls on Slowing Smartphone Sales
“With premium smartphone sales entering into full swing, the [components ... to have shipped 83.2 million smartphones in the first quarter, a drop from 89 million ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
5
How to make your smartphone battery last longer - 5 tips and tricks
These days you'll be pushed to get a full day's battery life from your smartphone. The bright screens and powerful processors of leading devices like the iPhone ... «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
6
BlackBerry unveils new mid-market Leap smartphone
One will be a high-end smartphone with what Blackberry called "a dual curve all ... to the sort of curved screen featured in Samsung's latest Galaxy smartphone. «Reuters, Mar 15»
7
Apple beats Samsung in Q4 smartphone sales
SAN FRANCISCO — There's a new smartphone king. At least for the moment. Apple snatched the top sales spot during the fourth quarter, displacing rival ... «USA TODAY, Mar 15»
8
Samsung, Apple Back in Dead Heat for Global Smartphone
SEOUL—The fortunes of the world's two biggest smartphone makers crossed paths ... giants back in a dead heat for leadership of the global smartphone market. «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
9
Xiaomi Unveils Lighter, Thinner Smartphone
The four-year-old company has become China's leading smartphone vendor by selling devices with similar specifications to leading global brands such as ... «Wall Street Journal, Jan 15»
10
BlackBerry Classic review: A killer smartphone for keyboard lovers
The BlackBerry Classic is the best smartphone the company has ever released, according to CIO.com's Al Sacco. However, it's not going to lure away many ... «CIO, Dec 14»

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