Definitions for SMARTPHONE
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1. smartphonenoun

   Electronic handheld device built on a mobile computing platform and with more computing capacity than a featurephone.

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1. Smartphone

   A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone functions and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, which facilitate wider software, access to the internet (including web browsing over mobile broadband), and multimedia functionality (including music, video, cameras, and gaming), alongside core phone functions such as voice calls and text messaging. Smartphones typically contain a number of metal–oxide–semiconductor (MOS) integrated circuit (IC) chips, include various sensors that can be leveraged by pre-installed and third-party software (such as a magnetometer, a proximity sensor, a barometer, a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and more), and support wireless communication protocols (such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or satellite navigation). More recently, smartphone manufacturers have begun to integrate satellite messaging connectivity and satellite emergency services into devices for use in remote regions where there is no reliable cellular network. Early smartphones were marketed primarily towards the enterprise market, attempting to bridge the functionality of standalone personal digital assistant (PDA) devices with support for cellular telephony, but were limited by their bulky form, short battery life, slow analog cellular networks, and the immaturity of wireless data services. These issues were eventually resolved with the exponential scaling and miniaturization of MOS transistors down to sub-micron levels (Moore's law), the improved lithium-ion battery, faster digital mobile data networks (Edholm's law), and more mature software platforms that allowed mobile device ecosystems to develop independently of data providers. In the 2000s, NTT DoCoMo's i-mode platform, BlackBerry, Nokia's Symbian platform, and Windows Mobile began to gain market traction, with models often featuring QWERTY keyboards or resistive touchscreen input and emphasizing access to push email and wireless internet. Following the rising popularity of the iPhone in the late 2000s, the majority of smartphones have featured thin, slate-like form factors with large, capacitive screens with support for multi-touch gestures rather than physical keyboards and have offered the ability for users to download or purchase additional applications from a centralized store and use cloud storage and synchronization, virtual assistants, as well as mobile payment services. Smartphones have largely replaced PDAs, handheld/palm-sized PCs, portable media players (PMP), and, to a lesser extent, handheld video game consoles. Improved hardware and faster wireless communication (due to standards such as LTE) have bolstered the growth of the smartphone industry. In the third quarter of 2012, one billion smartphones were in use worldwide. Global smartphone sales surpassed the sales figures for feature phones in early 2013.

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1. Smartphone

   A smartphone, or smart phone, is a mobile phone built on a mobile operating system, with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than a feature phone. The first smartphones combined the functions of a personal digital assistant with a mobile phone. Later models added the functionality of portable media players, low-end compact digital cameras, pocket video cameras, and GPS navigation units to form one multi-use device. Many modern smartphones also include high-resolution touchscreens and web browsers that display standard web pages as well as mobile-optimized sites. High-speed data access is provided by Wi-Fi and mobile broadband. In recent years, the rapid development of mobile app markets and of mobile commerce have been drivers of smartphone adoption. The mobile operating systems used by modern smartphones include Google's Android, Apple's iOS, Nokia's Symbian, RIM's BlackBerry OS, Samsung's Bada, Microsoft's Windows Phone, Hewlett-Packard's webOS, and embedded Linux distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo. Such operating systems can be installed on many different phone models, and typically each device can receive multiple OS software updates over its lifetime. A few other upcoming operating systems are Mozilla's Firefox OS, Canonical Ltd.'s Ubuntu Phone, and Tizen.

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1. smartphone

   A type of phone and product created and designed in various colors, connectivity, ability, hardware, materials, mechanisms, system, components, shapes, sizes, software, styles and technology according to the manufacturer product design.

   Smartphones are created globally for a wide variety of purposes and as technology changes and grows their use and purpose will change too.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 18, 2016  

How to pronounce SMARTPHONE?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say SMARTPHONE in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of SMARTPHONE in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of SMARTPHONE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of SMARTPHONE in a Sentence

1. Bill Ferguson:

   Being locked up for 10 years meant no college and I never even sent a text or posted a Facebook update or used a smartphone, i will get to go to the Super Bowl with my dad. It's a dream come true. This is a golden opportunity and one that I will never, ever forget for the rest of my life.

2. Shengtao Jin:

   For years, [ the ] LG smartphone was known for its unconventional and innovative features, while these features helped LG differentiate itself from other mainstream brands, most consumers did not find much practical value in these features.

3. Vivian Balakrishnan:

   We are developing and will soon roll out a portable wearable device that will ... not depend on possession of a smartphone, if this portable device works, we may then distribute it to everyone in Singapore.

4. Jerry Kang:

   With new [designs] entering the marketplace next year to entice consumers, smartphone manufacturers will find themselves locked in a fierce battle with one another as they jostle to win market share for their new smartphone models featuring dual-edge curved and foldable AMOLED displays.

5. Mo Jia:

   About 95 % of Transsion smartphones cost under $ 200, they are the king of the budget smartphone.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Smartphone
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=SMARTPHONE