Difference between revisions of "Mobile phone"

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Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as [[Smartphone|smartphones]].
 
Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as [[Smartphone|smartphones]].
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Latest revision as of 15:25, 7 May 2016

A mobile phone (also known as a cellular phone, cell phone, hand phone, or simply a phone) is a phone that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area.

Description

It does so by connecting to a cellular network provided by a mobile phone operator, allowing access to the public telephone network.

By contrast, a cordless telephone is used only within the short range of a single, private base station.

In addition to telephony, modern mobile phones also support a wide variety of other services such as:

Mobile phones that offer these and more general computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones.

See also

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