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Cell phone? Cell? Mobile phone? Whats the correct term? The cell phone providers usually call them "mobile" phones which is more precise since "cell" refers to a kind of technology In Chinese one of the common words for it is 手机, (shǒujī) which literally means "hand machine"
Is it correct to write the telephone abbreviation as Tel when the . . . I think it's hard to argue that "Tel" is not correct given that a mobile phone is a telephone The only reason it should even matter to the reader is if calls to mobile phones cost more than calls to landline phones in your country, and even then if you're only providing one number they don't have any choice but to use that number
american english - Mobile vs. cellphone in AE - English Language . . . Anecdotally in California (San Francisco) I hear 'mobile phone' being used more than 'cell phone' However this could be biased - as a British English speaker the Americans I speak with may be adjusting their language to me
word usage - Cellphone or cell phone? - English Language Usage Stack . . . The most contemporary expression might be just cell If you have to go through the trouble of spelling it out, it should be cell phone But 9 times out of 10, you should not go through that trouble Call my cell Name: Age: Cell: Please refrain from using cell phones or cellular devices during the performance
Word that includes laptop, tablet, smartphone etc What's a word (or phrase) that includes laptops, tablets and cellphones (or similar portable electronic devices that resemble a computer)? I would prefer it to be a short (and intuitive) term I
punctuation - Standard format for phone numbers? - English Language . . . On cell phones, you can always hit 1, but if you leave it out and the number is long distance, your call won't be completed (Another exception: 800 numbers (toll-free) always require the 1 ) So for non-800 numbers most places don't put the 1 on the business card
Mobile vs cell vs phone - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Second, in modern phone lingo, "mobile phone" and "cell phone" are equivalent Technically, there are other kinds of phones that are mobile, such as satellite phones, but they are so rare that nobody considers them
Are Americans familiar with the term mobile when referring to a . . . Oddly enough, the term "mobile to mobile" is commonly used to refer to separate minute plans for calling other cell phones within the same network But yeah, while most people would figure it out from context if you asked if they'd checked their mobile, but using it as a modifier, they've be thinking about something moving (or not really moving such as the common "mobile home")
What do you call the ear speaker in a mobile phone? The latest Apple X all have 2 speakers located at the "bottom" of the phone in addition to the ear speaker at the "top" I think that part of the confusion on which is the "correct" term depends on whether you are a consumer, a tech-savvy user, a technician, or an engineer