Noun: mobile phone
- A portable telephone that connects with the telephone network using radio waves
"In the UK, people often refer to cellphones as mobile phones"; "In Australia, some people colloquially refer to mobile phones as mobes";
- cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell [N. Amer], mobile [Brit], cellular [N. Amer], mobe [informal]
Derived forms: mobile phones
Type of: radiophone, radiotelephone, wireless telephone
Encyclopedia: Mobile phone