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mobile phone

noun

  1. any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.



mobile phone

noun

  1. a portable telephone that works by means of a cellular radio system

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of mobile phone1

First recorded in 1945–50
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"They were questioned as witnesses and later their identities were fully confirmed via social networks, mobile phones, and partial radio intercepts that preceded the event. The entire unit in that sector was tracked."

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Three teenage girls have pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to the manslaughter of a 75-year-old man who died after a street attack that was filmed on a mobile phone.

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A large crowd was behind them, filming on mobile phones rather than intervening.

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Following an interview with Mr Banta, police collected his mobile phone, but later discovered "crucial evidence relating to the case" was deleted, they said.

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It was a final so engrossing that the Spanish national football team huddled around a mobile phone to watch before their Nations League meeting with Portugal.

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