Cellphone vs. Smartphone — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cellphone and Smartphone
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Cellphone
A portable telephone that sends and receives radio signals through a network of short-range transmitters located in overlapping cells throughout a region, with a central station making connections to regular telephone lines. Also called cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone.
Smartphone
A smartphone is a portable device that combines mobile telephone 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, 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.
Cellphone
Alternative form of cell phone
Smartphone
A cellphone having a touchscreen or alphabetic keypad and many of the features of a personal computer, including an operating system that allows the user to download specialized apps.
Cellphone
To make a call on a cellphone.
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Smartphone
A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.
Mobile phone
Cellphone
A hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections (cells), each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
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