mobile phone

noun

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

Also called mobile telephone.

Examples from the web for mobile phone

He put the mobile phone beside him, on the arm of the chair.
Let's say you want to wirelessly print a picture from your mobile phone to a nearby printer.
If you're hanging on to your old mobile phone, then you're not alone.
mobile phone service providers log the list of cell sites to which our cell phones connect throughout the day.
Good news: getting the right foundation may soon be a mobile phone message away.
User's location when making mobile calls or texting via mobile phone is also to be logged.
mobile phone networks failed as people across the region jammed the airwaves trying to reach relatives.
Now the solar lamp also has a tiny plug point at the base and charges up the family mobile phone, as well.
Going forward, the best way to increase the bandwidth available to mobile phone users is actually to shrink the cell.
The lowly mobile phone interrupting the highest of art seems a perfect little metaphor for our moment.

British Dictionary definitions for mobile phone

noun

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