mobile phone
portable device to make telephone calls using a radio link
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Summary
mobile phone is a type of device[1]. It ranks in the top 0.33% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21,332 views/month, #258 of 77,819).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Martin Cooper[3]
- Instance of: form of communication[4]
- Follows: landline telephone[5], cordless telephone[6], mobile radio station[7]
- Subclass of: telephone[8], mobile device[9], cell phone and accessories[10]
- Has use: mobile telecommunication[11]
- Commons category: Mobile phones[12]
- Unicode character: 📱[13]
- Country of origin: United States[14]
- Has part(s): printed circuit board[15], integrated circuit[16], microphone[17], push-button[18], display device[19], antenna[20], loudspeaker[21], SIM card[22]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1973[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mobile phones[24]
- Commons gallery: Mobile phone[25]
- Described at URL: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/?post_type=platforms&p=269[26]
- Topic has template: Template:Mobile phones[27], Template:Infobox mobile phone[28], Template:Infobox PDA[29]
- Has characteristic: circuit switching[30], portability[31]
- Short name: cell[32], mobile[33], 携帯[34], ケータイ[35], Handy[36], Natel[37], portable[38], cellulaire[39], cellulare[40], telefonino[41], móvil[42], celular[43], telemóvel[44], cep[45]
- Different from: cordless telephone[46]
- History of topic: history of mobile phones[47]
- Hashtag: mobile[48]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000581[49]
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Influence
Things named for mobile phone include Steam Mobile[50], a mobile app[51].
Why It Matters
mobile phone has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 102 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]
Entities named for it include Steam Mobile[50], a mobile app[51].