Should I say cell phone or mobile phone?

Should I say cell phone or mobile phone?

Strictly speaking, a cell (cellular) phone is a mobile phone, but a mobile phone may not necessarily be a cell phone. "Cellular" refers to the network technology.

What is difference between cell phone and mobile phone?

1. Mobile phones are telephones that were originally created for use in vehicles while cell phones are telephones that use cellular technology.

Why is mobile phone known as a cell phone?

The land area was divided into smaller units called 'cells', each of which had their own network towers. The frequency of these towers was based on the density of the phones in that area. ... Hence the term 'cell phone' came into use.

Why do Americans call a mobile a cell phone?

Rae Young at Bell Labs. They diagrammed a network of wireless towers into what they called a cellular layout. Cellular was the chosen term because each tower and its coverage map looked like a biological cell. Eventually, phones that operated on this type of wireless network were called cellular phones.

Are all mobile phones smart phones?

To begin with, all android phones are Smartphones but all Smartphones are not android based. Android is an Operating System (OS) that is used in Smartphone. ... Companies like Samsung, Sony, LG, Huawei, and others use Android in their Smartphones, while iPhone uses iOS. Blackberry uses Blackberry OS.

How does your mobile phone work?

Cell phones use radio waves to communicate. Radio waves transport digitized voice or data in the form of oscillating electric and magnetic fields, called the electromagnetic field (EMF). The rate of oscillation is called frequency. Radio waves carry the information and travel in air at the speed of light.

Are phones still called cell phones?

But calling a phone cellular might not be that accurate. It may be more proper to say that a mobile phone is used on a cellular network or a network composed of cells. Now, of course, we refer to our mobile phones as smartphones since they do more than just make phone calls and are full computing devices.

What do Americans call a cell phone?

As far as I know, most Americans will understand "mobile" as a "cellphone". Also note in British it's usually pronounced like "moh-by-ul", /məʊbaɪl/, and Americans tend to say it like "moh-bul", /moʊbəl/. Both will usually understand the other term.

Are trucks American or British?

In the lorry vs truck debate, each word has its own story, but why is lorry only used in the British vocabulary? The truth is, a lorry in American English is a truck. The British lorry is almost the same as the American truck, and the two words have morphed into synonyms of each other.

Is Android better than iPhone?

Apple and Google both have fantastic app stores. But Android is far superior at organizing apps, letting you put important stuff on the home screens and hide less useful apps in the app drawer. Also, Android's widgets are much more useful than Apple's.

Is there such a thing as a cell phone?

• Strictly speaking, a cell (cellular) phone is a mobile phone, but a mobile phone may not necessarily be a cell phone. "Cellular" refers to the network technology.

Is the Word Mobile still used in the UK?

• In the UK "mobile" or "mobile phone" were the main terms but I think that is being replaced now by just "phone" - which is strange in that that is the one thing they are least used as. Highly active question.

When do you ask someone for a cell phone?

• At least in the US, if you ask someone to 'give you a handy', you're not asking for a phone. Chuckle indeed. – hunter2 Apr 18 '13 at 9:46 In Australia, it has traditionally been a "mobile" - never a "cell" (unless you are deliberately trying to sound American!).

What do you call a cell phone in Canada?

• In Canada the words I hear most often are "cell" or "cell phone", almost nobody says "cellular" anymore. The cell phone providers usually call them "mobile" phones which is more precise since "cell" refers to a kind of technology. In Chinese one of the common words for it is 手机, (shǒujī) which literally means "hand machine".