How to Use smartphone in a Sentence

smartphone

noun
  • This alarm alerts you both by the pool, as well as in home and on your smartphone.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • As hearing aids move to over-the-counter sales, those tests will shift to the web and smartphone apps.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Go through all the photos on your smartphone and add the best ones to an album.
    — Harry Guinness, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Now the Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphone can be added to the pwned list.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Was a Virginia teen lured to her death through a smartphone app?
    — Emily Wichick and Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The smartphone, barely a teenager in 2022, has — like many teenagers — sucked up most of the oxygen in the room.
    — Ted Anthony, ajc, 20 Feb. 2022
  • The Dexcom logo is seen on a smartphone screen and in the background.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • That store caters to the Android software that powers most of the world's smartphones.
    — CBS News, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Chip Smith keeps the videos in his smartphone with a sense of fulfillment.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Scott: And a few years later, smartphones came to China, and there was an app for that.
    — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 9 May 2023
  • The Pixel 9 Pro XL isn’t just about flashy specs, it’s got one of the best smartphone cameras around.
    — Juhi Wadia, PCMAG, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Desktop users are out of luck—Reels are just for the iPhone and Android smartphone apps.
    — Reece Rogers, Wired, 9 Mar. 2022
  • My children are seven and nine, not yet at the age when all of their friends have smartphones.
    — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Just juice up your phone, make sure your car is ready to roll, grab your go-to road snacks, and let your smartphone do the hard work.
    — USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But the chipmaker still has to deal with the current slump in the smartphone business.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Netflix brings a flood of new titles to the TVs in our living rooms and to our smartphone screens.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 15 June 2022
  • The one-on-one tutoring is for PC, tablet and smartphones (Android and iphone).
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The screen lets the user customize the desk and resembles a smartphone screen.
    — Buy Side Staff, wsj.com, 6 Nov. 2023
  • You’ll be prompted to use your smartphone’s camera to scan your space.
    — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Keep in mind this isn't the type of reset that will erase everything on your smartphone.
    — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The good news is parents won’t need a separate smartphone for this to work.
    — Victoria Song, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2025
  • It’s designed to hold a smartphone, but also has room to stash cards, cash, and a lipstick.
    — Clara McMahon, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • This device is easy to use and plugs into your smartphone.
    — Laura Lu, Ms, Parents, 4 June 2024
  • The biggest story of the day had been broken by some random guy with a smartphone.
    — Willy Staley, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In France, the bloc’s second-largest economy, iPhones hold the top four spots in the smartphone market.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Once an hour, set a smartphone alert that instructs you to check your posture as well as take a break to stand, walk, and stretch.
    — Women's Health, 17 May 2023
  • The tag can be placed inside an object and later tracked via a smartphone.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • That smartphone superglued to your hand helped train you for this.
    — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 22 May 2022
  • How to view screen time on iPhone Many smartphones keep track of how much time is being spent on the device, and in which apps it's being spent.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • Some tech giants are predicting AI could be as big a leap forward as the internet and the smartphone – two advancements that Meta and Apple played a major role in shaping.
    — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 24 June 2025

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