I think it's somewhat erroneous to refer to modern day smartphones as "cell phones". Telephony is but one of the many "apps" a smartphone can perform, really they are more like communicators al la the Star Trek communicator.

I think the term "communicator" is more accurate in describing today's communications devices, merely calling it a "cell phone" is ignorant to the many other uses of smartphones.

Another reason I dislike the term "smartphone" is because as amazing as some of the things they can do are, they are still fundamentally every bit as stupid as an abacus or a Commodore 64. There's not any intelligence going on inside those microchips.

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cell phones will never die out.

cell phones will never die out.


i just say phone    i never use the term smartphone

i just say phone    i never use the term smartphone


what's the difference? cellphone or smartphone? they're both phones.

what's the difference? cellphone or smartphone? they're both phones.


Technically both feature "dumb" and smartphones are cellphones since they require power cells, but since the rise of the smartphone, "cellphone" implies that you don't have a smartphone since its less special. Hence the more generic "phone" covers everything. Of course "cellular phone" was more common in the early days of mobile phones (up until around the late '90s), but ultimately I feel that the smartphone is the final evolution of the original telephone as having multitask capability is essential, though perhaps the "smart computer" will eventually be the final electronic device that does everything: folds into a big screen for video and folds into a medium-sized screen for reading.

what's the difference? cellphone or smartphone? they're both phones.


Smartphones are smarter than cellphones, but a lot of apps lead to the opposite, when it comes to human's smartness.  ;D

It's amazing how long antequated terms for technology stick around. we still say "roll up" your car window, when virtually all windows now are power windows. We still talk about "tape" and "film" when what we mean, 90 percent of the time, is digital video.

So nah, I don't think the term "cell phone" will go away anytime soon. For one thing, there will still be land lines at businesses and offices for the indefinite future, even if they're starting to become a thing of the past in people's homes. So we'll still need to say "cell phone" to distinguish them. But even if we didn't, we're in the habit of calling them "cell phones" now...

Smartphones are smarter than cellphones, but a lot of apps lead to the opposite, when it comes to human's smartness.  ;D


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Technically both feature "dumb" and smartphones are cellphones since they require power cells, '

They are both "cell" phones because each cellular phone tower is the center of a "cell" of coverage.

Smart phone or not... they are all cell phones because they are within a tower's "cell".

I think people will continue to use the word "cell phone" for many years.

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They are both "cell" phones because each cellular phone tower is the center of a "cell" of coverage.

Smart phone or not... they are all cell phones because they are within a tower's "cell".


My point isn't that it's not cellular, my point is that a phone is just one of many things that our current devices are.

I don't think people will ever say 'communicator', but I think the term 'cell phone' is already on the decline since most people just say phone now.  The term 'house phone' actually seems more common now, since cell phones have basically replaced them as the default 'phone'.

It's not even about the "phone" part anymore, because these are mobile computers. I just call them smartphones and mobile devices. I mean look at these new devices like the Galaxy Note 2 with a 5.5 inch screen, this is a handheld computer, the phone is an afterthought and hell it looks weird making a call on such a large device. I wonder how big these screens will keep getting. Tablets and smartphones are like merging now it's kinda funny. I remember when I had the original iPhone back in 2007 I thought that 3.5 inch screen was so massive, now I saw an iPhone 4S in the store and it looks like microscopic now ROFL.  ;D

I don't think people will ever say 'communicator', but I think the term 'cell phone' is already on the decline since most people just say phone now.  The term 'house phone' actually seems more common now, since cell phones have basically replaced them as the default 'phone'.


I thought "house phone" was more of a 70's, 80's word?

If you ask me, cell phones are becoming a thing of the pass now. 2013 may be the last real year for the actual cell phone being that device everyone uses.

If you ask me, cell phones are becoming a thing of the pass now. 2013 may be the last real year for the actual cell phone being that device everyone uses.


So what do they use now? smartphones and blackberries?  ???

I don't see why it should die out if smartphone's are also used for talking and texting.

I have never used the term 'cell phone' coming from England. We use the term 'mobile phone'.

I have used the term 'smartphone' if I am differentiating what it does with a standard phone.

But usually I call it a 'mobile phone'. 

Thank you.  :)

But the term "telephone" will never die out.