mobile phone

Summary

mobile phone ranks in the top 0.33% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,163 views/month, #258 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• mobile phone is credited with the discovery of Martin Cooper^[2].
• mobile phone followed landline telephone^[3].
• mobile phone followed cordless telephone^[4].
• mobile phone followed mobile radio station^[5].
• mobile phone is a type of telephone^[6].
• mobile phone is a type of mobile device^[7].
• mobile phone is a type of cell phone and accessories^[8].
• mobile phone's Commons category is recorded as Mobile phones^[9].
• mobile phone's Unicode character is recorded as 📱^[10].
• mobile phone comprises printed circuit board^[11].
• mobile phone comprises integrated circuit^[12].
• mobile phone comprises microphone^[13].
• mobile phone comprises push-button^[14].
• mobile phone comprises display device^[15].
• mobile phone comprises antenna^[16].
• mobile phone comprises loudspeaker^[17].
• mobile phone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1973^[18].
• mobile phone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mobile phones^[19].
• mobile phone's Commons gallery is recorded as Mobile phone^[20].
• mobile phone's described at URL is recorded as https://www.videogameschronicle.com/?post_type=platforms&p=269^[21].
• mobile phone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Mobile phones^[22].
• mobile phone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox mobile phone^[23].
• mobile phone's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox PDA^[24].
• mobile phone's has characteristic is recorded as circuit switching^[25].
• mobile phone's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en-us', 'text': 'cell'}^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include telephone^[6], mobile device^[7], and cell phone and accessories^[8].

Use and Application

Components include printed circuit board^[11]; integrated circuit^[12], a type of electronic component^[27]; microphone^[13]; push-button^[14]; display device^[15]; and antenna^[16], a type of electronic component^[28].

Influence

Things named for mobile phone include Steam Mobile^[29], a mobile app^[30].

Why It Matters

mobile phone ranks in the top 0.33% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,163 views/month, #258 of 77,819).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Steam Mobile^[29], a mobile app^[30].