superphone

superphone noun: a remarkably advanced telephone.

Noun

superphone (plural superphones)

(informal) A remarkably advanced telephone.
- Other single-unit superphones are Figure-phone, which packs a calculator, clock and automatic redialer for about $270...1978 April, Popular Mechanics, volume 149, number 4
- A "superphone" for the deaf and deaf-blind, created by Ultratech of Madison, Wisconsin, can convert a typed message into sound...1981, Science Digest, volume 89

The same superphones will monitor the security system in your home...1989, Austin H. Kiplinger, Knight A. Kiplinger, America in the global '90s: the shape of the future:
Not everyone owns a “superphone” with internet access like the Sony Ericsson P900...2005, William Charles Mann, Smart technology for aging, disability, and independence:
Standing around pushing buttons on a superphone creates quite an appetite.2008 April, Mac Life, volume 2, number 4:
The device was a truly smart phone—some even said a superphone.2009, Alastair Sweeny, BlackBerry Planet:

plural	superphones

From super- + phone.

What does superphone mean?: Superphone means a remarkably advanced telephone.
How do you use superphone in a sentence?: The same superphones will monitor the security system in your home...
What part of speech is superphone?: Superphone is a noun.
What is the plural of superphone?: The plural of superphone is superphones.

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