Dumbphone
/ˈdʌm.fəʊn/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cell phone that does not have any functionality characteristic of a smartphone. informal
"The Boring Phone is part of a new dumbphone boom, built on the suspicion of gen Z towards the data- and attention-harvesting technologies they have grown up with."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The Boring Phone is part of a new dumbphone boom, built on the suspicion of gen Z towards the data- and attention-harvesting technologies they have grown up with."
Etymology
From dumb + phone, constructed as an antonym to smartphone.