noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A smartphone of a series produced by Apple, which typically combine a camera phone, PDA, multimedia player, and wireless communication device.

   "His mom bought him an IPhone for his 11th birthday."

2. 2
   a smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc. wordnet
3. 3
   Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization. broadly

Synonyms

All synonyms

jesus phone

Example

More examples

"Apparently "the iPhone sounds the death knell for the Internet.""

Etymology

From i- + phone. Many Apple products have an i- prefix in their names.

Related phrases

iPhone momentcamera phonehigh end

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