iPhone

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

Noun

  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.
    • This concept puts the curve back on the iPhone 5 with a silhouette that's reminiscent of a banana phone. - 2012, “Best iPhone 5 concept photos”, in CNet:
    • Apple is rolling out the public beta of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 on Thursday. We have a full (and lengthy) preview guide on both operating systems here, and now we’re breaking down how to get the public beta on your iPhone...

    Synonyms: Jesus phone

    Hypernyms: smartphone

  2. Any knockoff or similar high-end smartphone; through trademark genericization.

Origin

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

Forms

iPhones

Related

iOS BlackBerry

Derived

iPhone moment iPhoneography iPhoner