the.com/phone
A supercomputer you use mostly to avoid calling people.
means A handheld device for making calls, sending messages, and getting lost in the internet — originally just the phone part.
from Short for 'telephone,' from Greek 'tele' (far off) plus 'phone' (sound, voice) — literally a 'far-sound' machine. The clipped form 'phone' was already common slang by the early days of telephony, long before it needed to cover texting, photos, and apps too.
- origin
- short for telephone, from Greek for far sound
- ironic twist
- least used feature is making actual calls
- attention cost
- average unlock happens 100+ times daily
- sleep thief
- blue light tricks brain into thinking it is noon