Is a cell phone a computer?

Answer 1

You could argue that something like an iPhone is a computer. It has an internal processor and memory as well as a display screen and input screen. It is run by software that people can hack. You can download "apps" (which are computer programs) and if you know how you can even write your own apps. Apple advertises that you can do everything from calculating tips to printing out shipping labels. They are basically pushing it as a tiny computer with sophisticated wireless communications capabilities.

In fact, the iPhone is more powerful than a computer the size of a refrigerator was about twenty years ago. It has more computing power, more storage, and more sophisticated interfaces.

Of course, every cell phone has one or more microprocessors built into it just to perform basic calling functions. But as more and more functions are added to even basic phones, the lines are blurring and the answer to your question depends on how you want to define the word "computer."

Answer 2

With the rIse of more advance technology that allows smartphones to do many of the tasks that was before only possible with a computer you may say they have started to cross the lines between pc vs smartphone, and even if they are not as powerful as computers like notebooks they are still quite capable performing many computer tasks and thereof may be consider extremely portable small computers, though where exact the line between calling something a computer and not is highly debatable as the clear line is not as clear anymore and continue to fade every year, maybe someday we will get smartphones as powerful as the better computer nowadays, but for now they are not and should be called smartphone and computer respectively....