Mobile telephones use numerous low power base stations to communicate. As a phone moves, it can transfer its connection from one base station to another so that calls are not dropped while travelling. The base stations are called cells and together form a cellular network.
It is the base station technology that lent its name to the portable telephone in North America. Many other English speaking countries have different names for them with the term "mobile" being used in the UK for example.
Cell phones were called car phones in the year 1980.
I'm pretty sure they were called mobile phones before cell phones...
call cell phones cell phones? Cell phones are called cell phones because each one communicates with cell antenna, which covers a certain area,
They are called cell towers.
Because they use cell towers to transmit calls.
They are called contacts
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Cell phones are called cell phones because each one communicates with cell antenna, which covers a certain area, usually about 10 sq. miles.
Because they run on cell batteries
There is a website called sellyourcell.com. It offers a service for buying old cell phones from people like you.
A group of cell phones is commonly referred to as a "fleet" of cell phones, especially in contexts where they are managed and used by a business or organization. In more casual terms, you might also hear it referred to simply as a "collection" or "batch" of phones.
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