What is a collective noun for hand-phones?

Answer 1

There is no standard collective noun for the noun 'hand phone' (cell or cordless phone). Hand phones are recent enough that a specific collective noun has not come into common use. When there is no standard collective noun, a noun that suits the circumstances is used. If it becomes used regularly and commonly, it eventually becomes 'the collective noun'.

Since the industry is bent on customers constantly upgrading, a person may have a series of hand phones; a person may have a number of phones for different purposes, a variety of hand phones; an electronics department would have a selection of hand phones.

A collective noun becomes a collective noun when it becomes the most commonly used term for something.

Answer 2

Set of hand phone