Why do Americans call phones -CELL phones & we in England call them MOBILES?

Answer 1

Probably the same reason as to why biscuits in England are called cookies in america.. or why petrol in England is called gasoline in America...

Answer 2

Referring to it as Cell is just a nickname for the type of service the devices provide which is Celluar.

The phones are not a Mobile Device,that is just a term that was adapted because when they were first made they were so big they usually stayed right in peoples automobiles so people even in America at that time started calling them mobile phones. It's just something the rest of the world,besides USA still calls it..but the USA always has a slang for everything in a sporty way,so they just refer to it as Cell..Kind of like (Relaxing=Chilling)

Answer 3

Because the phone networks use Cells to enable mobile phone users to make calls etc, so phones use the cell phone network to work. So really they should be called Cell Phones and not mobile phones.

England calls them Mobile Phones because the first mobile phone network in the UK was called Recall which later became Vodafone. They sold them as mobile phones because there business marketing sold them to people in the way that you could always be mobile with your phone, i.e Mobile Phone - and the name seems to have stuck from there.

Answer 4

because cell is the technology they use and mobile is the description of the phone it's self

Answer 5

Language difference. Another example is Movies and cinema. They both mean the same.

Answer 6

The technology was invented in the United States.

But, the language was invented in England.

Oh No! What do we do?

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Answer 7

I don't know I speak american english not british english