why is a cell phone called a cell phone?

Question

no reallyi wanna know. i heard because of cellular is smaller then Nano's. also that it could be cuz they use cell batteries. very confused of why not mobile phone?

Answer 1

A cellular network is a radio network made up of a number of radio cells (or just cells) each served by a fixed transmitter, known as a cell site or base station. These cells are used to cover different areas in order to provide radio coverage over a wider area than the area of one cell. Cellular networks are inherently asymmetric with a set of fixed main transceivers each serving a cell and a set of distributed (generally, but not always, mobile) transceivers which provide services to the network's users.

thus celluar phones: cell phone

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It is called a "cell phone" short for "cellular phone." The term cellular phone refers to the notion that the area in which you can make a call is called a "cell." The cell surrounds the tower and could be considered the zone or region that the radio signals are sufficient to make a call. The zones or cells would be like (for example) circles on a map that represent the areas that you could make calls in.

Answer 4

But only in the U.S. Everywhere else it's called a mobile phone which is really what it is.

Answer 5

cell = cellular