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Deep Explanation of CellPhone

A cellphone is a portable telephone that uses cellular networks to transmit calls through radio signals to nearby cell towers. Cellphones get their name from the cellular network's cell-like structure of towers that create coverage cells. All mobile phones that connect to cellular networks are technically cellphones, even smartphones with advanced features. The first commercially available cellphone was the 1984 Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which weighed over 2 pounds and had only 30 minutes of battery life. Cellular networks are made up of cell towers distributed in a grid pattern, with each tower covering around 10 square miles and relaying signals to other towers and switching centers.

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Deep Explanation of CellPhone

A cellphone is a portable telephone that uses cellular networks to transmit calls through radio signals to nearby cell towers. Cellphones get their name from the cellular network's cell-like structure of towers that create coverage cells. All mobile phones that connect to cellular networks are technically cellphones, even smartphones with advanced features. The first commercially available cellphone was the 1984 Motorola DynaTAC 8000x, which weighed over 2 pounds and had only 30 minutes of battery life. Cellular networks are made up of cell towers distributed in a grid pattern, with each tower covering around 10 square miles and relaying signals to other towers and switching centers.

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What Is a Cellphone?

And why are cellphones called cellphones?


A cellphone is any portable telephone which uses cellular network technology
to make and receive calls. The name comes from the cell-like structure of
these networks. There is some confusion about cellphones being a different
thing to smartphones, but technically, every mobile phone, from the latest
Android handset to the simplest feature phone, is a cellphone. It is all about
the technology used to transmit your calls, rather than what the handset itself
can or cannot do. As long as a phone can transmit a signal to a cellular
network, it is a cellphone.

The term 'cellphone' is interchangeable with the terms Cellular Phone and
Mobile Phone. They all mean the same thing. The term smartphone has come
to mean a cellphone which offers more advanced features than just
calls, SMS messages, and basic organizer software. Often, when talking
about mobile phones, cellphone is used to describe a simple feature phone,
whilst smartphone is used to describe more advanced touchscreen phones.

The first commercially available cellphone was developed by Motorola


between 1973 and 1983 and went on sale in the U.S. early in 1984. This huge
28 ounce (790 gram) cellphone, called the DynaTAC 8000x, cost $3995.00
and needed to be charged after just thirty minutes of use. The DynaTAC
8000x is almost unrecognizable as a cellphone when compared to the devices
we use today. It is estimated that there were over 5 billion cell phones in use
at the end of 2012.

Cellular Networks
A cellular network, which gives cellphones their name, is made up of cellular
masts or towers distributed across the country in a grid-like pattern. Each
mast covers a relatively small region of the grid, usually around ten square
miles, called a Cell. Large mobile phone carriers (AT&T, Sprint, Verizon,
Vodafone, T-Mobile, etc.,) erect and use their own cellular masts and
therefore have control over the level of cellular coverage they can provide.
Several such masts can be located on the same tower.
When you make a call on a cellphone, the signal travels through the air to the
nearest mast or tower and is then relayed to a switching network and finally
on to the handset of the person you are calling via the mast closest to them. If
you are making a call whilst traveling, in a moving vehicle, for example, you
may quickly move from the range of one cell tower to the range of another. No
two adjoining cells use the same frequency, so as to avoid interference, but
the transition between cellular mast areas will normally be seamless.

Cellular Coverage
In some countries, cellular coverage is available almost anywhere if you are
with one of the large national carriers. In theory anyway. As you might expect,
cellular coverage in built-up areas is usually better than in more rural areas.
Areas where there is little or no coverage are normally places where there is
poor access, or areas where there is little benefit to the cell carriers (sparsely
populated areas, for example). If you are thinking of changing your carrier, it is
certainly worth checking to see what their coverage is like in your local area.

Cellular masts in built-up areas such as cities are often quite close together,
sometimes as little as a few hundred feet, because buildings and other
structures can interfere with the signal. In open areas, the distance between
masts can be several miles as there is less to disrupt the radio waves. If the
cellular signal is just very weak (rather than non-existent), it is possible for
consumers to buy a cellular repeater or network extender, both of which can
amplify and boost a weak signal.

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