Mobile phone Emoji

Objects

A modern smartphone, typically depicted with a dark screen and a home button or camera notch. The design represents the pocket-sized devices that dominate daily communication and internet access.

Usage Context

Used to talk about texting, calling, or the general state of being glued to a screen. It acts as a shorthand for the device itself or the apps contained within. People often use it alongside 💬 to signal a message is coming, or 🤳 when referencing phone-based photography.

History

As mobile technology evolved from bulky bricks to handheld computers, the emoji representation transitioned from the old-school corded handset ☎️ to this current smartphone look, officially standardized in Unicode 6.0 in 2010 to reflect the smartphone revolution.

Details

Glyph

📱

Unicode

U+1F4F1

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f4f1:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDCF1;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Objects

Subcategory phone

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License Apache-2.0 / OFL-1.1

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Google. © Google Inc. Licensed under Apache License 2.0 and SIL Open Font License 1.1 where applicable.

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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