Mobile phone

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
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Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X
Category Objects
Subcategory phone
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Tags
mobile phonetechnologyapplegadgetsdialcellcommunicationiphonesmartphonetelephoneresponsive designmobiledevicetextingcallingapps

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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