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  • noun Plural form of carphone.

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Examples

  • Do you remember when mobile phones were called carphones?

    Mobile Gazette 2009

  • Do you remember when mobile phones were called carphones?

    Mobile Gazette 2009

  • Do you remember when mobile phones were called carphones?

    Mobile Gazette 2009

  • Interview advice we'll help you prepare for that interview started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Vodafone doubles profits but admits downturn in India started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.

    Technology news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • You are the Ref by Paul Trevillion & Keith Hackett started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Indeed, the industry originally called them carphones and extolled them as useful status symbols in ads, like one from 1984 showing an executive behind the wheel that asked: ‘Can your secretary take dictation at 55 mph? †™ ‘That was the business, †™ said Kevin Roe, a telecommunications industry analyst since 1993.

    The Economic Times 2009

  • Indeed, the industry originally called them carphones and extolled them as useful status symbols in ads, like one from 1984 showing an executive behind the wheel that asked: "Can your secretary take dictation at 55 mph?"

    RutlandHerald.com 2009

  • The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer Apple updates store, offers Aperture - and is this a hint of iPad pricing? started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.

    Technology: Technology blog | guardian.co.uk Kevin Anderson 2010

  • The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer The iPhone is the new Internet Explorer 6, says mobile developer Apple updates store, offers Aperture - and is this a hint of iPad pricing? started life 25 years ago as carphones - because you needed a car to take the weight of the battery - and cost a fortune, but today there are more mobile phones in the UK than there are people.

    Blogposts | guardian.co.uk Kevin Anderson 2010

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