What does 📱 mean?
Mobile phone: a phone, texting, an app, a smartphone.
Its official Unicode name is MOBILE PHONE and its CLDR short name is "mobile phone" (in Hungarian: "mobiltelefon"). It belongs to the Objects group and was added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010.
Keywords that find it
Keyboards and emoji pickers suggest it for these words (Unicode CLDR).
- cell
- communication
- mobile
- phone
- telephone
In Hungarian: kommunikáció, mobil, rádiótelefon, telefon
Will it look the same for everyone?
Every vendor (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, WhatsApp and Facebook) draws 📱 in its own style, so the colours or shape may differ a little for the person you send it to. The meaning stays the same, because the text always carries the same code point: U+1F4F1. It has been around for years, so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Technical details
- Official name
- MOBILE PHONE
- Hungarian name (CLDR)
- mobiltelefon
- English name (CLDR)
- mobile phone
- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.6 (2010)
- Group
- Objects · phone
- Length
- 1 code point · 4 bytes in UTF-8 · 2 UTF-16 units
- Shortcode
- :iphone:
Related emojis
- Mobile phone with arrow
- Telephone
- Telephone receiver
- Pager
- Fax machine
Frequently asked questions
What does the 📱 emoji mean?
Mobile phone: a phone, texting, an app, a smartphone.
How do I type the 📱 emoji?
The easiest way is to copy it from this page. On Windows open the Win + . panel, on a Mac press Ctrl + Cmd + Space, and on a phone search the emoji keyboard for "cell".
When was the 📱 emoji added?
It was added in Emoji 0.6 (2010), so practically every phone and computer in use today supports it.
Data: Unicode emoji-test.txt and Unicode Character Database 18.0, Unicode CLDR (names, keywords), GitHub gemoji (shortcodes). The meaning describes everyday online use, not an official definition.