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handset

[hand-set, hand-set, -set] / ˈhændˌsɛt, ˈhændˈsɛt, -ˌsɛt /


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“Revenue guidance is revised downwards mainly on handset sales performance, but service revenue continued to perform very solidly,” Chief Operating Officer Emilio Gayo said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

They use Bluetooth to sync with a handset via Meta's AI app.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He gets barely a week to settle in, with Apple holding its annual iPhone event on September 9, where it is expected to unveil its first foldable handset.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

Although there’s caution around Qualcomm’s handset revenue given cyclical weakness in the smartphone market, Acree said those concerns should be offset by gains in its other businesses, including automotive and technology licensing.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Corporal Reynolds whips around, startled by the loud clatter of the handset against the phone’s base.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

"A new era of AI agent smartphones begins," Nubia said, sharing images of the handsets online.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Founded as a ground wood pulp mill on the banks of Finland’s Nokianvirta River in 1865, the company evolved through rubber and cables before it became known for mobile handsets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Qualcomm raised its fiscal 2029 target for nonhandset revenue to $40 billion, up from a prior target of $22 billion, and said handsets would account for only about a third of chip revenue by then.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026

Yet the company may now have a proof point after landing a deal with a major hyperscaler, while its revenue targets show it can diversify its business away from its chip business for handsets.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 24, 2026

Ten minutes later, Kyle, Akimi, and Sierra had stripped the sproingy wires off a couple of telephone handsets.

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

Despite the lead and fumes, Linotypes resulted in far safer and faster conditions than handsetting, and hot-lead composition quickly become the rule for books and periodicals.

From Economist ● Mar. 30, 2018

With hobbies running from gardening to handsetting type, Boyd shares some of Jefferson's own tastes.

From Time Magazine Archive


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