handset
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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
But what was once a small memorial is now just the base of an old rotary phone without the handset.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Revenue fell to 19.65 billion pounds from 20.36 billion pounds, reflecting lower international revenue including divestments, declines in handset performance and in adjusted U.K. service revenue, it said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
But unbeknownst to him, his handset was still connected to the Bluetooth speaker.
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
Instead I pick up the phone in the hallway, sit on the bottom stair and listen, the handset in my hand, waiting for the right moment.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
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Iridium currently operates a 66-satellite constellation in low-Earth orbit, using it to connect handsets and other devices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 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
Qualcomm expects handsets to make up just one-third of its revenue by fiscal 2029, down from 72% in fiscal 2025.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
The police force revealed on Thursday that it had started sharing data with Apple to build a "global picture" of what happens to stolen handsets, including whether they are being reconnected to a network.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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
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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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