handset
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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
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
The company has developed a prototype handset it recently showed to some investors, The Wall Street Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The assistant director reaches for the handset, says “Sylvie” into it, listens awhile, then sets it down.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
He attributes that to strong consumer demand for “premier-tier” handsets and the possibility of price increases.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 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
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
Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has asked the home secretary for legislation to make phone companies publish data on stolen devices, and to enforce measures rendering handsets effectively unusable.
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
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
