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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

The Wall Street Journal reported in July that SpaceX was developing a mobile handset prototype powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipsets.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

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

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

He gets just over 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

He picks up the handset and enters some kind of code.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

Within the segment, revenue from handsets fell 26% to $5.14 billion, while automotive revenue was up 89% at $1.99 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

He attributes that to strong consumer demand for “premier-tier” handsets and the possibility of price increases.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

He found that three mobile phone handsets ordered by the Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley MP were ultimately "claimable business costs".

From BBC ● 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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