Meanings
nounfeature phone (plural feature phones)
plural feature phones · alternative featurephone
- datedA mobile phone that has some advanced capabilities but is not as powerful as a smartphone.
Origin
From being a feature-rich cellphone, more capable than prior iterations of mobile phones.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 非智能手機 /非智能手机, 功能機 /功能机
- 非智能手機 /非智能手机 (fēizhìnéng shǒujī)mobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
- 功能機 /功能机 (gōngnéngjī)mobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
Finnish multimediapuhelin
- multimediapuhelinmobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
French téléphone mobile basique
- téléphone mobile basiquemobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
Japanese フィーチャーフォン
- フィーチャーフォン (fīchāfon)mobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
Korean 피처폰
- 피처폰 (picheopon)mobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
Swedish knapptelefon
- knapptelefonmobile phone that is not as powerful as a smartphone
Cite this entry
APA
feature phone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feature%20phone
MLA
“feature phone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feature%20phone. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “feature phone,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/feature%20phone.
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