bar phone

English

a bar phone

Noun

bar phone (plural bar phones)

1. A mobile phone shaped like a bar of soap or candy.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bar,‎ phone. (a phone in a bar)

Usage notes

Although this term predates the creation of touchscreen smartphones, it is now effectively constrained to describing smartphones.

Coordinate terms

• flip phone (clamshell phone)
• slider phone / slide phone
• brick phone