Mobile/cell phones

Unless there's a specific reason, we normally just say 'phone' these days (In U.K)

Apparently in the U.S they do use 'cell phone'

I left my phone at home (UK)

I've left my cell at home (US)

I'll give you my cell phone number (US)

I'll give you my mobile number (UK)

Its not quite what you were asking for but I don't think the plural is mobiles or cells... its mobile phones or cell phones. Otherwise I think the meaning changes.

0 Talking about mobile phones, would you say "I have no reception" or "I have no service."..? 0-

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Hi - writing from the U.S., over here everyone uses "cell phone", though they would know what a mobile was. Often it gets abbreviated (in conversation, not in writing) to "cell", as in "call me on my cell" or "my cell is dead" (i.e. out of batteries). But it's just as often used as "cell phone" as in "I need to charge my cell phone tonight."

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0Teo,02br
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Hello, I want to ad another question to this issue (US: (cell) phone/ , UK- phone). Apparently, you can say just "cell" ins

Hello Anon

Yes, it's very common to say "mobile" for "mobile phone" in British English.

MrP