smartphone native; person who grew up with smartphones
Refers to a generation that has used smartphones from a young age, analogous to 'digital native'. Often used in discussions about technology habits and education.
See also: デジタルネイティブ
Today's elementary school students are the smartphone-native generation.
Smartphone-native young people look things up on their smartphones rather than on computers.
Variant with interpunct; less common but seen in some contexts.
Wasei-eigo (Japanese-made English) combining スマホ (sumaho, 'smartphone') and ネイティブ (neitibu, 'native'), modeled after デジタルネイティブ (digital native).