ハンディフォン

noun

handyphone; PHS phone

A term for a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) phone, a type of mobile phone popular in Japan in the 1990s and early 2000s. Now largely historical.

See also: ＰＨＳ

• 1990年ねん代だいには、ハンディフォンが若わか者ものの間あいだで流りゅう行こうした。

  In the 1990s, handyphones were popular among young people.