real1ti

[sturdy cobalt]

Please be patient

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[foggy yacht]

yes
it's usually clear from context
however, these days people often just use "téléphone" since who the heck is using a landline anymore?

[willow crag]

got it, thank you

[ebon night]

To talk about laptops in general you use "ordi" or just "PC"

If you say "portable" without any context we'll usually directly think about the phone

[timid grove]

Fwiw "portable" does not mean "phone" in Canadian French, to my knowledge. I would assume you were talking about a laptop unless I knew you were from France. For phone, I would say "téléphone", "cellulaire" or "cell".

[opal sentinel]

You might occasionally hear it for a phone but it's not the primary meaning yeah

Probably from influence from france

Portable I mean

[ebon night]

I should ve precise för french people indeed

[limpid gull]

As a native french, I personally use the technical word "smartphone" without translation in french, because the others translations are not exactly the same

But everyone in France thinks it is cringe/a boomer thing

So I change depending the ppl with