Handset
A handset is a component of a telephone that a user holds to the ear and mouth to receive audio through the receiver and speak to the remote party using the built-in transmitter. In earlier telephones, the transmitter was mounted directly on the telephone itself, which was attached to a wall at a convenient height or placed on a desk or table. Until the advent of the cordless telephone, the handset was usually wired to the base unit, typically by a flexible tinsel wire cord.
The handset of a cordless telephone contains a radio transceiver which relays communication via a base station that is wired to the telephone line. A mobile phone does not require a base station and communicates directly with a cell site in designated frequency bands.
Handset symbol
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A graphic symbol that designates a handset is used on cordless and mobile phones to specify placing or ending a telephone call. Usually a button with green upright (off-hook) handset icon File:Gnome-call-start.svg is used for starting a call, and a red lying-down (on-hook) handset File:Gnome-call-stop.svg is used for ending a call.[1] Unicode has the handset symbol U+1F4DE 📞 <reserved-1F4DE> commonly faced rightwards to use with face emojis, and also symbols with specified direction: U+1F57B 🕻 <reserved-1F57B>, and U+1F57D 🕽 <reserved-1F57D>.[2]
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