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[j-g-faustus]

"Phone" is Greek for "voice", so perhaps a different name would be in order.

But neither "mobile" nor "cell" says anything about voice in particular, so I would think they are suitable terms for "portable communication device connected to a cellular network" even when the device primarily deals with non-voice services.

[eru → j-g-faustus]

In formal German you can call phones in general Fernsprecher. A literal translation would be remote talking device.

[bdonlan → j-g-faustus]

However "cell" refers to a portion of the infrastructure running the cellular network, so that's not a good option.

[auxbuss → bdonlan]

Node? But it's as about as unwelcoming as name as you could find.