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A classic telephone, as a landline home phone. Most platforms depict a red, push-button phone with the <a href="/telephone-receiver/">handset</a> on the base.&nbsp;Some platforms feature&nbsp;designs with&nbsp;rotary dials.

Used for various content concerning literal and figurative phone calling. Also used as an icon before a phone number.

See glossary for the term <a href="/glossary/#black">black</a> in Unicode character names.

Black Telephone

A hand with thumb and&nbsp;little (pinky) finger extended, making a traditional&nbsp;<a href="/telephone-receiver/" title="📞 Telephone Receiver">phone</a>-like shape.&nbsp;May be used in conjunction with a face to suggest&nbsp;&ldquo;call me&rdquo; (please).

Not to be confused with the <a href="/sign-of-the-horns/" title="🤘 Sign Of The Horns">sign of the horn</a>. Commonly used as a&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka_sign">shaka sign</a>, which is a similar gesture at a different orientation.

Call Me Hand

The silhouette of a person speaking. Faces left-to-right, with lines demonstrating speech being expelled. Sometimes used in the context of shouting&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansplaining">mansplaining</a>.

Speaking Head in Silhouette

A house, otherwise known as a home when someone is living in it. Suitable for a couple or larger family, other perhaps housemates.

Distinct from an apartment building due to its detached form, this house is likely in the suburbs of a city or a&nbsp;rural area.

House Building

A generic, high-rise office building. Generally found in cities, and most active during business hours.

The office building shown in Twemoji 2.0 is of <a href="https://foursquare.com/v/twitter-hq/4ee0ecde29c2c6e332924109?openPhotoId=506e210ae4b06f9dbabdd728">Twitter HQ</a> in San Fransisco.

Office Building

A mobile phone (cell phone), as used to text, check social media, or take <a href="/selfie/">selfies</a>. Depicted as a black or gray smartphone with a generic blue screen or multicolored app icons. Commonly used for various content concerning mobile phones, technology, and communication.

The designs from Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung resemble phones offered by their respective companies, e.g., iPhone. WhatsApp&rsquo;s design features a night sky as its wallpaper, displaying the time as 9:34.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-a-2/mobile-phone/">Early designs</a> for the mobile phone emoji from au by KDDI resembled a traditional&nbsp;<a href="/telephone-receiver/">telephone receiver</a>, and vice versa, before having their codepoints swapped in later releases.

See also <a href="/mobile-phone-with-arrow/">📲&nbsp;Mobile Phone With Arrow</a>.

Mobile Phone

A <a href="/mobile-phone/">mobile phone</a> (cell phone) with a <a href="/right-arrow/">rightward&nbsp;arrow</a> pointed at it from the left. Intended to indicate an incoming call or message, but used to represent mobile phones, technology, and communication more generally.

Arrow color varies, but is often blue. Vendors implement the same design as <a href="/mobile-phone/">📱 Mobile Phone</a>.

Mobile Phone with Rightwards Arrow at Left

The handset of a traditional&nbsp;<a href="/telephone/" title="☎ Black Telephone">telephone</a>, with speaker and microphone. Generally depicted in black at a 45&deg; angle.

Like <a href="/telephone/">☎️&nbsp;Telephone</a>, used for various content concerning literal and figurative phone-calling. Also used as an icon before a phone number.

Microsoft&rsquo;s design is red.

<a href="/au-kddi/type-a-2/telephone-receiver/">Early designs</a> for the telephone receiver emoji from au by KDDI resembled a mobile phone, and vice versa,&nbsp;before having their codepoints swapped in later releases.

Telephone Receiver

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pager">pager</a>, as worn on the waist to alert a person to a phone call&nbsp;or short text message. Popular in the 1980&ndash;90s before <a href="/mobile-phone/">mobile phones</a>, though still used by some medical and emergency personnel. Very occasionally used to represent alerts, digital communication, or nostalgia for old technology.

Depicted as a black device with operating buttons and a green screen displaying various&nbsp;numbers across platforms, including:

<ul>
	<li>Apple: 555-3215 (555 is commonly used for fake numbers in the US)</li>
	<li>Google: 1998 (the year Google was founded; <a href="/google/android-8.0/pager/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed 8888, the&nbsp;<a href="https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns">Google DNS</a> IP address)</li>
	<li>Microsoft: [indecipherable]</li>
	<li>Samsung: 954-5684 (unknown origin;&nbsp;<a href="/samsung/experience-9.0/pager/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed SUNMOON)</li>
	<li>WhatsApp: 867-5309 (an allusion to the 1980s hit song&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/867-5309/Jenny">&quot;867-5309/Jenny&quot;</a>)</li>
	<li>Twitter: 40404 (Twitter&#39;s discontinued <a href="https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/a/2010/introducing-fast-follow-and-other-sms-tips.html">SMS number</a>)</li>
	<li>Facebook: 543-4800 (Facebook Inc&nbsp;<a href="https://www.whitepages.com/phone/1-650-543-4800">phone number</a>;&nbsp;<a href="/facebook/2.0/pager/">previously</a>&nbsp;showed 02 04 20 04, referring to the company&#39;s launch date)</li>
</ul>

Pager

A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax">fax</a> machine, as scans and transmits documents over a telephone line. Common in the 1980&ndash;90s before the internet. Depicted as a white or black machine with a <a href="/telephone-receiver/">telephone handset</a>, keypad, display screen, and paper in its tray.

Sometimes used in emoji&nbsp;form as&nbsp;an alternative to the words&nbsp;facts, due to the similarity of pronounciation. In a sentence:&nbsp;&quot;all 📠 no 🖨&quot;

Fax Machine

A card index, as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolodex">Rolodex</a>, once used to organize and access cards containing the information of personal or business contacts. Depicted as a black or gray rotating device with a contact card displayed, including a graphic and text.

Occasionally used to represent contact details/information and&nbsp;business cards. Thanks to its appearance, this emoji&nbsp;is sometimes mistaken for such things as documents or word processing.

Apple&rsquo;s design features a picture of its <a href="/woman/">👩 Woman</a>, identified as Jane Appleseed (<a href="/apple/ios-6.0/card-index/">previously</a> <a href="https://www.mactrast.com/2017/05/who-exactly-is-john-appleseed/">John Appleseed</a>) with the following contact details as an easter egg:

appleseed@me.com 
125 Main St. 
City Name, CA 95014 
Work: (408) 123-4567 
Home: (400) 765-4321

95014 is the zip code (postcode) for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Park">Apple&rsquo;s corporate headquarters</a> in Cupertino, California.

JoyPixels features its <a href="/woman-health-worker/">👩&zwj;⚕️ Woman Health Care Worker</a>.&nbsp;WhatsApp&#39;s design also shows the picture of a woman.

Card Index

A mobile phone with a red stroke through it, indicating that mobile phones should not be present. Often seen in restricted areas, such as <a href="/customs/" title="🛃 Customs">Customs</a> or <a href="/passport-control/" title="🛂 Passport Control">Passport Control</a>.

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Emojipedia

Used by Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac) whenever emojis are displayed. Also used by Telegram messenger.

Default emoji set for Android devices created by Google and used on devices by Google, Xiaomi, Oppo, Huawei, Sony, and many others.

Custom emoji set used on Samsung phones and tablets.

Glossy,&nbsp;gradient-heavy versions of the Microsoft emoji set. Used within select platforms such as Word and PowerPoint within the Windows 11 23H2 update.

3D animated versions of Microsoft&rsquo;s Fluent emoji set, used Microsoft Teams for PC and Android.

Used across Microsoft PCs. Windows 11 uses the Fluent set. Windows 10&rsquo;s final update was in May 2019.

Used on WhatsApp for Android and PC. WhatsApp on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Used on Twitter / X for PC. Also used by Discord, Roblox, and Mastodon. Twitter / X&nbsp;on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs. Android devices use native emoji design as of early 2023.

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Used on Facebook for Android and PC. Not used across Meta&rsquo;s WhatsApp and Instagram platforms. Facebook on iOS/MacOS uses Apple designs.

Custom emoji set used on select Huawei&nbsp;phones and tablets.

A licensable emoji design set. Previously named EmojiOne.

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Custom emoji set used on LG devices. Discontinued between 2017 and 2020, replaced by Noto Color Emoji, but then revived in 2021 for LG&rsquo;s final mobile device.

Animated versions of Apple&rsquo;s emoji set, custom-built by the Telegram message platform.

Animated emoji-adjacent designs used by the Skype platform.

Highly-detailed emoji set used by Twitter&rsquo;s Statuses feature and within the tweet image editor on Android devices.

Custom emoji set used on the open-source SerenityOS.

A custom emoji design set used by Korean fintech platform Toss.

Used on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 within the device&rsquo;s messaging functionality.

A minimalist, monochrome version of Google&rsquo;s Noto Color Emoji designs.

A open-source emoji design set by the HfG Schw&auml;bisch Gm&uuml;nd (Design University) in Germany.

A licensable emoji design set.

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An open-source emoji design set consisting of user-submitted emoji designs.

Previously used by Facebook&rsquo;s Messenger platform. Discontinued in 2017, replaced by flagship Facebook emoji set.

Custom emoji set previously used on HTC devices. Discontinued in 2016, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier that created the earliest emoji set currently on record. Discontinued in 2016 following 2014 update, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile phone carrier responsible for the most famous early emoji set from 1999. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Japanese mobile manufacturer with its own early emoji designs. Discontinued in 2013, replaced by Noto Color Emoji.

Emoji designs from an early handheld device from 1990.

Open-source emoji set designs for 2015&rsquo;s Firefox OS 2.5 update, but never implemented.

Unicode 1.1 were pre-dated emoji inclusion in Unicode by 17 years, and included many characters primarily sourced from the Zapf Dingbats font.

The following characters were added to Unicode in 1993 and many were given emoji presentation status in the years 2010-2015.

Emojis displayed on iPhone, iPad,&nbsp;Mac, <a href="/apple-watch/">Apple Watch</a> and Apple TV use the&nbsp;Apple Color Emoji font installed on&nbsp;iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS. Some Apple devices support&nbsp;<a href="/animoji/">Animoji</a>&nbsp;and <a href="/memoji/">Memoji</a>.&nbsp;

The&nbsp;<a href="/apple-logo/">&nbsp;Apple logo</a>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;Private Use Area&nbsp;(PUA) character that is not cross-platform compatible&nbsp;but does work on Apple devices. Previously the&nbsp;<a href="/beats-1-logo/"> Beats 1 logo</a>&nbsp;was also supported as a PUA.

In March 2024 <a href="/apple/ios-17.4">iOS 17.4</a> included new emojis from <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1.</a>

Full list of emojis supported on Apple platforms including new 2024 emojis in iOS 17.4 (iPhone), iPadOS, macOS Big Sur, watchOS and tvOS. New emojis, and emoji image comparisons.

🍏 Apple Emoji List — Emojis for iPhone, iPad and macOS [Updated: 2024]

New emojis from Apple for 2024.

Released on 5 March 2024 for iOS 17.4 and iPadOS 17.4, this was the first version of iOS to support the 118 new emojis in <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a>, including various direction-specific people emojis.

This update also changed all family emojis to display with one of the four silhouette symbol designs also used for the new non-gender-specifying family emojis added in <a href="/emoji-15.1">Emoji 15.1</a>.

<a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/ios-17-4-emoji-changelog/">Learn more about this update.</a>

iOS 17.4

New emojis from Apple for 2023&nbsp;available as part of iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, tvOS 16.4, watchOS 9.4, and macOS 13.3.

iOS 16.4

New emojis from Apple for 2022&nbsp;available as part of&nbsp;iOS 15.4, iPadOS 15.4, tvOS 15.4, watchOS 8.5, and macOS 12.3.

Released on 14&nbsp;March 2022, this was the first version of iOS to support the 112 new emojis in&nbsp;<a href="/emoji-14.0/">Emoji 14.0</a>, including various multiple skin tone versions of the <a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji.

This Apple emoji update changed the appearance of the <a href="/face-with-hand-over-mouth/">🤭&nbsp;Face with Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji to be more consistent with the designs of other vendors, with this emoji&#39;s originaly design being given to the new <a href="/emoji-14.0/">🫢 Face with Open Eyes and Hand Over Mouth</a>&nbsp;emoji.

Taking into account a series of additional&nbsp;<a href="/glossary/#non-rgi">non-RGI</a>&nbsp;<a href="/handshake/">🤝 Handshake</a> emoji sequences, there are 123 new emojis in this release.

☎️ Telephone on Apple iOS 8.3

☎️ Telephone on Apple iOS 8.3

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