• Fact: (1) A standard smartphone which is not running the Shabbos App would indeed be muktzah as there is no use for it on Shabbos and it is used for prohibited uses. However, with the Shabbos App enabled the phone is now usable on Shabbos on therefore is not muktzah.

• Fact: (2) A smartphone with the Shabbos App enabled is not “muktzah machmas chisaron kis” because a phone is something constantly used and not reserved for a special use.

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