On your mobile device vs in your mobile device

The correct phrase is 'on your mobile device.' 'On' is used to indicate a position or location, while 'in' is used to indicate inclusion inside something. In this case, 'on' is correct because you are referring to using the device, not being physically inside it.

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On your mobile device

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

Use 'on your mobile device' when referring to performing actions or using apps on your phone or tablet.

Examples:

You can access the website on your mobile device.
Please install the app on your mobile device.
The game is available on your mobile device.
You can watch the video on your mobile device.
Make sure to charge your mobile device.

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And when you're standing with someone, and you're on your mobile device, effectively what you're saying to them is, "You are not as important as, literally, almost anything that could come to me through this device."
Kindly hand over your mobile devices and I.D.s.
Kindly hand over your mobile devices and I.D.s.
And they're going to be wirelessly telemetered again to your mobile devices so you can go places and be monitored remotely.
I'll need you to surrender your mobile devices, anything that you have that can be used to record today's proceedings...
professional experience of designing websites for mobile devices;
It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices.
We're seeing, along with that proliferation of mobile devices, an expectation of availability.
You can already receive e-mail messages on mobile devices which are connected to the Internet.
Pilot project - Your Europe Travel Application for mobile devices
- for Nokia: supply of mobile devices and telecommunications networks;
The widespread use of internet-enabled mobile devices means that data roaming is of great economic significance.
If you have mobile device or... both have been disabled.
Wearable mobile devices that incorporate interfaces making use of our "natural" senses such as speech are currently under development.
Online from a phone or mobile device
So we're seeing a rise of this availability being driven by mobile device proliferation, globally, across all social strata.
- for Trustonic: provision of services enabling the management of consumer applications to mobile devices.
Behold, patent infringement via mobile device - defined as a computer which is not stationary.
Hard for us to imagine, but in 1995, this was the ultimate elite mobile device.
I was relatively inhibited compared to the cybercriminals, who wouldn't be so concerned by law, and here you can see my mobile device.

Alternatives:

on your phone
on your tablet
on your device
on your smartphone
on your cell phone

in your mobile device

This phrase is not correct in English. 'In' implies being physically inside something, which is not the intended meaning here.

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Kindly hand over your mobile devices and I.D.s.
Kindly hand over your mobile devices and I.D.s.
And they're going to be wirelessly telemetered again to your mobile devices so you can go places and be monitored remotely.
I'll need you to surrender your mobile devices, anything that you have that can be used to record today's proceedings...
professional experience of designing websites for mobile devices;
It synchronizes videos across multiple screens of mobile devices.
We're seeing, along with that proliferation of mobile devices, an expectation of availability.
You can already receive e-mail messages on mobile devices which are connected to the Internet.
Pilot project - Your Europe Travel Application for mobile devices
- for Nokia: supply of mobile devices and telecommunications networks;
The widespread use of internet-enabled mobile devices means that data roaming is of great economic significance.
If you have mobile device or... both have been disabled.
Wearable mobile devices that incorporate interfaces making use of our "natural" senses such as speech are currently under development.
Online from a phone or mobile device
So we're seeing a rise of this availability being driven by mobile device proliferation, globally, across all social strata.
- for Trustonic: provision of services enabling the management of consumer applications to mobile devices.
Behold, patent infringement via mobile device - defined as a computer which is not stationary.
Hard for us to imagine, but in 1995, this was the ultimate elite mobile device.
I was relatively inhibited compared to the cybercriminals, who wouldn't be so concerned by law, and here you can see my mobile device.
The current roaming market shows evident market failure which impedes European citizens in using there mobile devices when going from one Member State to another.

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