Glossary
Phone farm
A plain-language explanation of what a phone farm is and why operators use the term.
In practice, a phone farm usually means a group of Android phones managed together for repeatable mobile workflows. The term can describe anything from a small operator setup to a larger rack-style environment.
What the term usually means
Operators use the phrase to describe real-device infrastructure, power, networking, and orchestration working together in one operating system.
Why teams use phone farms
Teams may prefer them when they want workflows to run on normal mobile hardware rather than synthetic device environments.