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Those on smartphones in part of church called out (4)

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I believe the answer is:

apps

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'those on smartphones' is the definition.
I know that 'smartphones' relates to this answer.

'part of church called out' is the wordplay.
'part of church' becomes 'apse' ('apse' is part of 'church').
'called out' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'apse' is a homophone of 'APPS'.

'in' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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