# Cell phone capabilities in the year 2001

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-capabilities-in-the-year-2001/730137>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 6, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-capabilities-in-the-year-2001/730137 "2015-09-06T02:18:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-capabilities-in-the-year-2001/730137/21 "2015-09-07T21:27:17Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> The idea that a severed hand would still be holding a phone is what pings my meter…

[Proof](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c3JOuVIaRSM/U2UnIJqyNSI/AAAAAAAAE2A/eS0r1-yGtCQ/s1600/color+thing.jpg).

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**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-capabilities-in-the-year-2001/730137/22 "2015-09-07T22:11:58Z")

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> [@zbuzz](#):
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> [Proof](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-c3JOuVIaRSM/U2UnIJqyNSI/AAAAAAAAE2A/eS0r1-yGtCQ/s1600/color+thing.jpg).

Yes! That’s it!

No, wait! That’s NOT It!

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**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-capabilities-in-the-year-2001/730137/23 "2015-09-07T22:20:33Z")

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> [@beowulff](#):
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> Yes! That’s it!
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> No, wait! That’s NOT It!

No,[this is It](http://www.monsterbashnews.com/animations/CousinIT.gif).

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**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cell-phone-capabilities-in-the-year-2001/730137/24 "2015-09-08T00:11:15Z")

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> [@Alley\_Dweller](#):
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> No,[this is It](http://www.monsterbashnews.com/animations/CousinIT.gif).

No, that is [Itt](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin_Itt).

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