Can lightning go through a cell phone and shock you?

Question

Can lightning go through a cell phone and shock you?

Answer 1

Yes.  Just like lightning can go through a rock that you are holding up to your ear.  Lightning doesn't discriminate.

Now... that's not to say that a cell phone *attracts* lightning any more than a rock would.  There is nothing inherent in a cell phone that would attract lightning much more than a bluetooth headphone, or an iPod attached to your earbuds.

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Answer 2

If it hits your cell phone you will be dead.

Answer 3

I think they can only do that to land line phones, and in very rare occasions when they strike telephone wires and travel down the lines to your phone. For cell phones, it might just disrupt connectivity, but it never has for me. If you stand in the middle of an open field with a cell phone on, you might get struck though ;)

Answer 4

Since the cell phones are mostly plastic and your body has electrolytes, then the lightning will likely go through you and shock your cell phone.