Is this man a time traveller? ‘Cellphone’ spotted in WWII pic

NY Post ^ | Nov 22 | NY Post

[RandFan]

‘Cellphone’ spotted in WWII pic, convinces internet time travel is real

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[EvilCapitalist]

Maybe it’s Doctor Who.

[DiogenesLamp]

They made flat ear horns long before this period. I saw a video from the early 1900s that purports to show a woman holding a cell phone to her head.

It was a flat ear horn. This may also be a flat ear horn.

[TalBlack]

How could the phone function in the absence of a network? Who the heck would he be talking to?

[kosciusko51]

https://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Non-Electric/EarTrumpets/Short%20Trumpets/info/germanovalpocket.htm

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#4: "And who would he be talking to?"

QAnon. Trust the plan.

[Zuriel]

Nobody is looking at him. Probaby a wallet or a pack of cigs, and scratching an itch.

The thing to be startled about is why is SoS Toni Blinky in the pic (no hat, walking and looking toward the camera). /sarc

[Palio di Siena]

No - it’s Brian Williams.

[RedMonqey]

Why would a time traveler, whose not of our current time period, stop here in our present, pick up a cellphone, then travel to another time period where this same item is useless.
The gut is scratching the side of his head.

[kosciusko51]

https://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Non-Electric/EarTrumpets/Short%20Trumpets/info/megaphone.htm

[Army Air Corps]

He is talking to someone about his car’s extended warranty.

[RedMonqey]

Occam’s Razor.

Having eliminating all possibilities, the simplest answer is the correct one.

Ear horn.

[Fledermaus]

It’s his finger. The dark shadow is his cupped palm.

[SamAdams76]

I’ve seen this photo a few times. I suppose if you look at enough pictures from WW2 era, you are bound to find somebody that appears to be speaking into a cellphone.

[BeauBo]

Transistor radio?

[VMI70]

If it were 1954, then maybe.

[Larry Lucido]

No, it’s not “odd.” Folk’s interpretation of stuff like this is whacked, though

[PIF]

There were no cell towers then, so obviously it a satellite phone.

[SkyDancer]

Who is he talking to then?

[PIF]

Since tape recorders had yet (1930) to be made they were using sat phones, obviously.

[DiogenesLamp]

Last time I saw this topic discussed, someone posted a picture of a much more rectangular ear horn that looked more like a cell phone.

I'm sure with a little effort, that same picture could be found.