In article ,
Highland Ham wrote:

In a built-up area or along the highway with nearby base stations the
power can be very low ,whereas at remote locations it can be as high as
2 Watts (at least here in Europe).

BUT we were talking about Handheld Cellphones, and these typically have
a Maximum RF Power to the antenna of 300 Milliwatts, which is then
Telcommanded Lower by the Base Station, depending on Base Stations
Received Signal to Noise Ratio. There are a few, up to, 3 Watt Digital
Cellphone Subscriber Units, but they ALL have external Antennas, and
these antennas are NOT designed to be attached to your HEAD....
Apples and Oranges......