A CELL PHONE IS STATUS SYBOL, IT EXUDES PRIZABILITY, LOOKS COOL IN THE DARK (I-phone rocks bigtime).
It's like a virtual wingman, so many advantages for using a cell phone as a pickup aid/prop. No more stubbling around for a pen and a scrap piece of paper, great opener......."hey check this out (insert youtube video, text funny, etc), keep track of all the women you meet, take pics or videos on the fly for social proof/ego boost, texting in a crowded place, great when you are lost. I could go on and on but you get the idea.
If you don't have a phone get used to being alone...........and ummm holding your bone. Seriously dude there are like cheap pay as you go phones for like 20 bucks and in 2008 tons of I-phone copy cats for under 200 bucks.