Phone World Records

Yanhao Deng draws a circle freehand on a phone screen in Chenzhou, Hunan, China, and Luomashu's Circle Challenge page (画圆挑战) grades its roundness at 95.5 percent. The screen recording shows the touch marker tracing one continuous stroke that closes on its starting point, then the page's report: a fitted radius of 269 pixels with an average deviation of just 3.7 pixels. Earlier tries in the same recording score between 79.1 and 85.1 percent, which tells you how hard a 95.5 is.

At the 2015 VidCon Prom, 2,047 members of the YouTube community created the Largest Cellphone Wave, a RecordSetter.com World Record. Participants turned on their phone flashlights and created a wave of light motion back and forth across the floor of the Anaheim Convention Center Arena. RecordSetter CEO Dan Rollman was present to direct and officiate the attempt. Drone operation, filming and editing by http://DroneDudes.com Special thanks to Andy Stack, Sophie Tran, Bradley Okamoto and Monica Gasper.

April Choi performed seven yo-yo plastic whips while talking to her friend, Brian, on the phone.

Peter Craig locked and unlocked his iPod Touch 67 times in one minute.

Eric Iverson unzips his jacket pocket, pulls out his Blackberry smartphone and returns it to pocket in 01.62 seconds, a new world record. The record was set on January 31, 2009 at Iverson’s home in Munising, Michigan. William Biver was present to time and witness the record.

Ryan Shannon balances 20 marshmallow Peeps on his iPhone, a new world record. The achievement took place on April 2, 2009 at Shannon’s office in Redwood City, California. Kevin Mullarkey was present to document the record and count the Peeps.

Mel Sampson and her listeners set the record live on-air during the “The Drive Home with Mel” show on K-Rock 89.3 on September 24, 2010.

Bart Winkler sent seven tweets to MC Hammer in one minute using his cell phone.

Lane George sent a text message using a first generation iPhone in 2.5 seconds, a new world record. George set the record on June 27, 2009 in Woodstock, Georgia. Kristin Grecco was present as a witness.

Michael Martin ripped a phone book in half in 0.75 second.

Michael Martin ripped five phone books in half in 11.47 seconds.

42 listeners of The Big Breakfast show on East Coast Radio in Durban, South Africa called in and said the word quot;big" in one minute.

Michael Martin ripped 67 phone books in ten minutes. He attempted to rip through 71 books but four of the tears were partial. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Eliza and Emma sent and received seven text messages in 33.78 seconds quoting William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with the speech “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?”

Radio DJ Kobe had 15 radio listeners call in and say "Tiger Woods" in one minute. He set the record live on-air during his afternoon radio show on B94 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Alan Bisco typed “I am currently breaking a world record as I speak” on his cell phone in 15.27 seconds. He completed the feat with his eyes closed.