Which carry-on electronics are bigger than a cell phone?

From the “they clearly didn’t think this one through” department,1 comes news of the federal government’s new ban on “electronic devices larger than a cellphone” from eight Muslim-majority countries, ostensibly to defend against in-air terror attacks that could somehow come via a device that’s been x-rayed and powered on to ensure it works. But what’s a cell phone and how big is too big?

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  1. The poor fellas in this department have been so overworked these past 60 days. They’ve really never put in this much overtime since, well, ever.