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Depends on what kind of cell phone, and what kind of effect you're referring to. If the cell phone uses integrated circuitry, a strong enough electromagnetic field could fry the circuits themselves (but that would require an electromagnetic pulse emission somewhere near the size of a nuclear bomb's). An a highly electromagnetic field could also affect a cell phone if the phone relies on a magnetic hard-drive.

Almost all computers rely on magnetic hard-drives these days, which is why it is strongly suggested that you do NOT put magnets anywhere near computers, as it would mess around the hard drive.

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