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No, a wireless phone will not function during a power outages. This is because although wireless phones have their own battery power, the phone base that transmits its signal to the wireless phone will not work during a power outage.

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If it is sufficiently charged - sure. But if the base stations also are powerless it won't get you far.

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no but a land line phone does

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