YOU SAID:
daniel is on his phone
INTO JAPANESE
ダニエルは彼の携帯電話に
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Daniel was on his cell phone
INTO JAPANESE
ダニエルは、彼の携帯電話
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Daniel is on his cell phone.
INTO JAPANESE
ダニエルは彼の携帯電話です。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Daniel is on his cell phone.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.