YOU SAID:
My mother is seated next to me manipulating her mobile phone
INTO JAPANESE
母は私の隣に座って携帯電話を操作しています
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother is sitting next to me and using her mobile phone.
INTO JAPANESE
母は私の隣に座って携帯電話を使っています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother is sitting next to me and using her cell phone.
INTO JAPANESE
母は私の隣に座って携帯電話を使っています。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
My mother is sitting next to me and using her cell phone.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.