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mscriv

macrumors 601
Aug 14, 2008
4,923
602
Dallas, Texas
My first phone was a Qualcomm Kyocera QCP 2035

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I think I got it around 2000.
 

Hastings101

macrumors 68020
Jun 22, 2010
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I didn't get my own cell phone until after college, I thought they were pointless (I was a little stupid about technology then lol). My first was a Motorola Q.

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TheBeastman13

macrumors regular
Mar 5, 2012
209
4
Had this Nextel has my first cell phone. I was in 8th grade. My parents were big on the Walkie-Talkie feature, especially my dad. Damn, those phones were annoying.
I went through the same thing with my dad and this phone. Lol:D Right now i have its successor at the moment. Once Apple releases the iPhone 5, I will be getting one. Time to join the smartphone club!
 

h1r0ll3r

macrumors 68040
Dec 28, 2009
3,920
19
Maryland
Lg vx8300

I actually liked this phone a lot despite how crappy Verizon was in my area. With the extended battery, this thing would last me a long time.

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utahman130

macrumors 65816
Jun 7, 2012
1,043
132
Motorola Flipside = Bad Idea

Buggy: Icons kept switching around without me touching it. Bad touch recognition, horrible Android.

Bad Build Quality: Dropped it once, it died


Good BYE
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In a few months, I got my iPhone 3GS!
 

SPNarwhal

macrumors 65816
Apr 22, 2009
1,260
156
illinois
Had this Nextel has my first cell phone. I was in 8th grade. My parents were big on the Walkie-Talkie feature, especially my dad. Damn, those phones were annoying.

Hey, wow. I was in the same boat. Same exact story, and same exact phone model and everything.

When I finally got a phone that I wanted, it was between the Sidekick 3 and the Helio Ocean. I wonder what ever happened to Helio.

I went with the Sidekick.

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Still probably my favorite phone. If they didn't make the new one just another Android phone, I would have probably gotten it.
 

PsstGreek

macrumors 68040
Oct 21, 2010
3,776
59
Tampa Bay
Hey, wow. I was in the same boat. Same exact story, and same exact phone model and everything.

When I finally got a phone that I wanted, it was between the Sidekick 3 and the Helio Ocean. I wonder what ever happened to Helio.

I went with the Sidekick.

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Still probably my favorite phone. If they didn't make the new one just another Android phone, I would have probably gotten it.

The walkie-talkie came in handy, especially when we went on cruises every year. The dedicated walkie-talkie beat the hell out of the ones you could by anywhere.
 

SPNarwhal

macrumors 65816
Apr 22, 2009
1,260
156
illinois
The walkie-talkie came in handy, especially when we went on cruises every year. The dedicated walkie-talkie beat the hell out of the ones you could by anywhere.

It was great in the same way texting is great, since you can walkie and say what needs to be said and it's done with. Also, they have no choice but to answer it.
 

Queso

Suspended
Mar 4, 2006
11,821
8
Horrible bloody thing it was too, thinking back. Very plasticky feel and with an enormous sticky out antenna even for the year. I remember wishing I'd got a Nokia instead.

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Happybunny

macrumors 68000
Sep 9, 2010
1,792
1,389
A bank here in the Netherlands back in 2000 gave you this mobile phone if you opened an account with for more than a year.
The Postbank phone as it became known was a very big success.:D

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I used mine for years.
 

rbrian

macrumors 6502a
Jul 24, 2011
784
342
Aberdeen, Scotland
My first, a Motorola C520 from 1999.

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That was my second mobile phone but I was 36. :D

That looks a lot like my first phone, but I can't remember exactly. The one after that was the Vodafone MN1, which everybody had for about 6 months before we all started getting Nokia 3310s. After a succession of different Nokias, all of which have been posted already, (the 8210 was my favourite), I got a crappy HTC S620 with Windows Mobile 5. Surprisingly it didn't turn me off smartphones altogether; it just made me appreciated the iPhone 3GS all the more when I finally got it!

I have blanked out the memory of the LiMo-limping (not running) Vodafone 360 Samsung H1 I had for about 2 months in between.
 

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MattA

macrumors 6502
May 15, 2006
459
203
Orlando, FL
My first cell phone that I actually used a lot was my Qualcomm QCP-2700

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It was a brick, but you couldn't kill it.
 

Big-TDI-Guy

macrumors 68030
Jan 11, 2007
2,606
13
My first cell phone that I actually used a lot was my Qualcomm QCP-2700

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It was a brick, but you couldn't kill it.

That was the phone my employer made me use! Predates the "Blackberry" wheel by quite a bit, but had completely forgotten about until now.

Also, seeing that Startac just above me, the last great Motorola (opinion here) - insanely tough, even of the antennas were not. At least they were cheap. They also had a nasty habit of ripping the hairs out of your head just above the ear if you let your guard down!

Ahh... Back when belt clips were required by anyone SRS bout BZNS. :p
 
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