Post your first Cell Phone

Biggs88 · Jul 6, 2012, 01:46 PM

Grab a shot off the net and post up a pic of your first cell phone.

Here was mine:

Motorola V300. MAN I loved that thing!!

Not as much as I love my 4S now tho. . . .

theMaccer · Jul 6, 2012, 01:54 PM

Nokia 8310 in 2001

Not my pic

SchneiderMan · Jul 6, 2012, 01:59 PM

Nokia 5110 with classic bite marks on the rubber antenna.

Everyone had a Nokia come on. They were indestructible too!

ericrwalker · Jul 6, 2012, 02:06 PM

Ericsson GH 688, had it for a week before I traded up to the KF 788

Dr McKay · Jul 6, 2012, 02:10 PM

Nokia 3210

PsstGreek · Jul 6, 2012, 02:12 PM

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.

M0esmac · Jul 6, 2012, 02:50 PM

yetanotherdave · Jul 6, 2012, 02:56 PM

Awful, I was so jealous of the nokia 5110. Also the stupid ariel ripped a hole in my jacket lining

Destroysall · Jul 6, 2012, 02:58 PM

colour · Jul 6, 2012, 09:01 PM

This! Probably one of the best phone of all time !

but I honestly have had so many phones since then I can't even name/count them, between 15-25. No Idea, I usually change every 4-7 months.

Anyone else do this ? Or am I weird.

thinkpatience · May 9, 2013, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by M0esmac

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Mine too, prepaid of course :-D

TheBeastman13 · Jul 8, 2012, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by PsstGreek

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

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!

SPNarwhal · Jul 10, 2012, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by PsstGreek

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.

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

PsstGreek · Jul 10, 2012, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SPNarwhal

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.

charlieegan3 · Jul 6, 2012, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ericrwalker

Ericsson GH 688, had it for a week before I traded up to the KF 788

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That second one reminds me of the phone from the 1st matrix.

Mr. Retrofire · Sep 5, 2012, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by charlieegan3

That second one reminds me of the phone from the 1st matrix.

I think it was the Nokia 8110:
http://www.retrobrick.com/81102.html

;-)

SchneiderMan · Sep 5, 2012, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

I think it was the Nokia 8110:
http://www.retrobrick.com/81102.html

;-)

I thought that was the coolest phone ever at the time of the release.

charlieegan3 · Sep 6, 2012, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

I think it was the Nokia 8110:
http://www.retrobrick.com/81102.html

;-)

Ha, so it is, cool phone - great movie.

Roessnakhan · Jul 6, 2012, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SchneiderMan

Nokia 5110 with classic bite marks on the rubber antenna.

Everyone had a Nokia come on. They were indestructible too!

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The many hours of Snake I played on that thing...

webslinger85 · Jul 6, 2012, 08:54 PM

Isn't it funny to think how awesome we used to think our old phones were?

j.dstasio · Jul 6, 2012, 09:05 PM

Motorola StarTac... Yes. LED display.

dmrowley · Jul 6, 2012, 09:40 PM

I got my first "mobile" in 1995, and this is the closest thing I can find that looks like it. A Motorola Bag Phone, that I had hardwired into my '94 Mustang GT. Ah, those were good times.

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Biggs88 · Jul 7, 2012, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by j.dstasio

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Motorola StarTac... Yes. LED display.

My uncle had one of these when they first came out. He owned a multi million dollar business at the time and he drove a SL500.

Man I always thought he was so bad ass.

I remember he used to have like twenty spare batteries around his house and car!

NZed · Jul 7, 2012, 02:22 AM

Looking at all the cell phones posted, I'm young

Me and my dad had one each, one black and one blue.

NewAnger · Jul 7, 2012, 02:41 AM

Purchased in 1993, it was $99 and included a free leather case and extra extended battery. I seriously enjoyed using this phone but back then, the airtime was expensive, about $200 for 6 hours.

The phone could retain a call when swapping batteries and was analog. Sometimes, the sound quality was much better than what we have now.

Panasonic model EB-3511

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