So before the revolutionary iPhone hit the market, what cell phone did you have?

[fishmoose]

This one:

Worked pretty well, until i had it under a music festival and it was raining like no tomorrow. Then i decided to get an iPhone when they arrived to Sweden.

EDIT: It's an LG U880 for people interested.

 

[seand1111]

In the last 18months I have had a LOT of phones.....So far, i like the iPhone and the BB Curve the best....

Here they are, in order;

1. LG CE110 (free phone I got when I signed up with ATT)
2. BlackBerry 8700 (Wanted a Smart Phone)
3. BlackBerry Pearl (could not stand to type on that, switched back to the 8700, but i did like some of the other functions of it, over the 8700)
4. Blackberry Curve (best combination of the Pearl and 8700 at the time)
5. LG VU (wanted to try my hand at touch screen, should have got the iPhone then.... Went back to my Curve)
6. ATT Tilt (Again, like the idea of touch screen and a REAL keyboard.....yeah, that phone sucked.....Back to the Curve)
7. Motorola Q9 (Got this since the wife broke her Pearl and wanted my Curve)
8. iPhone (1st Gen 16gig given to me by my mother, who had been trying to get me to get an iPhone for a long long time, when she upgraded to 3G and my wife washed the Curve)
9. iPhone (8gig 3G, current phone...but I am waiting to see what comes out in June... )

I still have the 8700 and the Moto Q, either sold the others or watched them get killed by the wife. Prior to the iPhone 3G, I spent $170 TOTAL for all the other phones combined......gotta love ATT at times.... (this list does ot even include the phones my wife had, some of the above she got, but she had even more than me....)

 

[ajohnson253]

Verizon, enV2. Voyager

then went to at&t iphone 3G. never turned back.

 

[svndmvn]

had that for about 4 yrs

 

[cellocello]

Here they are, in order;

1. LG CE110
2. BlackBerry 8700
3. BlackBerry Pearl
4. Blackberry Curve
5. LG VU
6. ATT Tilt
7. Motorola Q9
8. iPhone
9. iPhone 3G

I still have the 8700 and the Moto Q, either sold the others or watched them get killed by the wife. Prior to the iPhone 3G, I spent $170 TOTAL for all the other phones combined......gotta love ATT at times.... (this list does ot even include the phones my wife had, some of the above she got, but she had even more than me....)

What's up with that? Why were you getting all these phones for free?

 

[cmcbridejr]

I had the original iPhone - the Motorola SLVR with iTunes.

This was the first mobile phone to integrate with iTunes.

 

[seand1111]

1. LG CE110 (Free)
2. BlackBerry 8700 ($50)
3. BlackBerry Pearl ($50)
4. Blackberry Curve ($40)
5. LG VU ($35, after $50 mail in rebate)
6. ATT Tilt (Free)
7. Motorola Q9 (Free)
8. iPhone (Free, since my mother gave it to me)
9. iPhone (Paid $200 for this, but I said excluding this one)

What's up with that? Why were you getting all these phones for free?

I guess you could say I exploited a Loop hole in the ATT Premier system (either that, or my company has a really kick ass deal with ATT)....it was allowing me to login and "buy" new phones without upgrading my contract, adding new lines, or anything....the only time it changed anything was when I got the 3G iPhone, it gave me a new 2 year contract. But I still have not figured out why I only paid $200 for it (it was a refurbished one and it said that was full price.....ok....).

 

[mackpro]

I had every Treo known to man

Treo 600, Treo 650, Treo 680, Treo 700p, Treo 700w.. even tried a blackberry and one of those Motorola Qs .. the iPhone sucks ass but is better than any of the other options

 

[freediverdude]

I had a pre-paid Nokia from Virgin Mobile, lol. It was their cheapest phone- monochrome screen, no features to speak of. So I went from that, a $20 every 3 months, to a high end smartphone, the 1st gen iphone, with it's $80 per month bill, in one day. Talk about overwhelming. But I've never looked back, and stood in line for the 3G on its release.

 

[rburly]

The Razr. It was reliable, thin and sturdy.

 

[askthedust]

treo 650

 

[Robertjn2000]

I miss my brick!

The good old days!!

Back when you had no worries about copy and paste, MMS, Vid Recording, etc.. Plus you never had to worry about flushing this bad boy down the toilet!! (Anyone remember just how much of a chick magnet you were with one of these?)

 

[kdarling]

Previous was a Samsung i730 Smartphone, upgraded to WM 5.

528MHz overclockable to 700MHz.
EVDO.
WiFi.
Multi-device IR remote control app built-in.
Stereo speakers with surround sound.
Slide-down keyboard like the Pre.

If they updated it, making it slimmer, a bigger display, but keeping the same keyboard, it'd be a hit. Lots of closet i730 lovers out there.

 

[drakeshipway]

i hate bell, and i hate the phone.

i only liked how thin it was.

 

[cjandnw]

Unlocked Treo 680 using Cingy

 

[uiop.]

i hate bell, and i hate the phone.

i only liked how thin it was.

Gah I hate that phone too...my friend has it on Sprint. It's impossible to use.

 

[redman042]

I had a Motorola Q on Verizon. Loved the network, and initially I loved the phone as well. I thought it was so slick having such a thin and sleek smartphone. But I eventually became totally sick of the abomination that is Windows Mobile.

There's only one thing worse than Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile Smartphone Edition. Buggy, laggy, AND stripped down.

I contemplated getting a touchscreen WinMo phone for quite a while before I decided to leave WinMo altogether. Then I started thinking about the Blackberry Storm, back when it was only a rumor. Finally when the iPhone 3G came out, I decided to jump ship (AT&T's network was the reason I wavered).

Now I'll never look back. The iPhone beats 'em all!

 

[jkimbro0316]

I got a RAZR in September of 2006 and used it from then until December of 2007 when I upgraded to a Samsung BlackJack 2, then September of 2008 I finally upgraded to an iPhone, I wanted one for the longest time!

Pics down below:

 

[drakeshipway]

Gah I hate that phone too...my friend has it on Sprint. It's impossible to use.

yeah! it was awful!
texting was so hard, cause the screen is so god damn small.
and the touchpad on the back doesn't even work.

SO happy i have my iPhone now

 

[BigWill]

I had the ridiculously cheap iPhone rip-off... the Instinct.

It was just STOOPID difficult to use, and the browser was a big steamy pile o' crap. I got the phone the day before it came out, and then couldn't wait to be able to switch to the iPhone. Luckily, there was a material change in the Sprint contract, which allowed me utilize a loophole to drop the service without paying the early termination fee.

I am SO happy with my iPhone!!

 

[Cheese]

The iPhone 3G is my first ever personal (not shared) cell phone. I have used or tested a lot of other phones over the years and the iPhone 3G is by far the best sounding, easiest to use, and has the fewest dropped calls of any that I have tried. Having said that, the carrier (AT&T) still does not have 3G coverage in my area. AND NO! My iPhone does NOT cost me $100 per month as some journalists have reported. As a side note, a rep at the local AT&T store told me this, "Our edge network is faster than their 3G service!" Anyone know if there is any truth to this?

 

[cows489]

I've had many phones in my past due to breakage, water damage and all that fun stuff.
Well, last three phones: Blackberry Pearl, iPhone, and iPhone 3G.

I've had to replace a few times my iPhones. Lamerzzz

 

[Stuart in Oz]

This one:

And now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go and have some counseling to deal with the memories that just returned.

 

[PhxBlue]

LG env

 

[Minus Human]

Sony Ericsson P1i