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What was some of your first cell phones...before the iPhone?
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What I meant was the Diamond had WinMo 6.1 while the Touch Pro had WinMo 6.1 Pro.
And I hear you about Sprint (I'm still a customer). I got my Touch Pro because it was the closest thing I could find that Sprint was selling that remotely resembled the iPhone. I wanted one (iPhone), but I wasn't leaving Sprint to AT&T for it.
As it turned out I was laughing for a while at a few of my friends because the TP had cut/paste and MMS out of the box while their iPhones did not (at that time).
The funny thing is that HTC originally marketed the Touch Pro as the "iPhone killer". Which was hilarious because the screen on the TP is even smaller than the screen on the 3GS! Diamond/Touch Pro/Touch Pro 2 were great phones, but part of a long line of now dead "iPhone killers".
I remember that, I didn't mind they Diamond but I did go through 8 (I am not even joking) RMA's for various issues.
but still enjoyed the phone for the most part.
on a side note, its nice to see a "friendly" thread on here for once!
I had just two TPs. And my first one would have been the only one but I put it in an unrecoverable state (or so I thought) and Sprint replaced it. About an hour after replacing it I found the button combination that would have saved it, but it was too late. The second TP was a refurb. It was a good phone, but it wasn't new and you could tell.
Despite that I never had any of the TP/Diamond issues that were always being reported. I sent the TP off to Maryland last year so a Sprint user could keep his SERO plan as it was still going then. All I have left is the stylus, LOL!
My wife's TP had only two issues. The vibrator motor went out and Sprint fixed it. Because of TEP, her second issue allowed us to get it replaced free and Sprint gave her a Touch Pro 2 because they had no more TPs. She was using that until last year when I bought her an iPhone 5.
As to friendly threads yes, kind of nice.
I've never been able to locate the model of my first cell phone. It was a Motorola of some sort, about the size of a typical cordless phone and curvy. It was cool. This was 1998 I believe.
I then got a Nokia 2110, which was a brick of a phone but had such advanced features as a directory for numbers!
I then had a Nokia 3330 candy bar for three years. I followed that with a tiny Samsung flip phone and then a Sony Ericsson w580i.
Then: iPhone 3Gs, 4, 4S, 5, 5S and 6.
I then got a Nokia 2110, which was a brick of a phone but had such advanced features as a directory for numbers!
I then had a Nokia 3330 candy bar for three years. I followed that with a tiny Samsung flip phone and then a Sony Ericsson w580i.
Then: iPhone 3Gs, 4, 4S, 5, 5S and 6.
I still have my first phone, the Nokia 252 with a snazzy wood patterned faceplate. I guess this would've been around 1996 or 7. It seems almost laughably primitive compared to what we have now, but I was amused to see that it has a 79-page user's manual.
I also had a Sony Ericsson phone (the one that had some very basic interaction with a Mac via bluetooth, if anyone recalls). Then the RAZR (which was actually a pretty sexy device). Then the first iPhone and I haven't looked back.
I also had a Sony Ericsson phone (the one that had some very basic interaction with a Mac via bluetooth, if anyone recalls). Then the RAZR (which was actually a pretty sexy device). Then the first iPhone and I haven't looked back.
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The first mobile phone I ever had was a Virgin Mobile Kyocera Slider V5 MTV Edition. It had an external antenna and no camera.
Later upgraded to the Sony Ericsson W880i in high school. At the time, it was one of the thinnest phones available, and had a front-facing camera for video calling, but the 3G bands did not work in America.
Needed to get a mobile web-enabled phone when I got to college, so I opted for the iPhone 3GS (which had been out for a few months) after considering the Palm Pre.
When my contract was up with AT&T in 2011, I got the HTC Rezound on Verizon for the LTE capabilities and 720p display (highest pixel density of any phone marketed in America at the time). Battery life was terrible, Android was buggy, and I couldn't get reception in many places, so I ended up returning the Rezound and upgrading to the iPhone 4S back on AT&T.
Currently an iPhone 6 Plus user since launch day.
Later upgraded to the Sony Ericsson W880i in high school. At the time, it was one of the thinnest phones available, and had a front-facing camera for video calling, but the 3G bands did not work in America.
Needed to get a mobile web-enabled phone when I got to college, so I opted for the iPhone 3GS (which had been out for a few months) after considering the Palm Pre.
When my contract was up with AT&T in 2011, I got the HTC Rezound on Verizon for the LTE capabilities and 720p display (highest pixel density of any phone marketed in America at the time). Battery life was terrible, Android was buggy, and I couldn't get reception in many places, so I ended up returning the Rezound and upgrading to the iPhone 4S back on AT&T.
Currently an iPhone 6 Plus user since launch day.
Motorola V300
Got into the cell phone hacking game back then too. I remember flashing virgin files to remove the T-Mobile brandinf, enable the 850MHz band, enabling video playback and recording, etc
Got into the cell phone hacking game back then too. I remember flashing virgin files to remove the T-Mobile brandinf, enable the 850MHz band, enabling video playback and recording, etc
I had a bunch but the most memorable were the Sony Ericsson Z500a and the last phone I had before my iPhone 4 was a Samsung Impression.
My first: Qualcomm QCP-2700, on Sprint.
I was a young, stupid kid with a credit card back then. But I was also away from home and it actually worked out in the end, because Sprint was the first to offer nationwide calling on their plans, and the cost worked out be less than landline with long distance calling.
I was a phone junky though. Nowadays I upgrade iPhones every year, but that was nothing compared to my every-three-months habit before. I would jump on various Sanyo phones, including the first US Cameraphone, And the first ultra thin phone.
If you deny that Samsung copies rather than innovates, then I suggest you feast your eyes on the Samsung Blade, made specifically for Sprint as an attempt to copy the Motorola RAZR.
I got the Blade, and then the RAZR when it finally came out for Sprint.
Then there were my smartphones: Treo 650. Treo 700P.. The Blackberry 8703c.
Still don't think Samsung copies others? Have a Samsung BlackJack. I did.
Then there was the Treo 750, my last non-Apple phone.
Note: All the wikipedia articles I've linked to except the Samsung Blackjack have photos that I took of my phones that I owned at the time.
I was a young, stupid kid with a credit card back then. But I was also away from home and it actually worked out in the end, because Sprint was the first to offer nationwide calling on their plans, and the cost worked out be less than landline with long distance calling.
I was a phone junky though. Nowadays I upgrade iPhones every year, but that was nothing compared to my every-three-months habit before. I would jump on various Sanyo phones, including the first US Cameraphone, And the first ultra thin phone.
If you deny that Samsung copies rather than innovates, then I suggest you feast your eyes on the Samsung Blade, made specifically for Sprint as an attempt to copy the Motorola RAZR.
I got the Blade, and then the RAZR when it finally came out for Sprint.
Then there were my smartphones: Treo 650. Treo 700P.. The Blackberry 8703c.
Still don't think Samsung copies others? Have a Samsung BlackJack. I did.
Then there was the Treo 750, my last non-Apple phone.
Note: All the wikipedia articles I've linked to except the Samsung Blackjack have photos that I took of my phones that I owned at the time.
My very first cellphone was an Alcatel one that could only text in all CAPs. That was followed by a Nokia 3330 (Snake! Ringtone maker! ASCII SMS!). Then I got a Sony Ericsson T68i, a Sony Ericsson T680 and a Sony Ericsson Z500 before going iPhone 16GB -> iPhone 3GS 32GB -> iPhone 4 32GB -> iPhone 5 32GB -> iPhone 5s 32GB. The 3G is the only one I actually skipped buying. I had a 4S but sold it and went back to the 4 which had better battery life. The 4S I have now used to be my brother's before he upgraded to the 5s.
I had an LG Dare (not too long ago). I remember thinking it was awesome #. Before that a Motorola Razr.
Blackberry-8700,bold,curve,flip,storm
Sanyo katana pink
LG rumor
Palm centro pink
HTC-hero,Evo shift,4g,3D
Windows HTC Titan
Samsung Galaxy s2,s3
iPhone-4,4s,5s,6-haven't looked back!
Sanyo katana pink
LG rumor
Palm centro pink
HTC-hero,Evo shift,4g,3D
Windows HTC Titan
Samsung Galaxy s2,s3
iPhone-4,4s,5s,6-haven't looked back!
I had that Samsung blade and paid about $300 for it I believe. it was my last phone with sprint. I went with Cingular when the original iPhone came out. never looked back.
What a weird phone. And yes, I had it too (one of the few who had it). It's quite a conversation piece with the antenna that needed to be pulled up and mic flipped down to make and take calls. Oh and the scroll wheel on the side that basically controlled most of the phone. Takes me back to 2000. Can't believe it's been that long.
I started with a Motorola DPC550 waaaaay back in the day. Then I got a basic grayscale Nokia that lead to a passion for the brand and eventually a multi-Year flirtation with Symbian phones. There was a Sony-Ericsson phase in there too until I discovered the Palm Treo. Had a bunch of them. The growing instability of the Palm OS (Garnett) spawned a 10+ year love affair with BlackBerry, something I'm still not completely over. Tried a few Android phones, a couple WP phones, and finally an iPhone. My wife had the original iPhone (still have it as a backup for pre-paid SIMs) but my first iPhone was a 4s.
I've been jonesing for a BlackBerry Passport but it might not come to Verizon at all. I'm 90% iPhone 6 now but I occasionally swap over to a BlackBerry Q10 or a Nokia Lumia Icon. Yes, I have commitment issues.
I've been jonesing for a BlackBerry Passport but it might not come to Verizon at all. I'm 90% iPhone 6 now but I occasionally swap over to a BlackBerry Q10 or a Nokia Lumia Icon. Yes, I have commitment issues.
