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What was some of your first cell phones...before the iPhone?
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It was a fantastic phone. I remember it took me a while to get used to the keys, but once I did, I was so fast at typing! It was a great phone indeed, and I still have the phone but the battery is completely dead.
The one I really wanted was the SX1 McLaren Edition, but it was like double the price. That was a beautiful piece of kit!
Ditto. I have to agree that those two phones were the very best non-smart phones I ever had. I have to also give kudos to the Sony-Ericsson W810i, which was my favorite phone ever...except the earpiece speaker was so low that everybody had trouble hearing incoming calls. Oh well...
I've had most everything in the last 15-years or so...as far as smartphones go, I was big into the Nokia N95, then was a Palm Treo guy...then began my long relationship with BlackBerry. I jumped back and forth between various BlackBerry models (9700, 9900...9930, Z10, Z30) and the iPhone ever since the first gen iPhone (I had the first one in my town, I think!)...until I tried the touchscreen BlackBerrys, and found them to be utter junk. I knew at that point that I was truly an iPhone guy from there on...
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Mine was the OKI in a smaller case. I also recall being charged .90 per minute on top of the $40 or so monthly plan. Roaming was also ridiculously priced.
I can't remember what it was called but in 2005 I bought a Sanyo flip phone on Sprint. It was whatever the cheapest phone they had in their lineup was at the time because back then all I cared about was being able to talk.
About 2-3 lost Sprint flip phones later I witnessed the iPhone 3G in 2008, switched to AT&T, and have been Apple ever since.
About 2-3 lost Sprint flip phones later I witnessed the iPhone 3G in 2008, switched to AT&T, and have been Apple ever since.
Ok I went through the first 3 pages and didnt see this one.
The first phone with iTunes. Come one people.
Putting music on it was painfull, and IIRC it was less than a gig at that.
It did have some of the best speakers ever on a mobile phone.
The first phone with iTunes. Come one people.
Putting music on it was painfull, and IIRC it was less than a gig at that.
It did have some of the best speakers ever on a mobile phone.
I believe the ROKR was limited to 100 songs regardless of whether you added extra storage. Kind of mind-boggling.
Yeah I remember those ROKR's at Cingular. When I moved to Florida, I switched to Verizon with a RAZR because Ctingular's reception was horrible here at the time. I switched back (then AT&T) when the iPhone 3G was released. Thankfully their service has improved much since then.....
I've tallied all my phones into a spreadsheet:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107147622/Jai's Gadget History.xlsx
Basically:
Year Age Brand Model Number
2001 13 Motorolla ???
2002 14 Nokia 3310
2003 15 NEC e606
2004 16 NEC A1000
2005 17 Motorolla Razr
2006 18 Nokia N76
2007 19 Nokia 6500 Slide
2008 20 Nokia 6500 Classic
2009 21 iPhone 3G
2010 22 iPhone 4
2011 23 iPhone 4S
2011 23 HTC Wildfire
2012 24 iPhone 5
2012 24 Nokia 8250
2013 25 iPhone 5s
2013 25 Google/LG Nexus 5
2013 25 iPhone 5
2014 26 iPhone 6
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/107147622/Jai's Gadget History.xlsx
Basically:
Year Age Brand Model Number
2001 13 Motorolla ???
2002 14 Nokia 3310
2003 15 NEC e606
2004 16 NEC A1000
2005 17 Motorolla Razr
2006 18 Nokia N76
2007 19 Nokia 6500 Slide
2008 20 Nokia 6500 Classic
2009 21 iPhone 3G
2010 22 iPhone 4
2011 23 iPhone 4S
2011 23 HTC Wildfire
2012 24 iPhone 5
2012 24 Nokia 8250
2013 25 iPhone 5s
2013 25 Google/LG Nexus 5
2013 25 iPhone 5
2014 26 iPhone 6
You've had smartphones for a long time. I had that HTC Touch too running Windows Mobile 6.1 when it came out in '07. Awesome little phone (2.8 inch screen with stylus), ok OS. My gateway to smartphones and iPhone since then too.
My first phone was a hand me down TracFone Nokia, and then I got another crappy TracFone a couple of years after. Of course, even TracFones were the coolest thing ever my old 12 year old self, but now that I have an iPhone 6, well, TracFones are not so cool.
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My first phone was a Kyocera 2235 on MetroPCS, from 2004-2005 or so.
Then I got a Palm Treo 650 on Sprint, and had that from 2005-2009.
Then I got a Palm Pre, also on Sprint, and had that for only slightly more than a year before I finally got my iPhone 4 on AT&T.
As I look through this thread I'm amazed at how few people owned Smartphones before the iPhone. And I do remember; when I had my Treo 650 from '05 to '09, it was VERY unique. Very few people had Treos, or any smartphone period. They didn't really take off until 2009 or so.
Also, while it sucks now, Sprint was AMAZING back in the 2005-2010 timeline. They only went to hell service-wise in the last four years or so.
Then I got a Palm Treo 650 on Sprint, and had that from 2005-2009.
Then I got a Palm Pre, also on Sprint, and had that for only slightly more than a year before I finally got my iPhone 4 on AT&T.
As I look through this thread I'm amazed at how few people owned Smartphones before the iPhone. And I do remember; when I had my Treo 650 from '05 to '09, it was VERY unique. Very few people had Treos, or any smartphone period. They didn't really take off until 2009 or so.
Also, while it sucks now, Sprint was AMAZING back in the 2005-2010 timeline. They only went to hell service-wise in the last four years or so.
Hah, which touchscreen BlackBerrys? I had the Storm2. Pretty much the worst attempt at a touchscreen EVER. It was a giant button.
Yup, I went with Sidekick 1, Sidekick 2(for 30 days) then Sidekick 3. But before Sidekick, I had a RIM 950. Why I picked Sidekick series? Because many deaf communities used them.
My first cell phone in 96 was a little Ericcson. Felt like a king as cell phones weren't that popular where I lived. After that I owned a bunch of phones from Nokia, LG, Motorola, Samsung, Sony and then moved to the 3G, 3GS, 4, 4s, 5, 5s and now the 6 plus. I've always liked techy things