Thats a damn nice phone to own back then, seems like a blast to own in 7th grade
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What was your first cell phone?
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Thats a damn nice phone to own back then, seems like a blast to own in 7th grade
Wish I had a picture, it was a Motorola brick..bought in 1995, had about an hours talk time, and maybe 8 hours standby....totally useless by today's standards, one call and you were pretty much out.
Mine was a Nokia 3110 (I think, it was a predecessor to the 3310). Built like the proverbial brick, battery life of a week and survived a few tumbles!
That's a couple of things I miss, a week battery life and durability!
That's a couple of things I miss, a week battery life and durability!
And the weird thing is that some of them (such as the one I currently use when at home - it's at least a decade old) still work perfectly. They are absolutely indestructible. Wonderful.
Moreover, I have noticed - somewhat to my surprise, that they seem to attract more (stunned) attention than any new phone - the howls of derisive outrage from supposedly cool youngsters is very very funny to behold.
It was cool to have. While everyone had their Blackberries in grade 7, I had this, and it wasn't as cool, but it was still pretty nifty for its time.
I had this phone as well!!! This was an amazing phone because it let me hook it up to the computer and transfer mp3's to use as ringtones. This was major.
Motorola MicroTac 9800
Circa 1994
Analog TDMA
Carrier Cellular One
MSRP $525
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...C_9800x.jpg/375px-Motorola_MicroTAC_9800x.jpg
Circa 1994
Analog TDMA
Carrier Cellular One
MSRP $525
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...C_9800x.jpg/375px-Motorola_MicroTAC_9800x.jpg
Prepaid Motorola flip phone. Don't remember the exact model. Purchased 9/12/2001.
Still use a prepaid phone. See no reason to pay for a smart phone and the associated contract fees just to replicate what my cellular iPad can do (and on a larger screen).
Still use a prepaid phone. See no reason to pay for a smart phone and the associated contract fees just to replicate what my cellular iPad can do (and on a larger screen).
First was a Motorola MicroTAC after graduating, got it in '94 or '95.
Was one of the few kids at college with a cell phone. Also one of the few with a laptop. (My laptop was bought used from a coworker, and was a first-generation 386, positively ancient by the time; and the cell phone was a major splurge.)
Later upgraded to a MicroTAC Elite, then to a few different low-end phones on a few different carriers before getting a Nokia N-Gage in 2005. Yes, AFTER it had been discontinued. I got it used in trade for the generic free cameraphone that came with my new T-Mobile service. I got it solely because I wanted a "smartphone" with Bluetooth that could sync with OS X. Using the Bluetooth headset, it worked just fine. Ended up getting a Bluetooth GPS module and some Symbian GPS software that was halfway decent. Even got a couple games on clearance, just because.
When the iPhone came out, though, I instantly got one. Upgraded to the 3G a year later, then a 4S. Got a 5C at my current job as my work phone, so traded my 4S with my wife for her 4. (I still need a personal phone, but it doesn't need to do much, so she gets better use out of the 4S.)
Was one of the few kids at college with a cell phone. Also one of the few with a laptop. (My laptop was bought used from a coworker, and was a first-generation 386, positively ancient by the time; and the cell phone was a major splurge.)
Later upgraded to a MicroTAC Elite, then to a few different low-end phones on a few different carriers before getting a Nokia N-Gage in 2005. Yes, AFTER it had been discontinued. I got it used in trade for the generic free cameraphone that came with my new T-Mobile service. I got it solely because I wanted a "smartphone" with Bluetooth that could sync with OS X. Using the Bluetooth headset, it worked just fine. Ended up getting a Bluetooth GPS module and some Symbian GPS software that was halfway decent. Even got a couple games on clearance, just because.
When the iPhone came out, though, I instantly got one. Upgraded to the 3G a year later, then a 4S. Got a 5C at my current job as my work phone, so traded my 4S with my wife for her 4. (I still need a personal phone, but it doesn't need to do much, so she gets better use out of the 4S.)
Mine was I believe one of the first Nokia phones ever that had a color screen: the Nokia 6100. Still working and my mother uses it as her main phone now.
In addition to the indestructible Nokias (and I had quite a few of them, indeed, seeing pictures posted here, brings back fond memories) - one of which I still have at home - my mother's antique - and another, slightly less aged, which I use daily, here, at work, too.
Anyway, I must confess to having always rather liked the flip phones. Nokia made a few of them (I remember owning one of them), as did other companies, (some posted here, too). Here, I must confess that I loved the neat and elegant portability of the flip phones. Actually, I'll go further. If a proverbial 'dumb phone' manufacturer still manufactured an elegant flip phone, I'd be sore tempted to buy one
..for now, though, the howls of horror emanating from the curled lips of the youngsters (offspring of friends who stare with appalled stupefaction at my antique Nokia, - which still works perfectly well by the way, even if the battery does not hold an eternal charge), while giving voice to their mingled disbelief and horrified outrage: "But I thought someone with a cool computer like you would have a proper [modern] phone " more than compensate for the threat of social death for committing such crimes against phone fashion .
It was permanently mounted in a vehicle. I couldn't tell you the make and model but it worked, sometimes.
