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re: How old were you when you got your first cell phone?

Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:39 am to
Posted by Spelt it rong
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
11020 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:39 am to
16. LG flip phone with the ghey mirror on the front.
Posted by magildachunks
Member since Oct 2006
36636 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:40 am to
quote:

Had a pager when I was young bc my older brother got a new one and passed his down to me. I was probably 8 or so and thought I was the shite. Not only did I have a pager, but it was one of the clear cover ones, so I thought I was just that much more cool.



So when was your first drug deal?
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:41 am to
Around 38-39, Motorola mounted in car, $99.00 per month and 33 cents a minute, roaming and long distance were extra on top of that, $800.00-$1000.00 monthly bills were not uncommon.
Posted by adavis
North of I-10
Member since Aug 2007
5978 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:42 am to
When I started driving. I was 15 and it was an ugly arse phone.
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
49206 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:43 am to
Well, I started smoking weed at 11.

Didn't start selling until I was about 14 or 15. Got in the game through my sister's boyfriend at the time. Her ex now, as she found out what he was doing and left him and eventually got married to a pretty good dude.
This post was edited on 9/16/17 at 10:44 am
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:44 am to
14
Posted by efrad
Member since Nov 2007
18704 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:45 am to
16. Was about 2003. I was starting to leave the house as my friends got cars. My parents wanted to be able to get in touch with me whenever they wanted, so they got me a cheap Sprint line with minimum minutes and no features like text messaging or data. I got whatever free Nokia phone came with the line.

Had that phone for 4 years or so until the iPhone came out. I bought the iPhone when it dropped to $400 and then starting paying the phone bill myself.
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
34803 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:46 am to
It's funny about this thread coming up.. We had our kids school's City Park Night last night..

One of my son's classmates, who is 8, was carrying around his I phone 6... Kid's parents have a shite ton of money, and even If I had their money, my 8 year old wouldn't have his own phone...
This post was edited on 9/16/17 at 10:47 am
Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:46 am to
18, '01


Posted by SBvital
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:47 am to
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Posted by Hoovertigah
Fayetteville
Member since Sep 2013
3821 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:47 am to
23, in 1998.
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26346 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:52 am to
16 when I started driving and my parents wanted to know where I was at. One of those old Nokia phones from Cingular
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61803 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 10:58 am to
When I was 27 or so and needed one for work. It was of course an older flip phone. Stayed with the old style phone a long as time even after the I-Phones and similar ones came out. I didn't think I needed a "fancy" phone.

I couldn't imagine living without a good phone these days.
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
18563 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:00 am to
When I was in high school my mom had a cell phone that she would make me take when I went out with friends or to movies so she could call me from the house

When I went to college (2003) I got my own cell phone

It was a Nokia

I got real good at Snake
This post was edited on 9/16/17 at 11:01 am
Posted by Fat and Happy
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2013
20257 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:05 am to
I bought my first phone when I was 19 after a summer job. That was in 2001.
Posted by SPEEDY
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Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:08 am to
Posted by AndyCBR
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Nov 2012
8339 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:08 am to
24 years old. Motorola Flip around 1996.

Of course i would have gotten one younger but they were just coming out by then.

Pagers were a big deal in college.

Damn I am getting old!

This post was edited on 9/16/17 at 4:34 pm
Posted by Epic Cajun
Lafayette, LA
Member since Feb 2013
37483 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:16 am to
I was 15, it was a rectangle Nokia, I think the first one with a color screen. I rarely used it because texting wasn't a thing back then. Really just used it to call people for rides, and play games on it.

It was the blue version of this one:
This post was edited on 9/16/17 at 11:21 am
Posted by djangochained
Gardere
Member since Jul 2013
19185 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:17 am to
My parents got me a Nokia in 7th grade
Posted by ThatMakesSense
Fort Lauderdale
Member since Aug 2015
15281 posts
Posted on 9/16/17 at 11:18 am to
The day I turned 18.
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