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Your first cell phone? When, where, why, and what?
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:40 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:40 am
Nokia 5110, for those who are young...
The pager thread got me thinking about cell phones. My first cell phone was a Nokia 5110. I bought it after I left active duty in the USMC and moved back to Louisiana in February 2000. I was 23 years old. Our child was small and would now be with my grandmother when we were both at work. At the time, we had no other reason to buy one.
....a few months later, I was addicted to Snake and sending very short text messages (since it took foreverto type). Damn technology!
When did you get your first cellphone? What was it? Was there a specific reason you got it/bought it?
The pager thread got me thinking about cell phones. My first cell phone was a Nokia 5110. I bought it after I left active duty in the USMC and moved back to Louisiana in February 2000. I was 23 years old. Our child was small and would now be with my grandmother when we were both at work. At the time, we had no other reason to buy one.
....a few months later, I was addicted to Snake and sending very short text messages (since it took foreverto type). Damn technology!
When did you get your first cellphone? What was it? Was there a specific reason you got it/bought it?
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Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:42 am to lsufan9193969700
somewhere early-mid 90s. bag phone which had to be plugged into power to work. 100 minute plan for $50 month.
Coverage sucked in almost every area.
Coverage sucked in almost every area.
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:44 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:42 am to lsufan9193969700
GOAT
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:42 am to lsufan9193969700
Remember the light up antenna they sold at the mall?
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:42 am to lsufan9193969700
The Motorola Star Tac. 1996 and thought I was a pimp.
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:43 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:43 am to lsufan9193969700
Brick Nokia in maybe 2001 or 2002. Those things were indestructible and the battery lasted for days.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:43 am to MorbidTheClown
Bag phone. maybe 92 or 93
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:44 am to MorbidTheClown
This one below, probably like '98 or so? It was a regional plan I remember, my whole family got them at the same time. My mom had a flip phone Motorola before then.
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:44 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:45 am to lsufan9193969700
I got a hand me down Motorola for Christmas I think in 1995 or so. I was around 11. My parents wanted to be able to reach me when I would be out on my bike for several hours at at a time.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:45 am to JackieTreehorn
StarTac was also my first.
It was a great phone.
It was a great phone.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:45 am to lsufan9193969700
I had the same one in blue in 04... Played Snake like a mother fricker 
Got it when my parents upgraded to Keyocera's!
But I wasnt truly a badass until I got the 3510 with the bright arse white lights on the side
Got it when my parents upgraded to Keyocera's!
But I wasnt truly a badass until I got the 3510 with the bright arse white lights on the side
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:47 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:46 am to lsufan9193969700
1994, wife was expecting our first child and a guy I worked with had told me about having to pull off the road to deliver their child on the way to the hospital. I was pretty tight money wise, but wanted no part of that potential. I don’t remember the type of phone, but it actually took AA batteries that I would recharge.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:46 am to lsufan9193969700
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Nokia 5110
Same, but when I was a Soph in HS in 2001. Parents got it for me when I got my first car.
ETA: No text and I think our entire family had like 400 minutes per month
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:49 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:46 am to TigerRob20
This. Around ‘96
And you got charged by the minute which made for an excruciating convo with long- winded people.
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:48 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:48 am to TigerRob20
This is the same phone I had. I was 12 or so, and my parents gave me prepaid minutes, and about 30 text messages a month.
I was on top of the world with the Snake game available at my fingertips though.
I was on top of the world with the Snake game available at my fingertips though.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:48 am to lsufan9193969700
1996 when I moved to SD, I think it was a Nokia, I didn’t get a razor till about 2001 or so.
I remember the first time I got a text message and had to press the letters multiple times to get numbers or a capital letter.
It wasn’t until I purchased a iPhone in about 2007 or 2008 that I could really appreciate the ease of texting.
I remember the first time I got a text message and had to press the letters multiple times to get numbers or a capital letter.
It wasn’t until I purchased a iPhone in about 2007 or 2008 that I could really appreciate the ease of texting.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:50 am to lsufan9193969700
I think it was a Qualcomm POS that Sprint sold in 1999. I only had it for a few months and got out of my contract because the service was so bad.
This looks like it was it.
This looks like it was it.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:50 am to lsufan9193969700
The first law firm I worked for installed one similar to this in my car.
As for a handheld I got a Nokia 1011 about a year or so later.
As for a handheld I got a Nokia 1011 about a year or so later.
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:50 am to lsufan9193969700
Got my first cell phone around 1998 or so. Couldn't afford the Nokia so I had to go with the Ericsson.
This post was edited on 2/17/21 at 10:53 am
Posted on 2/17/21 at 10:51 am to fallguy_1978
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Brick Nokia in maybe 2001 or 2002. Those things were indestructible and the battery lasted for days.
That was my first one too.
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