Nah, you're forgetting it's predecessor 3210.
This thing was rock solid. Battery lasted for ages. And snake... snake... snaaaaake! Only lacked a vibrate function...
Sometimes my dad would bring that last one home from his job if he was going on a business trip. I remember on one or two occasions he also came home with a Lincoln Town Car that I think was a company vehicle mostly driven by the company president and it had a car phone in it.
For a long time I thought that a rotary phone was one of those old wall mounted phones with the horn that you had to crank to make a call because all of those "things people born after 19XX don't recognize" lists had rotary phones on them. I was born after 19XX and basically everyone I knew had one of these so it couldn't be a rotary phone.
Hah! Those horn phones were rare in antique stores when I was a child. :)
I remember my parents telling me we didn't own the phone (pictured) in their bedroom. Turns out it was rented from AT&T. Young me was shocked at the notion. "But it's in our house!"
At some point we upgraded to a push button version, of our own. Don't think AT&T wanted the old one back. Got one out of the trash, sitting here now, wife wants me to toss it. "No! That and mom's cursive typewriter stay!"
Never in my house, but I had an elderly lady neighbor in elementary that I would play board games with my siblings that had one. I remember having to use it one afternoon and her teaching me. I don't remember the lesson exactly, but it definitely didn't last long.
Not my first phone but moved back to it after my first smartphone because it was so solid. The only negatives about it were the proprietary connector (normal at the time) and sms not having a rolling delete.
I used it for 9 years. When I finally changed it, everyone was already using smartphones for a while. I could navigate the menu and text entirely by touch, which was practical during classes :)
I'm old enough to remember how in my third world country where I grew up people could buy plastic versions of the first model to pretend they were talking while walking on the street, because no one could actually afford a real one
I had a toy version of number 1. My first was number 4 or a similar model, a hand-me-down from my dad when I started driving and he upgraded to number 5. We actually found number 4 while clearing out the house when moving my parents a couple years ago. Not sure why they still had it; it had been years since anyone used it when they moved in almost 20 years earlier.
Number 9, or something similar. It was a Bosch without keylock, so it called random people when it was in by school backpack (too big for pocket) as it had soft silicone buttons sticking out. You know, when calling was super expensive. My parents weren't happy. Soon after I got a Nokia 3210 which had keylock and fitted in my pocket. And had snake.
5 I remember liking dot matrix screen and browsing bit rushed WAP sites on it. Also being annoyed about having to activate the phone before I could use it.
My first phone was one of the Nokia bricks around the time of the 3310. When I was in middle school my old man carried a pager. He eventually had a phone around #5. My first was somewhere between 7-10.
With my first body shop, I ordered a used Sony Ericsson T800 from eBay that came from Europe. It was one of the first smartphones, pre android and with a resistive touch screen. I knew the utility was far more valuable. A bunch of family and friends swore up and down about their dumb flip phones and razors, and how I was crazy.
When I was a kid you couldn't choose your phone. Or I guess you could choose between wall mounted or tabletop. They were leased from the phone company when you paid for a phone line.
My grandmother kept her bakelite rotary phone until she couldn't call her doctor without a touchtone.
Yeah, number one was Zack Morris's phone. I think that the first mobile phone that I had was close to four. It definitely had the extendable antenna and was a flip phone but not a true flip phone like 5.
11 because I was still super young and got my first real job at age 22, and it was still an era when cell phones weren't requirements, and my parents absolutely weren't paying for them yet. Felt super cool getting such a crazy phone, but the appeal rubbed off quick once I got those on call calls at 3am...
Motorola D160. That thing was an absolute tank. Switched to the Nokia 5110 but still kept the D160 for the more rough stuff, camping trips, construction, etc.
Can't say I miss having that thing strapped to my belt though 😅
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Why would you not include the most epic of Nokia phones, the 3310?
Nah, you're forgetting it's predecessor 3210. This thing was rock solid. Battery lasted for ages. And snake... snake... snaaaaake! Only lacked a vibrate function...
And 50% of the ppl in my town had one.
I was looking for it as well!
How's this not on the list!
Author started in 90s and missed entire generation of 80s suitcase phones
This.
Where's the bag phone?? The carphone???
Imagine having to buy a whole ass car just to make a phone call.
Was Gunna say, these pics are not old enough to give a correct answer for me.
Sometimes my dad would bring that last one home from his job if he was going on a business trip. I remember on one or two occasions he also came home with a Lincoln Town Car that I think was a company vehicle mostly driven by the company president and it had a car phone in it.
Those were tougher than Nokia's.
Old enough?!
For a long time I thought that a rotary phone was one of those old wall mounted phones with the horn that you had to crank to make a call because all of those "things people born after 19XX don't recognize" lists had rotary phones on them. I was born after 19XX and basically everyone I knew had one of these so it couldn't be a rotary phone.
Hah! Those horn phones were rare in antique stores when I was a child. :)
I remember my parents telling me we didn't own the phone (pictured) in their bedroom. Turns out it was rented from AT&T. Young me was shocked at the notion. "But it's in our house!"
At some point we upgraded to a push button version, of our own. Don't think AT&T wanted the old one back. Got one out of the trash, sitting here now, wife wants me to toss it. "No! That and mom's cursive typewriter stay!"
punch people with it. satisfying ding
https://youtu.be/EJSgBv-WrSw?t=103
The one with a damn cord, you ageist bastard :P
Also wheres Nokia 3310
I remember number 1 from when I played GTA Vice City.
I remember 4 from GTA San Andreas .
9.
But I had a sliding faceplate on it so I could be cool like neo.
Also it had Snake.
You could also type in ringtones.
9, but my dad had a 4
12 but my dad had a 1!
look at this dude with rich parents here
Ouch I had a 4
Never in my house, but I had an elderly lady neighbor in elementary that I would play board games with my siblings that had one. I remember having to use it one afternoon and her teaching me. I don't remember the lesson exactly, but it definitely didn't last long.
Not my first phone but moved back to it after my first smartphone because it was so solid. The only negatives about it were the proprietary connector (normal at the time) and sms not having a rolling delete.
I used it for 9 years. When I finally changed it, everyone was already using smartphones for a while. I could navigate the menu and text entirely by touch, which was practical during classes :)
Nokia 3210 was my first phone, then I went down the Nokia rabbit hole ending with the ngage, man I miss that company.
You've got my second, third, and fourth there but my first was this one:
I feel so young. #18 is still before my time...
Only ever saw them in movies originally. But I also grew up in Buttfuck, Egypt so that didn't help.
People joke, but Buttfuck, Egypt is a thriving metropolis of over 4 million now.
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My first phone was #5
Mine was #6 it was a brick
#1 was my 3rd cell phone
Nice. Drug dealer or stock trader?
I'm old enough to remember how in my third world country where I grew up people could buy plastic versions of the first model to pretend they were talking while walking on the street, because no one could actually afford a real one
Gather 'round chillun and let grampy tell you about the times before cell phones
Oh my, I recognise #5! My dad had one of those and I inherited it before I got the classic Nokia brick with Snake and Space Invaders (?).
Damn, are you me?
I had a toy version of number 1. My first was number 4 or a similar model, a hand-me-down from my dad when I started driving and he upgraded to number 5. We actually found number 4 while clearing out the house when moving my parents a couple years ago. Not sure why they still had it; it had been years since anyone used it when they moved in almost 20 years earlier.
Traveling technical sales
What no bag phone!
Only one (#16) brick phone (numerical keypad, internal antenna, no moving parts)? Meanwhile, #7 and #9 might as well be variations of the same model.
Gordon Gecko baby
First actually used was 12
Number 9, or something similar. It was a Bosch without keylock, so it called random people when it was in by school backpack (too big for pocket) as it had soft silicone buttons sticking out. You know, when calling was super expensive. My parents weren't happy. Soon after I got a Nokia 3210 which had keylock and fitted in my pocket. And had snake.
5 I remember liking dot matrix screen and browsing bit rushed WAP sites on it. Also being annoyed about having to activate the phone before I could use it.
My first phone was one of the Nokia bricks around the time of the 3310. When I was in middle school my old man carried a pager. He eventually had a phone around #5. My first was somewhere between 7-10.
With my first body shop, I ordered a used Sony Ericsson T800 from eBay that came from Europe. It was one of the first smartphones, pre android and with a resistive touch screen. I knew the utility was far more valuable. A bunch of family and friends swore up and down about their dumb flip phones and razors, and how I was crazy.
Are you sure it was the T800? I can only find the P800 when googling.
I checks as I had never heard about the T800, but remembered my dad having a P800 for a few years
Could be. Probably.
When I was a kid you couldn't choose your phone. Or I guess you could choose between wall mounted or tabletop. They were leased from the phone company when you paid for a phone line.
My grandmother kept her bakelite rotary phone until she couldn't call her doctor without a touchtone.
9, later 12 (didn't get to keep 9)
https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_cmd_z1-129.php
Something similar to 17, but black and orange. It had the prince of persia and a snowboarding game pre-installed
My first phone was #3
Same, number 3. Still have the original phone number even!
Still have the original phone number?! I think you need to enter this fact into the Guinness world records, you might have a world record with that.
Like 25
Motorola c115
Yeah, number one was Zack Morris's phone. I think that the first mobile phone that I had was close to four. It definitely had the extendable antenna and was a flip phone but not a true flip phone like 5.
11 because I was still super young and got my first real job at age 22, and it was still an era when cell phones weren't requirements, and my parents absolutely weren't paying for them yet. Felt super cool getting such a crazy phone, but the appeal rubbed off quick once I got those on call calls at 3am...
Flip version of 11. The Perl flip.
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My first phone was like 18 but also I didn't get a cellphone until I was nearly 30
1 is older than I am
Motorola D160. That thing was an absolute tank. Switched to the Nokia 5110 but still kept the D160 for the more rough stuff, camping trips, construction, etc.
Can't say I miss having that thing strapped to my belt though 😅
I briefly owned no3 as a replacement device, but started with no10 (or equivalent thereof)