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Posted by: andrew whiteman

Hi,

I thought this might be an interesting topic.

What was your first phone ?

As far as I'm concerned, mine was a Nokia 5110.
I still have it and it still works.

Posted by: buddhaman

Motorola Startac

Posted by: Ian Brantford

Mine was some analogue Motorola handset of pre-Startac, but post-brick era. You needed the heavy-duty battery to get 24 hours out of it.

My first digital handset was the Nokia 6190. I used that for about six years, as no upgrade that I could find was worth it until the 6230b came along (mainly for the 850MHz).

Posted by: wizard8873

Nokia 3390

Posted by: frail

Qualcomm QCP-860 with Airtouch.

http://www.phone-place.com/images/qpc860.jpg

Posted by: Kam

Nokia 2160 on Rogers (then was Cantel AT&T):
http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/2160

Ended up selling it in a garage sale for $1, literally.

Posted by: bud760

Quote:

Originally Posted by buddhaman

Motorola Startac

X2 Startac FTW!!!

Posted by: ace587

Quote:

Originally Posted by frail

Qualcomm QCP-860 with Airtouch.

http://www.phone-place.com/images/qpc860.jpg

i swear i saw someone with that phone

Posted by: CLS_55

Nextel i95 ... i miss my baby.

Posted by: Wireless Buddy

Motorola MicroTAC 650.

It was BIG!!!

http://img.epinions.com/images/opti...-resized200.jpg

There's a stock picture I found.

Posted by: acbusguru

Nokia 6160, then a Nokia 3200 that I still have, and finally an SE W810i which I currently own

Posted by: Bugwart

OKI 900 from GTE Mobilenet (now Verizon). This phone was also set up (NAM 2) on Korea Mobile Telecom (now SK Telecom)

First digital phones were:
Samsung SCH-4400 (SK Telecom)
Nokia 2120 (AT&T)

Posted by: -Paradigm-

Posted by: roycereece

Samsung SCH-411 on Airtouch (Verizon). Still works!

Posted by: angel_wing0

nokia 8390

Posted by: dgb52

Mine was a Blaupunkt TC-132

Posted by: RevoWution

My first was the Motorola V2288 (above)

It had no clock (I mean, COME ON! Even the most basic of phones have clock!), no vibration, no predictive text, no alarm, no downloadable ringtones, no operator logos, no b/w picture messages... Lol I dunno how I survived with it...

I guess it was my 1st phone, so I stuck with it for about 1.5 years, then bought a Nokia 7210 the day it came out... $1000NZD :|

Now I've got the Sony Ericsson K800i Silver and W810i Black! Beautiful phones! Have all I need!

Posted by: andrew whiteman

Well, thank you all for contributing to this thread.

It seems that starting this thread was a good idea after all.
Always nice to remember about the old time, isn't it ?!

Posted by: ace587

back when battery life was a few hours, and coverage was horrible, oh yes

Posted by: TerribleT

A Tandy Model 17-1060A - from Radio Shack. I also used it as a self defense weapon and probably paid $3.00 a minute to use it

Posted by: NUDAY8

Nokia 1260. Used it on USCC/Eloqui TDMA for about 2 years, until the front LCD screen went out. Those last few weeks I had it I had to hit it against something to make the screen come back on

.. I ended up upgrading to a Motorola V262!

Posted by: amer2912

Innostream 90 here

Used on T-Mobile

Posted by: TruPrettyBoi06

mines was an sk2

Posted by: amer2912

Quote:

Originally Posted by TruPrettyBoi06

mines was an sk2

wow sidekick 2 as your first phone!

Posted by: NextelGuy08

A Nokia...that was not even in color

Posted by: pr5owner

Quote:

Originally Posted by bud760

X2 Startac FTW!!!

x3 Startac was cool cuz it was so small, its actually almost as small as a razr with the thin batt.

got rid of it cuz it stopped ringing.. and i would also miss calls

Posted by: i0wnj00

A Nokia 5190 on Pacific Bell Mobile Services.

Posted by: Bfat567

A kyocera 2345 with verizon freeup. I begged my father to get it for me. I wanted a phone so bad. I was twelve and verizons pay as you go didnt suck.

Posted by: acbusguru

nokia 6160

Posted by: aggro

Xelibri 4

Posted by: mongoos150

Samsung A530.

Posted by: lilmagnus

Moto StarTac

Posted by: Reissman1

some type of Nokia it was Jan 96'

Posted by: sysback07

Motorola StarTAC

Posted by: phelonius

MOTO V2288. My father just got rid of his ("can't find batteries anywhere"). his prepay plan was sold old and good they said he could only choose between three of their phones. lol

Posted by: GoatofCMU

Nextel i205... What a solid phone that thing was. I once took a bad beat at the casino (playin poker), went for a walk, and threw it against the wall... Little sucker bounced off and hit me in the face, haha

Posted by: speed4tu

I had a bag phone for my first phone, then soon upgraded to the Motorola MicroTac or whatever that huge brick phone with the flip on it was.

Posted by: Orlando_65

Lg-VX10...it wasn't even in color!

Posted by: donovan1983

Motorola Profile 300. It was an analog candy-bar phone with an LED display and a talk time of about 45 minutes. I used it on the then recently formed Verizon Wireless, in a former Airtouch market, in late 2000.

My first digital phone came in late 2001 with a Kyocera QCP-2035 on Sprint PCS. Damn that was a solid phone, and the only decent Kyocera ever made (since it was a Qualcomm design and even had the Qualcomm logo on it). It even had WAP access, mind you it took out of my minutes, but that was so cool back then.

Posted by: heero884

The Nokia 3220, I miss the torch light on it

Posted by: 2kflhr

It was an old 3w Motorola bag phone probably got it around '92 around '94 the handhelds were coming out and I got a Nokia something or another. I've still got every phone I ever had....

Posted by: KewLJay

An analogue Nokia 282
1 day stand by!

Posted by: Wireless Buddy

Quote:

Originally Posted by KewLJay

An analogue Nokia 282
1 day stand by!

One day? You were lucky! My Motorola MicroTAC got 2 hours standby!

Posted by: mcdull

Ericsson PF768 and yellow color!

I think it's the first phone that's available in multiple colors (Yellow, Red, Green and Blue, and Black as 788).
US market only gets Blue tough.

Posted by: mark10p

Nokia 1100 with the blue bezel plate. I used it for about a year before i left it on the top of our car and drove away, We got the notorious "THUNK" and like everyone else didn't think anything of it until it was too late. I actually got another one that i think i still have somewhere.

RIP 2004-2005. You were a tough little phone.

Although i can't live without my MotoQ now. Thinking of that story, I might put it on a lead (leash in the US) and make sure that doesn't happen.

Posted by: kashabrown

Motorola Micro-tac Lite (three models - reg, lite, and elite) - no screen, $99 for the reg, $199 for the lite and $399 for the elite with a one-year contract to "cellular one".

Micro-tac lite pic

Posted by: a031363

LOL, I'll date myself. I had a Nokia 100, one of the original brick phones. Here is a link to the best picture of one that I could find: http://www.toolsforstagecraft.com/n324.htm#co40a

Posted by: mtgmtg

audiovox 8910

Posted by: msbbi902

oh man i can't remember...i think it was a samsung slider phone

Posted by: st505

moto startac....then i got a moto v60, then a t720.
always been a moto fan!

Posted by: WebologyChicago

Moto Bag phone, Dont remember the model, just remember paying $100 for it refurbished, and putting it on the ole CellOne Prepay. Had over $700 in airtime credit by the time it finally died, we transferred all the airtime as an account credit for a contract we signed with Cingular. Worked out great!

Posted by: Mintyphone

Motorola Startac was my first mobile as well...

Posted by: jontymisra

Nokia 6100.. heres a pic
http://www.phonenews.com/phones/gsm.../nokia-6100.jpg

Posted by: RileyFreeman

sanyo 4500 from telus (well back then it was clearnet) those were the good ol days. per second billing, insurance on phones (which canadians no longer have) and they would swap a phone for a new one past 30 days.

http://www.telusmobility.com/on/pcs...anyo_4500.shtml

Posted by: Kabuk1

Lets see, my phone history....

1999
Ericsson T18s- only had it for 2 days & returned it b/c I couldn't make ANY calls on Voicestream's crap network.

1999-2001
Nokia 5120- Best, hardiest phone I ever had. Still have it, still works!

2001-2002
Nokia 3390- Took a crap after only a year but was still a good phone.

2002-2003
Nokia 5165- I was craving a bit of nostalgia w/this one.

2003-2004
Sanyo 5300- My first camera phone, thought it was teh shiz till I got my next one.

2004-2005
Nokia 3650- The one that got me into phone hacking.
Sidekick II- Loved it but HATED the SK community.

2005-2006
Treo 650!!! My first Treo, meeting it felt the same as when I met my soulmate

2006-present
Treo 700p- I'm happy enough with it that I DON'T want an iPhone!
Moto StarTac- bought off ebay for poops & giggles, but turned out to be a darn good phone!
Samsung m610- bestowed upon the boyfriend since I don't need 2 phones. VERY nice 'phone' phone though.

Future
Burgundy Treo 755p. Oh yeah, giggidy giggidy.

Posted by: JrDave2304

the good ole' Nokia 5120 was my first phone. how i loved playing Snake on that thing!

Posted by: GadgetKen

My first phone was a Shintom 3 watt analog bagphone on SNET Linx (now part of Cingular/AT&T) and the second was a Motorola bagphone on Verizon through a reseller. Nice phones in the days when cellphone towers were few and far between.

Posted by: offensive

Nokia 5165
Motorola C331T (AMPS baby!)
Motorola StarTac
Nokia 3100
Motorola ROKR
Motorola v400
Motorola v551
Motorola v557

Currently:
HTC Wizard
MotoL6

My father had a bag phone then switched to a old silver Sprint phone in 95, that I can't remember the name of. Mreh.

Posted by: AMPS1987

I don’t recall the model number, but it was a 3 watt OKI hardwired to my vehicle. The equipment alone was leased for $65/month.

The only thing I remember about the airtime billing was that during the day, landline intra-LATA calls were more expensive. That and many times roaming out of State never showed up on the bill.

Posted by: ChrisW6ATV

Mine was a Motorola DPC950. I got it in 1996, and I knew already then that I wanted a digital phone. It was on Cellular One, and they did not have any digital plans with included daytime minutes then. Unlimited Nights and Weekends was something like US$8/month, so my bill was about US$55 if I used maybe 10 daytime minutes a month (including the base $40 just to have service). I did not even keep that phone turned on in the daytime, and it stayed in my car, not clipped on my pocket.

It is funny to read the notes here about "no color" or "no predictive text" on older phones... I was thrilled the first time I saw the number of a person calling me appear on my DPC950, a few months after I got it. Caller ID on a cell phone? That is amazing!

Posted by: EChid

The best quadband clamshell Moto ever made: the V635. It treated me well.

Posted by: zzsignup

Qualcomm QCP-1960 'Thinphone'...

Still have it, still works. Anyway need a battery for it?

Hard to imagine calling that thing 'thin' nowadays with all the Razors and copies out there.

Posted by: Rose4uKY

My 1st phone was a bag phone. Plugged into your cigarette lighter and stayed in you car. LOL!! That was when I had Verizon for a couple years. Now I am with Sprint and buy nothing but Sanyo phones. Am on my 5th one right now the 8400..

Posted by: fishera

My first cell phone was the Nokia N-Gage (original- taco and all) $300 for that thing unlocked, unactivated from my local EBGames, jeez that thing lasted 2 and a half years before I decided to replace it. served me very well on T-Mobile's network!

Posted by: Doctor Whom

My first was a refurbished analog bag phone on a Bell Atlantic reseller. This was back when you had to dial a security code before making calls. No, I won't say that I had to walk five miles through the snow to make calls, and that it was entirely uphill both ways, but things have changed a bit.

Posted by: bobrb

i had one of those flip motorola's with the red led's. i thought i was so cool.

Posted by: bobrb

sorry for big pic

Posted by: ~~Tito~~

The Sony Ericsson T67. It had bluetooth and everything and I had the AT&T Wireless unlimited plan so I was a happy 8 year old. Then I got a T616, then later a nokia, then a T637 right when the changed to Cingular, then a Motorola ROKR E1 unbranded, then a unlocked Cingular RAZR, then a Samsung BlackJack and I love the BlackJack.

Posted by: Rob11

1989 - Radio Shack IN CAR 3 watt phone.

I think I paid around $1000 installed!!!!!

30 Mins a month on Bell was around $30.00

Worked well!

Current - Rogers Treo 680.

Cheers

Posted by: suprmatt

back when Nextel was a newish thing, I had an i600 with a chameleon painted case. I was so cool, until I dropped the phone and chipped the paint.

Posted by: DVS_WiNdz

Samsung S700

Posted by: ~~Tito~~

Quote:

Originally Posted by suprmatt

back when Nextel was a newish thing, I had an i600 with a chameleon painted case. I was so cool, until I dropped the phone and chipped the paint.

Lol, wap waap waaap.

Posted by: Drug$toreCowboy

Mine was the Motorola MicroTAC Elite. I loved that phone, but it was very expensive though.

Posted by: iron man7992

my first was a Samsung Sgh-X427m.
very reliable.
good overall.
it didnt have a camera or bluetooth, but it was a good phone.
it may have just been a basic model, but it was good.
may you rest in peace......

Posted by: Mosaic55

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobrb

i had one of those flip motorola's with the red led's. i thought i was so cool.

That was my second phone! My first was a bag phone, it didn't even have a battery, it just plugged into the cigarette lighter socket.

Third phone was a Primeco Qualcomm QCP-1960 thin phone. I loved it, absolutely perfect voice quality. I kept it for around 8 years, I think. And I'd still be using it today if they hadn't forced me to get a new phone because the QCP didn't have a GPS chip for 911 services. I've gone through about 6 phones since then trying to find one worthy to take it's place.

Posted by: kbright1892

LG VX6000. Got horrible reception, so I was forced to spike it into my buddy's dorm floor and break it into two pieces (didn't actually break it intentionally, but it was a side effect of the throw). However, the V710 I got to replace it worked magnificently.

Posted by: tekjunke

It was 1991 and I was SO cool talking on that monster while driving.

Posted by: terrian110

My first phone is Motorola MING A1200 ,and I still use it . It has sleek and stylish design with flip cover made from a smokey translucent plastic that features a built-in speaker, and lets you view the main display while the cover is closed. I like it very much.

Posted by: satishna108

Nokia N95 is my first phone, and it works well . It has a two-way sliding construction with stereo speakers ,microSD memory card slot UMTS, Wi-Fi, USB, stereo bluetooth and infrared support miniUSB port .I think it is good.

Posted by: csrich

Nokia 5160 with SunCom. Thought that was the hottest thing. Now my mom uses it. LOL

Posted by: MicaiahM1989

I855, the worst crap i have ever used.

Posted by: brad15

Nokia 252 activated on AirTouch monthly on NAM 1 and Ameritech Prepaid on NAM 2.. it was great, because i had the best of both worlds..lol

then went to a nokia 5180i when it went to verizon, then kyocera 2135, went to AT&T Wireless with a v60 color, then nokia 3300, then lg 4020, then went to cingular where i had at least 20 phones when trying to find one that would work right, eventually learned it was cingular. went back to verizon in jan of 2005 been there since..

have had Sprint and T-Mobile off and on for the last two years, but i think im with sprint permanently (i even see them knocking Verizon out because of free roaming)

Posted by: quint101

My first phone was the Motorola V2282 on Powertel prepaid back in 1999. That was a hardy phone that came with an FM radio. It came with the cheap rubber faceplate... I eventually bought a hard red OEM plate for it... made the phone look brand new.

Posted by: Limited59

My first was a Pocket Classic 910... I still have it in my desk, I always chuckle at the 'pocket' part... similar to the DPC 650 but without the flip. I had tens of thousands of minutes on it before I got rid of it in favour of my first Nokia PCS phone, the 2160... ah those were the days! I was the only person at my high school with a mobile. I'm sure people thought I was a drug dealer or something!

Posted by: WhiteMusk

My first, was a Virgin - Audiovox 8910

My current, is a Rogers - Nokia 6085

Posted by: avb

my first phone was made by philips, a black candybar phone, cant remember the name of it...... think i got it in 1998.

Posted by: Baldilocks

My first "non bag" cell phone and my newest!!

Posted by: wootman

my first phone was this, the Nokia 8250 back in 2001 IIRC

Posted by: samsung.user

The sprint tp1100

Was probably the coolest phone at the time. 2001. Most people had the nokias.

Found the box just now, not sure where the phone is.

Posted by: Leilani

Quote:

Originally Posted by tekjunke

It was 1991 and I was SO cool talking on that monster while driving.

Mine looked like that (a BRICK!) and I never used it, but back in the day (1992) my mom really wanted me to have it for "safety" reasons. Cellular One was my provider back then...memories!

Posted by: NefCanuck

First phone for me would have been 1998 on the Clearnet network. A refurbed Sony model that did its job but turned me on to flip phones ever since (A few accidental and embarrassing phone calls will do that)

Poor thing suffered a lingering death after being catapulted through my front windshield in 1999 when I rolled my car trying to avoid a ladder that came off a truck. Cop at the scene found it and gave it back to me in the hospital, but its time was numbered after that, antenna was smashed flat, case was cracked, sad way to see it go

NefCanuck

Posted by: nokiaONLY

my first phone was a nokia 6120 back in 98 with sprint before nokia had that absence from sprint. I was new to wireless and lost the phone within a month. When my bill came it was over $500.

Needless to say, I purchased another one with cellular one. It had the cheapo depo battery. It did have the sparkly iridescent faceplate. I purchased the huge super extended li-ion battery with vibrate which lasted a week between charges. I had a few other nokias over the years and been with them ever since. I now enjoy my 6265i.

Posted by: fomogo

My first cell was a Qualcomm QCP-820 Dual Mode thru sprint.
I loved it.

Jim

Posted by: confederate2

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrew whiteman

Hi,

I thought this might be an interesting topic.

What was your first phone ?

As far as I'm concerned, mine was a Nokia 5110.
I still have it and it still works.

I also had a 5100 series Nokia and now have a drawer full of Nokias years later all of which still work. But actually my very first phone was an old 3 watt bag phone. I don't remember who made it.

Posted by: ecolitan

nokia 6230i

Posted by: nyarlotep

Qualcomm QCP860 ThinPhone, around 1999 or 2000. Loved that phone. Don't remember the provider.

Posted by: Dain

2002 I had the prepaid Nokia 3390

Posted by: Ian21

Nokia 7250. Back in 2003 it was a cool one. Bought it at mobilebee.com

Posted by: dsjr2006

Motorola Startac

Posted by: bluecaj

Quote:

Originally Posted by tekjunke

It was 1991 and I was SO cool talking on that monster while driving.

Me too, nice for carrying at night, could've knocked someone out with it!

Posted by: UncaDanno

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1230529

See picture in post #2.

Posted by: Welshy

Thats my old baby. I loved it, I just wish it had a camera.

It worked well until it went through the Washer and Dryer. It still worked after that; perfectly for that matter. But somehow the speaker phone stopped working a few days after the incident, meaning it didn't ring aloud. The vibrate was very light too, so I missed nearly ever call.

I didn't have texting on it; and didn't use it for anything to be honest.

Posted by: joshrholloway

My first phone was a Motorola v120e on Verizon. Before that my dad had an old Qualcomm phone on GTE and my mom had something on Cellular One (which is apparently still around, to my surprise).

Posted by: meero

My first phone was nokia 2300 which i got in 2003...

Posted by: archstud

Bullet proof

Posted by: Topy

You can play hockey with that phone... no you realy can and it still works

3210

Posted by: brad15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Topy

You can play hockey with that phone... no you realy can and it still works

3210

ha ha, i was actually doing that today at the ice rink with my old i205 lol

glad i wasnt playing net with someone shooting it at me though.. it seemed a little harder than the pucks hitting the boards

Posted by: I EAT CATFISH

Samsung A310 I was pimp, had a flip phone!

Posted by: jeffx

Motorola Brick Phone baby!

Posted by: Evizerate

My first phone is t300 from Fido =D; it is actually a nice phone at that time (2003).

Posted by: garsgadgets

My first phone was a Motorola Bag Phone. It looked like a canvas lunch bag. That was about 1988. I was in MacDonalds when it rang. I zipped it open and took the hand set out and started talking. It looked just like a house phone on a curly wire. Every body freaked. Not many cell phones were around then. The carrier was Bell Atlantic.

Posted by: idreamoutloud

Nokia 252, whith a sweet blue face plate...... remember face plates

Posted by: MissaK

My first phone was a Nokia 8620

I had that phone for a year or so back in 2000 and have not had a cellphone since

Sort of why I I'm here to find out what phone to get after my six year break.

Posted by: Baldilocks

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissaK

My first phone was a Nokia 8620

I had that phone for a year or so back in 2000 and have not had a cellphone since

Sort of why I I'm here to find out what phone to get after my six year break.

Wow, you have a lot of decisions to make and a lot of material to look thru to make your decision.

Posted by: CocheseUGA

I used a few 5100 series phones, but I consider the 8290 to be MY first phone. Got it as soon as it came out, it was so cool at the time. Then moved to a 3390, a RAZR V3 a couple of years ago and I just got a i607 a few months ago.

Picked up another 8290 to have as a backup phone...it was a lot cooler back then.

Posted by: addictcell

Motorola Microtac!

Posted by: spadaben

Motorola 3682
I still have it, and it still works. I was using Omnipoint at the time.... Technically, I am still with them, they are just called a different name now. T-Mobile

Posted by: brad15

Quote:

Originally Posted by spadaben

Motorola 3682
I still have it, and it still works. I was using Omnipoint at the time.... Technically, I am still with them, they are just called a different name now. T-Mobile

Those were built like a tank. I had mine through Arial. I liked how you could use AA batteries if you needed to..lol

Posted by: speer320

nokia 1221 on tracfone using att wireless tdma network i threw that thing out a car window out of anger and it still worked

Posted by: spadaben

Quote:

Originally Posted by brad15

Those were built like a tank. I had mine through Arial. I liked how you could use AA batteries if you needed to..lol

yeah, I used AA's a couple times! I thought I was so cool wearing that phone on my belt clip. I accidentally discovered text messaging with that phone, and started sending messages to everyone else that I knew with a cell phone. They would call me and say stuff like "how did you do that.. and how do i sent something back???"

Posted by: lhaizza

My first phone was a Nokia 3210

Posted by: treaders

Hi,

I'm about to buy a new mobile phone for my mum (actually an original razr v3). She's got an orange pay as you go sim card and doesnt want to change it- she wants to keep her number and doesn't want the fuss.

Anyway, I'm wondering if i can get her an orange pay as you go phone and simply put her old sim card in, or will it be locked??????

Cheers

treaders

p.s sorry this doesn't apply to the correct forum

Posted by: EChid

Its not really in the right place, but I'll forgive and answer: If she has an Orange SIM card already, and you buy an Orange branded phone like you were talking about, just slip in her SIM and she is good to go. Phones aren't locked to specific SIM cards, phones are locked to specific networks (i.e. if you stuck a Vodaphone SIM into your Orange branded phone, without unlocking it first, it wouldn't work). Any Orange SIM should work in any Orange branded phone. Does that help?

And welcome to the forums!

Posted by: jaws01

Nokia 232 on the Rogers Wireless network (Cantel AT&T)

Posted by: healthman345

My First phone was The first sidekick on t-mobile

Posted by: treaders

Cheers EChid!!

Posted by: BadBoysOsito

Wirelessly posted (LGE-VX9900/1.0 UP.Browser/6.2.3.2 (GUI) MMP/2.0)

sony ericson 510

Posted by: LIVEFRMNYC

Motorola StarTAC was my very first cell phone.
Before that it I was using Beepers/Pagers.

Posted by: Elfreshcuh

nokia 5165

Posted by: misspiggy

my phone first was the nokia 3210...which i kept for a couple of years (after moving onto several other phones - gotta have a backup phone) and then gave to my dad as his first phone, which then got picked out of his pocket...so the sentimental value disappeared...

Posted by: Firefox_alpha2

Nokia 620 I think was the model number. It was over 10 years ago. Was an analog model with the green and black display, that is all I remember. It has been so long!

The picture down below is what it looked like!

Posted by: lewisjp2

i wish i had a pic but it was a technophone that came in a bag .it had a battey bigger then most phones . plus it was as big as a purse .cost like 75cents a min .didnt get any minutes with the plan to boot back in 1987

Posted by: vitin

moto dpc 650 analog phone

Posted by: TitsMagee

I don't even know, it was analog and was with Airtouch

Posted by: CoolBradG

Oh god. It was a Motorola V262, one of Alltel's worst phones. I was one of the lucky few who had mine break under warranty though.

Posted by: Malkav

some old Sagem on vodafone payg, no text messaging, no wap, barely digital era handset....bulky as hell but what a great phone.....battery lasted ages...three days between charges

can't recall the model number but it came out in like 97....98.....wow...years ago but it cost like £50 short stubby ariel.....wow...what a flashback that brought on...my mobile history is sooo varied.... then i went up to some brick like ericsson also on payg vodafone

Posted by: Tom-182

Hi everyone, I'm new around here

.
My first ever phone was Sony Ericsson T230, but its broken now.

Posted by: BDsBabyGirl

My very first phone was a TracFone

, gotten when I didn't need many minutes; it's actually still here somewhere cuz I have nothing to do with it, who'd buy it? I next had a Sanyo SCP200 from Sprint, which I sold on eBay when my ex-employer stopped paying for it

(I'd bought the phone so it was ok, but he was still my employer at the time). My third phone was a Kyocera Soho KX1 from Revol, which I gave to one my daughters, who promptly broke it

. I now have my best phone ever, a Cingular Hermes 8525, given to me by my boyfriend when he upgraded to a Blackberry

. Next? I don't know, I'm so happy with this one right now that I hadn't even thought of the future

Posted by: gkear1974

I had they very cool BAG PHONE. I felt like a was carring a round a purse. I lived in the 'rual areas' before there was a cell tower on every corner. The sales man convienced me the only way I could get a signal is with this 'powerful receiver' in the bag.

P.S. they still sell these, and what even more unbelievable, people STILL buy them.

check them out here on ebay.

Posted by: liljay18

im a rookie so i started with a v188

http://www.phonedog.com/r/c/4861-22...175-250x275.jpg

then i had a 3650 in 2006 traded for a v 635
for my up grade i got a nokia 6133 in fab of 07
and i now i got the shadow as of holloween

Posted by: mick4394

My first phone was a Nokia 5190. At the time, everyone and their mother had one, or some variant of this phone.

It was an excellent, no frills, phone that was a damn tank. One night the thing fell out of my pocket when I got out of the car. I found it laying in a puddle, in the street, in the morning. It fired right up. I really don't think my current Pearl would put up with such treatment.

Not to be for gotten, it included the best cell phone game of all, the original Snake.

I really liked that phone. But, those were simpler times.

Posted by: Notorious0601

A Fido Mitsubishi G310 on prepaid... crappy phone, that was.

Posted by: thewolrab

Samsung SGH-X497 on Cingular. Since then I've been through at least 9 phones and 3 providers...

Posted by: phoney phonez

Mine was a Nokia 8210, I loved that phone, to date it is still the smallest I have ever owned, and was very reliable depite feeling a bit cheap and plasticy.

After that I got an 8310, much better feel to that phone... I still have that one somewhere, the power button eventually fell off, I bet finding a sim for it would be a pain today...

I don't use most of the features on modern phones and would love a back to basics handset like that again... the good old days ;-)

Posted by: Caligirl912

my first phone was the nokia 3390 or 3395, it was a total brick and also it was black and white ..

Posted by: Tofs

Mine was Nokia 5110. My moms first phone was the Motorola startac.

Posted by: RazrKidv3

Motorola v325.

Posted by: Mizah

A bag phone that was the best in my neigborhood at the time, a white and black checkered back (which i got pimped out by an artist actually with some different spray/paint kind of techniques) Anyway yeah.. Lol.. Brings back memorys.. Bag phones..Lol.

Posted by: AndrewGS

Motorola TeleTAC 250 (I think that was the model). I only had it for a month or so before stepping up to the StarTAC 3000.

Posted by: BossManATL

Motorola v-100, I loved it....

Posted by: McSt00p1d

I had an LG vx7000.. It was only 2 years ago lol.. I really liked it with the swivel camera.. it was like top of the line :-P Then I got a vx8300 which I broke, and now I'm down to an Audiovox CDM8000 i think it is... It's a pathetic phone lol not even a color screen. But Voyager in 2 days! (I hope!)

Posted by: remington

lol my first phone was a razr v3c and then 5 months after i got a nokia 6275i which i just received 2 days ago!! yay!

Posted by: mussman8989

Vox 8260?? Virgin Mobile.
First Real Cellphone was the N-gage QD. Loved to phone but only got to use it for 3 months because I jumped into a hot tub with it.

Posted by: TakeN0Prisoners

Motorola V180, it was a POS, then a V3xx (awesome), and currently a Q9c

. Ya I like motos LOL.

Posted by: Kluster

Sanyo SCP-4000

Posted by: GadeTerbob

Year: 1987
Phone: Moto Bag
Carrier: Cellular One
Battery: BIG. Looked like a small motorcycle battery and yes, it was a sealed, 12 volt lead acid battery!!

Phone worked only in or near town (New Orleans, at the time) Phone could make calls almost anywhere there was signal. Wouldn't receive calls when not in home area. CellularOne brought out "follow me" roaming. You had a key sequence to dial when you were in another city, and then you could receive calls for the rest of the day. Had to be done one a day.

Yeah, those were days of pioneers. (sarcasm off)

I'm looking forward to receiving my N95-3 tomorrow.

Posted by: dogg

1st phone --> Primeco phone [qcp-1900 i think] (there was only 1 model to choose from, lol)

think i got it in 1997 or '98

i still have it and the original box; gonna sell it on eBay in 10 years.

Posted by: Boost3d23

Motorola RAZR for a long time (dont miss that phone at all).

Posted by: joop912

My first is the xv6800. I got it because it fits all my needs as for as verizon phones go. Would have gone with the mogul but Sprint does not have EVDO in my area.

Posted by: SJSMR2

First phone was a Nokia TracPhone.... then I had a Nextel i60c, then a Nextel i205, then a Motorola V180, then a v300, and now my V360. For a short time (about a year) also had a v557 for work. I am a die hard Moto user now!

Posted by: Dave D(SK)

A Motorola bag phone, 1994. Battery life was lousy but as long as it was plugged in, one of the best mobile phones I have ever owned. You couldn't put these in your pocket.

Posted by: popartist

Mine was a Bosch World 718 on Omnipoint (which then went Voicestream--->T-Mobile). Got it in late 1998, loved it - very sturdy, reception was great. Also loved that I could use it in England, and the phone came unlocked from Omnipoint! Had that thing for nearly 4 years until the battery crapped out.

I just got a Shadow from T-Mo a few days ago, and when I went to change my phone on the My T-Mobile I was very surprised to see that the Bosch 718 is still an option to select as a phone!

Posted by: Tofs

This was my friend/classmate phone back in HS circa 1990. He was the only guy who has a cell phone in our school.

Posted by: mobilegovernor

I think it was some silver Motorola... slimmer/smaller than the navy T-Mobile Motorola I have now

Posted by: mobilegovernor

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doctor Whom

My first was a refurbished analog bag phone on a Bell Atlantic reseller. This was back when you had to dial a security code before making calls. No, I won't say that I had to walk five miles through the snow to make calls, and that it was entirely uphill both ways, but things have changed a bit.

Any of you guys have pix of these old bag phones?

Posted by: Helonwheelz

a Sony Ericsson, don't remember the model #. The service was from Omnipoint...whuch doesn't exist anymore. Then it was a Star-Tac Elite...these phones were use for cloning all the time.

Posted by: gosc21

Motorola V262 a few years ago

Posted by: Brianp48093

1994

Motorola, looked like a brick. Grey, orange display.

Can't remember the model for the life of me.

Posted by: ginx

a bag phone i think by motorola

Posted by: fr4c

a Nokia phone with Verizon, back in 1999.

Posted by: adambigge

Oh yeah....

I was stylin' on my dates in high school with this...............

Posted by: confederate2

Quote:

Originally Posted by adambigge

Oh yeah....

I was stylin' on my dates in high school with this...............

That was my first phone too back in the early 90s I think. Sad thing about it is with as far we have come technology wise, that phone had the best phone call quality of any phone I have had since. Prices have gone done but so has quality of the phone call. Hell I all do since I hit the digital age is say, "Can you here me now". I never did that with the old bag phone you have there.

Anyway I cannot believe you still have yours, pretty impressive. I have no idea what happened to mine.

Posted by: Esquire0399

Kyocera KWC 2235

I'm only 19 so my first phone's not quite as ancient as that... or anything close to it.

Posted by: adambigge

Quote:

Anyway I cannot believe you still have yours, pretty impressive. I have no idea what happened to mine.

actually that was a stock photo that I found. The actual phone is buried so deep in my closet that I don't think I will be able to dig it out for quite some time. My parents used to make me keep it with me on weekends when I would go out with my friends.

Posted by: Brett Gian

I had used first mobile Phone Nokia 1110

Posted by: rdeguzman

My first was a Nokia 6185 on Sprint PCS. The coverage was horrible back then, but then again, I hear that Sprint's coverage still sucks

I also had many different pagers before I got a mobile phone.

Posted by: Hrimfaxi

Motorola v60t Color with Cingular

Posted by: fearthedreadlox

Still have it and it still works. It's in blue. My back up back up phone.

Posted by: Kichigai

Originally, my family's first phone was the Motorola MicroTAC. The first phone I had a lot of control over (family's "auxiliary" phone) was a tiny LG phone, I forget its model number. It was quite unremarkable. My (personally) first phone was the Motorola V557, and I loved it. I still think it's a damn good phone and never would have upgraded if it didn't start to malfunction (I'm moderately abusive towards my technology, but it's still a DAMN DAMN good phone). First off-contract phone was a T-Mobile Dash, which I unlocked.

Posted by: Cingular-sucks

Kyocera 2119 "party animal" when Virgin Mobile first came out.....

Posted by: nokiaONLY

Quote:

Originally Posted by adambigge

The bad thing about those is that they got really hot. I used to play on my parents a couple times when I was younger. I would dial some random #( before you used the area code) because I couldn't believe there was a real telephone in the car. I soon realized that this phone was for nostalgic purposes

Posted by: catieW

Mine was defiently the old LG phones not sure of the proper name but it was the ones without a screen on the front no pictures no viedos no internet it basically just sent and recieved messages and made calls bummer

Posted by: Papagorgio

Nokia 5190!!! yaaaaaaaaay.. i think it's still under my bed :S

Posted by: scr00ge

my first was a nokia 6160 on at&t. i would never forget that phone.

Posted by: feelyou

nokia 3210 lol

Posted by: sleeepy

My first phone was a Motorola bag phone. Great big handset connected to a laptop sized bag with an outside antenna and a electronics box the size of a brick. I still have it packed away somewhere..... I think this would have been around 1993-94.

Posted by: trenema

My first Phone was a bag phone (dont recall brand) along time ago lol

Then I moved up to the Motorola microtac.

Posted by: oxyg3n

I like my matra in 1996 work on first 1800 mhz network in France
great sound quality !

http://www.ruedumobile.com/telephone/64/matra-b215.html

Posted by: Petey07

nokia 3360 with att wireless TDMA network back in the early 2000... haha

Posted by: DearJoey

My first phone is my LG Shine Tu720, woot!

Posted by: PENGUINCARL

I was ghetto, I had a Motorola V180 way back in the day.

Posted by: JustinLeex329

Nokia 6110

Posted by: dougr47012

My first phone was the LG VX4400 in '04. It was an awesome starter phone. Since then I have had a total of 6 LG's...VX4400, VX6100, VX8100, VX8300, VX8600, and VX9900(EnV). Love my LG's.

Posted by: aarononfire

Nokia 3586i when i was 17 back in 04, I loved that thing one of the best phones I ever had. I was jumped in a park and a guy stole it just to smash it so I got stuck using an audiovox bar phone with no texting for months and months until my upgrade came up. If I wasn't such a nut for new phones I would probably still use it now because I liked it that much.

my plan on the other hand sucked
2yr contract $25/mth 50 daytime and unlimited evenings and weekends
not the worst wirless has seen but it was still pretty bad, only lasted for a month or too before they pumped it up to 150 daytime for the same price

Posted by: wildrocker1884

Quote:

Originally Posted by roycereece

Samsung SCH-411 on Airtouch (Verizon). Still works!

cant remember the model number or manufacturer but it was similar to this phone. you had to flip the bottom up. then again my dad used the phone a lot and i had it only on the weekends.

it was with omnipoint you had to stick the whole sim card it. like a credit card with out taking it out of the card like we do now.

Posted by: altNz

Man I feel old now as I've been using a mobile phone for 10 years now. My first was an Ericsson CF388, didn't even have a vibrate option, when at&t -> Cingular -> was Pac Bell Wireless, looking back I wished I kept the phone as I could probably still use it. Looking back the calling plan is ridiculous by today's standard: $25/month for 20 minutes.

Posted by: ADSisson

DynaTAC 8000x
Followed by a MicroTAC.
Nokia
StarTAC
TimePort 270c
Kyo. QCP 3035
Moto V60c
LG VX8100
Sammy x497
SE W300i
SE Z300
Nokia 6030
TRAX

This list is in order until the VX after that, they are from memory and of recent use

Posted by: ADSisson

Quote:

Originally Posted by altNz

Man I feel old now as I've been using a mobile phone for 10 years now.

Only 10?

You'd be like a younger sibling to me. I'm going on 15.
And there are sure to be others who can go back as far as the first cell call period. April 3 1973.

Posted by: altNz

Quote:

Originally Posted by ADSisson

Only 10?

You'd be like a younger sibling to me. I'm going on 15.
And there are sure to be others who can go back as far as the first cell call period. April 3 1973.

Wow, you're like the grandparent

It's just that most people I read in the forums talk about their first phone being something recent such as a LG or Sammy something that has a colour screen. A buddy of mine has me even beat by 2 years so I guess he's going on 12 years. But 15 or as you put it, there are probably a few people from day one so I guess I'm not as old

Cheers to you!

Posted by: CHDS PNY

i had a tandy from radio shack, back in 1997/98

i wish i could find a picture of it