I’m not sure why this had 0 votes, but it’s true. I’m old enough that my first cell phone experience was a bag phone from the 1980s.

Texting wasn’t even a thing for a while, but once it started, it was charged per message with like a 16 character limit. Then that limit was expanded, but it was always per message, not per character.

But, actually typing out a message was a pain the ass. There were no keyboards at first. You used the letters on the number pad to send your messages.

When T9 texting debuted that was a GOD SEND. Only needing to tap a lil number once to guess your word? Holy crap!