9, later 12 (didn’t get to keep 9)
Are you even old enough to remember number 1?
Submitted 5 months ago by Mickey7@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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kayohtie@pawb.social 5 months ago
Rooty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I briefly owned no3 as a replacement device, but started with no10 (or equivalent thereof)
synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 months ago
firewallfail@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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 :)
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
9.
But I had a sliding faceplate on it so I could be cool like neo.
Also it had Snake.
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 5 months ago
You could also type in ringtones.
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 5 months ago
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Those were tougher than Nokia’s.
RBWells@lemmy.world 5 months ago
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 months ago
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.
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
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.
jqubed@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Traveling technical sales
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 months ago
Only ever saw them in movies originally. But I also grew up in Buttfuck, Egypt so that didn’t help.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
People joke, but Buttfuck, Egypt is a thriving metropolis of over 4 million now.
vane@lemmy.world 5 months ago
coaxil@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Was Gunna say, these pics are not old enough to give a correct answer for me.
jqubed@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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.
shiftymccool@piefed.ca 5 months ago
Gather 'round chillun and let grampy tell you about the times before cell phones
TwoDogsFighting@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
konalt@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I feel so young. #18 is still before my time…
loomi@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Gordon Gecko baby
First actually used was 7
realitista@lemmus.org 5 months ago
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 5 months ago
Only one (#16) brick phone (non-touch, internal antenna, no moving parts)?
ThirdConsul@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
The one with a damn cord, you ageist bastard :P
Also wheres Nokia 3310
gorkur@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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 😅
ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
My first phone was like 18 but also I didn’t get a cellphone until I was nearly 30
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 months ago
1 is older than I am
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 months ago
#1 was my 3rd cell phone
realitista@lemmus.org 5 months ago
Nice. Drug dealer or stock trader?
mrbeano@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
q
Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io 5 months ago
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
HeerlijkeDrop@thebrainbin.org 5 months ago
Sagem my411X
can_you_change_your_username@fedia.io 5 months ago
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.
KazuchijouNo@lemy.lol 5 months ago
Something similar to 17, but black and orange. It had the prince of persia and a snowboarding game pre-installed
pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
Like 25
dorumon@lemmy.cafe 5 months ago
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.