Your first Mobile Phone

blackcard

My first 'sort of' mobile phone. Back in 1983, working on construction sites, used to be sent to start off new sites, maybe a hundred miles from the head office. Had to phone head office every day. First problem was to get change for the phone box, then to find one that wasn't broken, then to wait for some old dear to get off the phone. So used to make an arrangement with some local householder whereby I paid them cash and I had a mobile phone where people could ring me using their number.

My first real mobile phone.
1988 working in England, company based in Ireland gave me a mobile, size of a brick, weighed about two pounds, nine inches long, two inches wide and two inches deep and had a long aerial. Often had to go to top of nearby hill to get reception. Company took it off me after one month when they got a bill of over €2000
Do you remember your first mobile phone?

the evasion_kid

Mitsubishi trium with the flip down thingy

punisher5112

3310 snake was great.

How times have changed.

Bought my mum a 5110 and anothe 3310 for 1 of the sisters if I recall was 1999 nearly sure and remember a call would cost over a pound a minute

mass_debater

I had a Maxon, huge clunky thing.

http://www.cntr.salford.ac.uk/comms/resources/artefacts/mobile_phones/ETACS/Maxon_EPC590E.JPG

DEFTLEFTHAND

Nokia 35.10i with gold colouring, I still have it in a drawer somewhere. Probably still has a bit of battery life in it.

flazio

Ericsson GF768 Red with a flip down microphone. Back then, Eircell Ready to Go customers could receive text messages but could not send them. I still have the same phone number today. But my dad has had his nearly 20 years, in fact his phone number used to have 6 digits after 087 but Eircell then made him add a 2 to his number.

Hande hoche!

A Nokia 5110. Quite a durable beast.

The_Valeyard

Nokia 9210. A brick. But it could be dropped and survive. And snake.

Hammer89

It was a Nokia 3210. I remember getting it for Christmas and spending the entire morning wasting all of my credit on ringtones. I think it was dial-a-tone or something. I can still remember your man's automated voice: "Amadeus".

delahuntv

Can't remember the brand / make but it was shape of a home phone with cord attached hand piece.

I do remember the number 088 552086

Ah distance memories of being a yuppie - mobile, annabels and strings I have now grown up!!!

NachoBusiness

Panasonic GD90.

I used to have dreams about the Nokia 3210 because it had an internal aerial (the holy grail in '99).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyBJ8dAOp4c

delahuntv

Found image of similar

r93kaey5p2izun

A Siemens C25. There's a 3310 and a 5110 still in daily use in this house!

LDN_Irish

Motorola D160 attached.

Upgraded to a 3210 and was the boss of my estate.

retro:electro

My girlfriend has a mobile phone

SpannerMonkey

This Ericcsson GA318 . what a beast it was too real high tech :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJsef6bItOs

KKkitty

Motorola d520. Complete brick of a phone but I felt like a boss pulling up the aerial.

Banjo String

It was this bad boy, and did I not think I was some big cheese with it clipped to the side of my belt like a right eejit.

punisher5112

Banjo String wrote: »

It was this bad boy, and did I not think I was some big cheese with it clipped to the side of my belt like a right eejit.

Yes the belt clip craze ha ha remeber the days

PLL

The classic Nokia 3210

PLL

SpannerMonkey wrote: »

This Ericcsson GA318 . what a beast it was too real high tech :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJsef6bItOs

That was my dad's first phone. It's crazy looking back at that. Brings back memories.

bikermartin

A Panasonic G350 in 1996. 180 pounds it cost and then also signed a contract with 087 eircell. Much better network than 088 he said !

OldMrBrennan83

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NorthStars

One of these...

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0CCMQtwIwAWoVChMI__OJtbf2xgIVgRbbCh3NdwkR&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8qObkD1ofvU&ei=J5WzVb9Ega3sBs3vpYgB&usg=AFQjCNFM-QjSkOuGoQZJyNlu9VWVAp4LLw

Proud as punch I was.....
It's a long way from that to an Phone 6.

NorthStars

punisher5112 wrote: »

Yes the belt clip craze ha ha remeber the days

Was going through Faro airport last week and the guy in front of me had one....
I'd say his phone was 20 years old too.

OldMrBrennan83

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Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

http://s7.computerhistory.org/is/image/CHM/102632966p-03-01?$re-zoomed$

I'm pretty sure this was it. It had internet and it was a snip at just €16 to check the premiership results of a saturday :eek:

The Dogs Bollix

It was a Siemens something I don't remember. I got it free when joining college banking. Those were the days.

Ghost Train

the evasion_kid wrote: »

Mitsubishi trium with the flip down thingy

had a trium too, Aria, still have it, still works I think
http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/images/trium/aria/trium-aria.jpg

Mesrine65

Sony CM-H333...the 'Mars Bar' :pac:

AndyBoBandy

Philips Fizz on 088 bill pay in about 96 I think!

http://www.altehandys.de/images/phi-fizz312-2p-silber-1.jpg

Saipanne

A brick of a Motorola in 1998.

Features:

- Non rechargeable. Had to use four AA batteries
- No caller ID. Just said "Call", same for missed call
- No text messages
- No games
- Big aerial that you really needed

How good will phones be in 2038?

KERSPLAT!

Nokia 5110, savage phone!

Samaris

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Ah, there's my baby. Motorola brick bought for £15 from my friend when I was about 15. It had probably gone through a couple of other people before her too! Then the Nokia 3210 and something in the 2600 line, those clear-plastic ones that you could put paper cut-out designs into to make them unique.

I actually only got my first smartphone this year, discounting a second-hand palm pro with a battery that died when you sneezed at it which never got used.

Saipanne

Samaris wrote: »

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Ah, there's my baby. Motorola brick bought for £15 from my friend when I was about 15. It had probably gone through a couple of other people before her too!

Mine was a slightly ****ter version of that.

Samaris

Nokia 3210 was classic though. It's a bit like Windows 98 these days. It was such a good system for its time that it took quite a long time for better phones to take over. Especially if you ended up on friggin' Windows ME.

IvyTheTerrible

A big Motorola brick of a phone, Bank of Ireland were giving them away when you opened a student account back in 1998. Did the job!

SpannerMonkey

PLL wrote: »

That was my dad's first phone. It's crazy looking back at that. Brings back memories.

haha jaysus i feel old now and im only 31

This is the full list of phones ive owned and how i felt about them

Ericcsson GA318 :pac:
Nokia 3210 :cool:
Nokia 3310
Nokia 3510
Motorola Razr V3:)
Sony Ericsson K800 :cool::cool::D
IPhone :pac:
iPhone 3gs
IPhone 4 :cool:
Samsung S3
Samsung Note 3 :cool::)

Buona Fortuna

Back in the mid 90s a BT Pearl.

It was feckin huge and heavy. The battery would last 4 hours on standby.

Because "all the cool kids" did it, we got the firm to buy belt clips and then couldn't work why you had to keep hoiking your trousers up.

Grab All Association

088 Motorola and a Nokia 1610

Nokia 5110 was always my favourite

hundreds of phones since.

Medusa22

I got a 3210 in 2001, ah I cherished that phone, sweet memories.

blackcard

Chris___ wrote: »

088 Motorola and a Nokia 1610

Nokia 5110 was always my favourite

hundreds of phones since.

Hundreds? Seriously? I might have a phone for ten years

spurious

3210.
How I envy its battery life now.

NIMAN

I have searched for a pic of my 1st phone and can't find it.

Things I know about it.

- Samsung
- black
- had a flip down piece to reveal the numbers
- had a pull up aerial

Anyone remember the model number?

The_Valeyard

Hammer89 wrote: »

It was a Nokia 3210. I remember getting it for Christmas and spending the entire morning wasting all of my credit on ringtones. I think it was dial-a-tone or something. I can still remember your man's automated voice: "Amadeus".

I remember it had a 'notemaker' so you could make your own tunes for ringtone. Mine was 'popcorn' from some song. Sounded alright on the 3210.

josip

I need an exit

The coolest way to hang up ever invented.

Savage Tyrant

Ericsson T10 .... Thought I was deadly... Was 18 and got it on bill , couldn't believe my luck
Couldn't afford to pay for it as I was still in school.

http://mobile.softpedia.com/phones/Ericsson/Ericsson-T10s.shtml

hairyslug

An erricson t18, blue flipdown (the flip didn't do anything, was just for show)

Jordan 199

Savage Tyrant wrote: »

Ericsson T10 .... Thought I was deadly... Was 18 and got it on bill , couldn't believe my luck
Couldn't afford to pay for it as I was still in school.

I also had one of those phones in a black/grey colour. Had the flashing light at the top which was cool.

SMJSF

June 2004- Nokia 3200 - parts broke at the top when the power button was when i was rolling down a hill 3 months after getting it! Got with saved communion money.
Dec 2004 - motorola v550. Got for xmas. Stopped turning on.
May 2005 -nokia 3220 - got for confirmation. - still works!
Dec 2007 - motorola razr - got for xmas -  stopped turning on.
2008 -motorola razr v3 - temp hand me down phone, and again, stopped turning on (seeing a pattern with motorola?)
June 2008- nokia 6288 - sent back after 1 day after not being able to stay on, didnt last long on the market!  most expensive phone i owned!
nov 2010- htc wildfire s - got for 18th - smashed screen and damaged parts.
Oct 2013 - sony xperia M - spent nearly 300 just fixing the piece of $h1t after paying 180 for it!
Jan 2015 - htc desire S . Current.

mad muffin

Nokia 5110