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Your first Mobile Phone

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  • #32
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭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?


  • #33
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    Nokia 5110, savage phone!


  • #34
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭Samaris


    https://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBG7mLfKCYAEmxOo.jpg

    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.


  • #35
    Saipanne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,882 ✭✭✭Saipanne


    Samaris wrote: »
    https://i.embed.ly/1/display/resize?key=1e6a1a1efdb011df84894040444cdc60&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FBG7mLfKCYAEmxOo.jpg

    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.


  • #36
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #37
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭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!


  • #38
    SpannerMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭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 :p

    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::)


  • #39
    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭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.


  • #40
    Grab All Association
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,071 ✭✭✭Grab All Association


    088 Motorola and a Nokia 1610

    Nokia 5110 was always my favourite

    hundreds of phones since.


  • #41
    Medusa22
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,400 ✭✭✭Medusa22


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


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  • #42
    blackcard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭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


  • #43
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 27,498 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    3210.
    How I envy its battery life now.


  • #44
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,344 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #45
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #46
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,058 ✭✭✭✭josip


    I need an exit

    The coolest way to hang up ever invented.


  • #47
    Savage Tyrant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,164 ✭✭✭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


  • #48
    hairyslug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,561 ✭✭✭hairyslug


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


  • #49
    Jordan 199
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,391 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #50
    SMJSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 600 ✭✭✭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.


  • #51
    mad muffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,034 ✭✭✭mad muffin


    Nokia 5110


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  • #52
    starlit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,349 ✭✭✭✭starlit


    A nokia one.


  • #53
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    NIMAN wrote: »
    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?

    What year did you have it?


  • #54
    Kerrydude1981
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,192 ✭✭✭✭Kerrydude1981


    This machine

    http://s196.photobucket.com/user/omnigamerNYC/media/motorola2000.jpg.html


  • #55
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    Had this sexy beast 15 years ago

    http://m.gsmarena.com/alcatel_ot_club_db-25.php


  • #56
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,219 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I had what I thought was a very cool Nokia - and it was at the time. It found its way into the washing machine at one stage, and I watched it whirling round and round through the door. Fantastically, after being opened up and put on a radiator overnight, it still worked and gave several years of service. :)

    I still have an old Nokia I use when I don't want to drag a big phone (thus necessitating a handbag) around for the night.


  • #57
    Señor Fancy Pants
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,628 ✭✭✭Señor Fancy Pants


    Aw man, I've had so many phones.

    First was the Siemens C25, loved it!


  • #58
    kumate_champ07
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,150 ✭✭✭kumate_champ07


    Amirah Handsome Tadpole wrote: »
    A Siemens C25. There's a 3310 and a 5110 still in daily use in this house!
    me too ,those were great phones. it had internet(WAP) which was pretty rare for a phone back then

    2nd phone was Nokia 6800 which was never available on the Irish market,
    the best phone I ever had

    28070-nokia-6800-messaging-phone.jpg


  • #59
    Simply Red
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,293 ✭✭✭Simply Red


    Nokia 5110


  • #60
    blackcard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,569 ✭✭✭blackcard


    My first phone was a Motorola and was like a brick. You couldn't text, take photos, no Internet, didn't even have voicemail. All you could do with it was make and receive calls and assault someone


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  • #61
    wendell borton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,335 ✭✭✭wendell borton


    Ericsson T10
    Sony J6,
    Nokia 6250 - toughest phone ever,
    Nokia 5140,
    Sony Ericsson V630i,
    Sony Ericsson K770i,
    Sony Ericsson Xperia X8,
    Sony Ericsson Xperia Play,
    Motorola Moto G,


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