The Cell Phone Turns 40: Over the Hill?

[JMcEntegart]

Life begins at 40, cell phone!

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[silverliquicity]

Nokia 3210 ftw

 

[paradigital]

Mine was a Philips Diga, in 1997!

 

[marclee37]

i think cell phone has become truly popular (in Hong Kong) since 2000, everyone has one, even students. since then everyone go out of home must with a cell phone.

before cell phone, it was pager.

 

[vaughn2k]

My first phone was the Motorola Bag Phone 2950 - bought it 20years ago, then the the Nokia 909, bought it 17years ago. still have it though, with a camouflage casing...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_Bag_Phone
http://nokiamuseum.com/view.php?model=909
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/lender/sets/72157594452386976/

 

[seinfeld]

The Iphone is over the hill. I get onto trains. I always see chicks with Iphones squinting and holding close to their eyes. so I bust on them for being old and blind. then I pull out the note 2. and watch them gleem with eny haha

 

[Parrdacc]

Don't remember my first cell phone, but I do remember the plan was nationwide $10.00 a month, nights and weekends free starting at 6pm on Friday.

 

[TAC_Tech]

my first phone was the nokia 100, which cost roughly $2000 in 1987 and has a grand total battery life of 40 minutes. Then upgraded to the Motorola StarTAC650 in 1993, then as the old analog system was being phased out, switched to a motorola T721 SIM-based flip-phone, then eventually transitioned to the new LTE network....so needless to say...i've had a few phones in my day.

 

[scythe944]

StarTAC! FTW!

 

[inkmatt420]

The Motorola MicroTAC i was 11 and the sim card was the same size as a credit card, then i got nokia 5110 with the express on covers

 

[3lsergio]

My first cellphone was back in Jan2013, good times...

 

[teddymines]

Nokia 232AU. Still have it in my desk right here, and sometimes use it as a prop at meetings when everyone tables their bling phones.

 

[robochump]

How the hell do you guys remember your first cell phone?!? I know mine was a flip phone and most likely from Motorola back in the late 90s.

 

[punahou1]

My first mobile telephone was back in 1968 and it fit in the trunk of my car. The telephone company had set up a radio network back then that only worked in my city. I picked up my Motorola brick in 1989.

 

[DzheiZee]

Do you remember your first cell phone? : Yes
Hold old were you? : 16
What kind of phone was it? : Philips Diga