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  • nsabournemouth
    nsabournemouth Posts: 2,042 Forumite
    edited 14 September 2009 at 2:46PM
    First Digital phone was a Sagem and it had the stumpy little ariel on it and that was when i got my first text from a random person.

    I als oremember when looking to get my first contract the deals from various networks like Vodafone charging £9.99 per month with evening and weekend calls at 2ppm and daytime calls at i think 35ppm and the thing that got me over to one2one was the free voicemail and 10p texts
  • meinnit
    meinnit Posts: 929 Forumite
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    edited 14 September 2009 at 2:59PM
    How did I know this would be a one2one thread :D

    I can remember the old blue Motorola brick phone when free evening/weekend calls were about.

    I started off on an Ericsson PH388 when PAYG has just been introduced with call charges of 50p/min. Text messaging wasn't even available on PAYG at that time! I'm still using a one2one contract SIM from 8 years ago and it still says one2one on the standby screen :D

    For the first time ever I am considering leaving one2one/T-Mobile.

    Ah yes I remember connection charges....Orange loved them!
  • Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative
    Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative Posts: 659 Organisation Representative
    edited 15 September 2009 at 10:44AM
    Technically Orange still has the £35 connection charge, it's just been waived (on a "promotional" basis) for about the last 6 years :)

    Showing my age, but my first phone was a Nokia 1611, my first 2G one was a Nokia 3110 (Navikey!) and my first use of the internet on a phone was via wap.google.com on my 7110 (loved the NaviRoller and the spring loaded slide).

    Currently I run a Nokia 6510 so I'm still living the 'old days' :)
    Official Company Representative
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  • My first phone was a Motorola C520 on Orange, absolutely brick and weighed a ton. :D

    I think my second phone was a Philips Savvy on BT Cellnet.. then I went to One2One :T

    My fave phone from back in the day was probably the Nokia 402, had all these funky covers, flashing aerials etc.. :cool:
    This thread has me so pumped, I headbutted my dog and we both screamed.
  • well my first communication device was a Motorola pager at a £1 to call it i think,
    then a year later i went to orange on there 60min tariff,cannot remember if it was £20 or £30 a month and http://www.specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=1059535 Motorola i had put my second phone was this http://www.retrobrick.com/motogsmflip.html on orange
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    Reply #7 - have to correct my own memory.

    My first phone was Nokia 3210, purchased from Merry Hill Centre (Dudley) on pay and go for a whopping £99.99 - December 99.

    Only thing I liked about that was the number which I no longer have but remember it - started with 07989 (cant get those back GRR).
  • My first phone (0403 prefix) was from the Merry Hill O2 shop :D
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  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    My first phone (0403 prefix) was from the Merry Hill O2 shop :D

    Orange shop I think mine was - that 07989 is Orange pretty sure - I liked that number because digits are easy to say.

    Got a niffty number now (very james bond-ish) though so still happy.
  • Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative
    Mobiles.co.uk_company_representative Posts: 659 Organisation Representative
    I accidentally-on-purpose allocated a number (that for some reason was simply on a phone instead of on the Gold list) ending 666 to a customer called Stephen King once - couldn't resist :D
    Official Company Representative
    I am the official company representative of Mobiles.co.uk. MSE has given permission for me to post in response to queries about the company, so that I can help solve issues. You can see my name on the companies with permission to post list. I am not allowed to tout for business at all. If you believe I am please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com This does NOT imply any form of approval of my company or its products by MSE"
  • OneADay
    OneADay Posts: 9,031 Forumite
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    Wish somebody had given me a decent number free or by accident - mine cost me £17 from ebay (still a bargain it was) :-) .

    Thinking about it - this could be a new business opportunity for companies to sell decent numbers - ooooer I am full of ideas today, wheres me commission....
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