We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

My first mobile was a...

Options
2456

Comments

  • DUTR
    DUTR Posts: 12,958 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Also had a T39M

    T39m.jpg

    Motorola mr601

    mr601.jpg

    Motorola mr602

    mr602.jpg

    Startac

    startac.jpg
  • pimento
    pimento Posts: 6,243 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Motorola Graphite. On BT Cellnet. Must have been about 1996 ish.

    4603556881_8043448b90.jpg
    "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." -- Red Adair
  • diamonds
    diamonds Posts: 6,048 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I cant remember but it was 1993, and Voda & o2(BT Cellnet) were the choice and Vodafone sold a contract to a 16 year old and it was £17.50 a month for nothing and calls were 80p a minute to standard landlines or mobiles.
    SO... now England its the Scots turn to say dont leave the UK, stay in Europe with us in the UK, dont let the tories fool you like they did us with empty lies... You will be leaving the UK aswell as Europe ;)
  • matrix999
    matrix999 Posts: 1,538 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Mine was a Phillips Fizz on Cellnet!
  • Snakeeyes21
    Snakeeyes21 Posts: 2,527 Forumite
    edited 30 May 2011 at 2:47AM
    Mine was a motorola m3788 on the T-mobile when it was one2one.
    Motorola_m3788.JPG
    Look at the specs on that bad boy :)
    http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_m3788-66.php

    Me and my brother got the same phone at christmas with numbers one digit apart.. that wouldnt happen now..

    Christ knows why our mum bought us phones none of our friends had them :rotfl: think it must have been some bogof offer in the shop.. she was tight like that :p

    But for a short time we were the 'cool' kids, shame we had to wear braces to stop our trousers falling down with that brick in our pockets.

    Best bit about the phone? it helped me get my first kiss :cool: the girl in question was mighty impressed that I could afford a phone.. we lived on a very poor council estate at the time..

    Current phone HTC Desire.. how times change in a *cough* few years


    edit..
    Well bug*er me with a broomstick, I cant believe somebody paid £25 for one a week ago
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorola-M-series-M3788-Mobile-Phone-/230621085481?pt=UK_Mobile_Phones&hash=item35b2167f29
  • Mrs_Ryan
    Mrs_Ryan Posts: 11,834 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    31D05DWPW9L._SL500_AA300_.jpg
    This was my first mobile, on Orange Just Talk in 1997 :D I carried it about in an orange plastic pencil case with handles :rotfl: I got shot of it in 1999 when I went to uni and got my first contract, which came with a Nokia 5110 (or nk402 as Orange called it)
    Current phones are an HTC Desire HD (when it works :rotfl:) and a Sony Ericsson Cedar. I've had so many phones since my first one... :rotfl:
    *The RK and FF fan club* #Family*Don’t Be Bitter- Glitter!* #LotsOfLove ‘Darling you’re my blood, you have my heartbeat’ Dad 20.02.20
  • jenniewb
    jenniewb Posts: 12,842 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Lol! I had one from Vodaphone in 1999, it was by Siemans but cannot remember the name/code it had, I had to look hard for a handset few others had as everyone had a Nokia and being like everyone else was not my thing! My sister had the predecessor to the Nokia 3310 and was only 14 at the time!
  • KillerWatt
    KillerWatt Posts: 1,655 Forumite
    Hammyman wrote: »
    Motorola 4800 brick was my first mobile phone. Can't believe I've had one just short of 20 years.
    I had the 4800 "transportable" as well, battery pack the same size as the transceiver unit and £1.50 per minute to make a call.
    They also had the ability to snatch other mobile users details (phone number & IMEI), store them, and then let you make a call using that persons account.
    Remember kids, it's the volts that jolt and the mills that kill.
  • aaj123
    aaj123 Posts: 518 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 30 May 2011 at 9:18AM
    I started using a mobile phone in 2003. My first phone was a Nokia 6610. It wasn't as bad actually as some of the earlier brick phones and in fact was rather sleek and light weight. However was good enough only for calls and messages which was all that phones were supposed to do in those days.

    I next switched to Nokia 6600 in 2006. For some reason stuck around with that for nearly 4 years and next got a Samsung S5560 in 2010.

    But finally got into the groove last week and got a shiny Samsung Galaxy S2 :j !!

    Am selling my S5560 for £31 (26 + £4.9 cashback) through Speedsell.
  • nunnygirl
    nunnygirl Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    It was a siemens but I can't actually remember what model it was. That was 1997-1998

    Then I had a Phillips on BT Cellnet
    phil-diga.jpg

    Since had about 15-20 mobile phones and I now have a HTC Desire
    Sealed Pot Challenge Member 1216 -
    2011 Total - £526.62

    2012 Total - £503.87
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 350.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.5K Spending & Discounts
  • 243.9K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.7K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.1K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.