My first mobile was a...

T_T_2

Thanks for all the great responses. It would seem like 1997-99 was when mobiles suddenly became a consumer item rather than just a business device. Lots of frequently mentioned phones in there and it brings back lots of memories.

I'm surprised at how many of you still have them stowed away and the fact that some of them still work!

Exemplar

Ive been playing with mine (ooh errr) all morning!! do we all remember things like the Nokia's would only store 10 text messages! bonkers... we all take so many things for granted now!!

One analogy for you here.... in a mans world everything has to be bigger, better, harder faster... such as drills... I have a good one here, but it's only 18V Ni-Cad with one battery... I need a De-Walt 24V Li-Ion with 3 batteries....

Why then do men need smaller and smaller mobiles!

watcherman

asbokid wrote: »

Did it need a second battery installed in the boot?

I remember it being wired into the car, they had to send an engineer and it was the best part of a day to do the installation.

OneADay

alcot33uk wrote: »

Why then do men need smaller and smaller mobiles!

The smaller the mobile, the smaller the man's .... ! :rotfl:

I have a big phone.

Exemplar

My brother in law still uses a 6210... I love the fact that he can get 4/5 days from a single charge!

i_wanna_save_money!

I had my first mobile aged around 18, so about 1996ish. Think it was a nokia - could pick up a signal anywhere, and one other thing I remember is that the sim card was the size of a credit card! I loved that phone, ended up getting lost on my way home from work one day. Currently use a LG cookie, I only really use a phone for calls/texts so don't need a posh one

lolly_896

nunnygirl wrote: »

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


Since had about 15-20 mobile phones and I now have a HTC Desire

I had one of these and it was super dodgy! It just used too top it self up if i turned it off! x

T_T_2

OneADay wrote: »

The smaller the mobile, the smaller the man's .... ! :rotfl:

I have a big phone.

In that case... here is me and my friends putting a new screen protector on my phone...

Harris101

My first contract phone was a Sony CMD-Z5

tuxgirl

Mine was a Nokia 3410 when I was 11 and went to high school, for "safety" because it was two bus journeys away. For some reason, I was the only kid in my friend group who had a Nokia, and was the only one with Snake, so it made me incredibly popular.

(I can't post a picture because I'm still a newbie sorry!)