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SHOW ME your vintage mobiles (and check out the online Mobile Phone Museum)

MSE_Laura_F
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edited 24 November 2021 pm30 1:01PM in Mobiles
For a dose of nostalgia or for those interested in the evolution of mobile phone tech, take a look at this collection:

Mobile Phone Museum

It currently has 2,000+ unique models and is always looking for donations.

Do you have a very old mobile phone? Will you show it to us?

Please be careful not to show any personal identifying information in your photos, such as your face.

Comments

  • the Nokia 3310 to the 6822 work the Moto works the Xperia play to the navigator onnkeft I don't think they work 
  • For reference the phone I used to take the photo was a Sony Xperia 5 ii
  • d123
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    The last time I cleared out my bottom drawer. Most were still in working order.


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  • d123 said:
    The last time I cleared out my bottom drawer. Most were still in working order.


    I see "The Matrix" banana phone in there that, of course, never operated like it did in the movie.
  • My wife wont let me collect stuff like that - if she see's it's not being used it  gets binned. Very annoying as some decent stuff has gone over the years. One of our early ones was my favourite - Sony - CM-H333 | Mobile Phone Museum but it got binned
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  • My wife wont let me collect stuff like that - if she see's it's not being used it  gets binned. Very annoying as some decent stuff has gone over the years. One of our early ones was my favourite - Sony - CM-H333 | Mobile Phone Museum but it got binned

    Can't you tell her not too throw things away especially if they are portentially valuable and belong to you?

    I'm sure she wouldn't like it if you just started throwing her things away.
  • jackieblack
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    This was my first mobile phone (1998, IIRC) it was brilliant because if the battery ran flat you could just replace the rechargeable battery with 4 x AAs!
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  • molerat
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    They all look positively modern, must dig out my Philips PH301 that took a full size SIM card as in full credit card size.
  • ivinsp
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    Some of my previous models
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