When did you fist get a cell phone?

Cliffy6745 · February 2018

This thing was the shit and I was as cool as all the rappers

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HesCalledDyer · February 2018

Samsung T509:

tempo_n_groove · February 2018

rgambs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

rgambs said:

I got my first in 2002 when I was a sophomore I think.
It was a prepaid Nokia and about half the kids in school had one at that point, but literally nobody used them at all. They were just for emergencies.

So to bring that point to today, I was at the movie theater and I heard some teens talking about how they are "out of data again" and couldn't use their phone while the other one said that he is almost out too.

I have had "unlimited" since I first purchased an Iphone 1 10 years ago and never had a problem so I ask if this is a thing now a days? Instead of running out of minutes people are running out of data now?

Crazy.

We run out of data a week into our cycle because my son watches kid vids on YouTube and it's our only internet connection.
Even unlimited data only gives you a certain amount at 4G speeds, after that streaming becomes impossible and other tasks get tedious.

Your unlimited data and my unlimited data plan are completely different. I know I was part of the class action lawsuit against ATT for throttling and they stopped that. I don't get slowdowns no matter how many gigs I use.

I've been told by people in the apple store to never change my plan.

rgambs · February 2018

Lucky bum!

Annafalk · February 2018

Now I need to “fist get” some sleep

I will knock myself out.

northerndragon · February 2018

In 2000 when I was 24. Got a prepaid one to use as my phone when I went to college. That lasted a year before i said fuck this and went back to a land line. Used one for work from 2003, never gave up the flip phone they gave me until I left back in the spring. Didn't get another personal one until 2012.

PJ_Soul · February 2018

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to when you first got a cell phone and how old you were?

I finally decided to get one in 2000 at the ripe age of 25, lol.

This will be interesting to see.

Thanks

I think my stats are exactly the same as your. Got mine in 2000 at age 25. In fact, my best friend bought it for me for my 25th birthday. I actually still have that phone, lol. A big brick-like Motorola with a pull-out antennae and a leather case with plastic over the screen, haha. I have never had a phone since that had reception as good as that one had.

F Me In The Brain · February 2018

Guessing early 1997 but may have been late 96.
Looked something like this.
Ericcson.
22-23 years old

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Malroth · February 2018

I've had 2 for a total of about a week. I was 38?
The first I dropped in the cats water dish.
The second I threw out in the yard one night. (I think my wife retrieved it, but I never saw it again)
I've never looked back, and I'm happier than you folk.

Pearl Jam wants me to get one to get into their shows this year.

Thoughts_Arrive · February 2018

I have had the same phone number since my first phone.
I have also kept every single phone I have had.
Will post a photo later.

PJ_Soul · February 2018

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I have had the same phone number since my first phone.
I have also kept every single phone I have had.
Will post a photo later.

I've had the same phone number since my first too... and it was a traumatic experience, lol. I had to change to the brand new area code that came about at that time - it was the first time metro Vancouver had ever picked up a new area code - and I was literally one of the first ones to get it. I doubt more than 50 people had it by then. It was really surprising how much of a freak people thought I was for having this stupid new area code, and having it actually made me feel shitty.

tempo_n_groove · February 2018

Annafalk said:

Now I need to “fist get” some sleep

I'm leaving that typo there, lol!

tempo_n_groove · February 2018

PJ_Soul said:

tempo_n_groove said:

I'm curious as to when you first got a cell phone and how old you were?

I finally decided to get one in 2000 at the ripe age of 25, lol.

This will be interesting to see.

Thanks

I think my stats are exactly the same as your. Got mine in 2000 at age 25. In fact, my best friend bought it for me for my 25th birthday. I actually still have that phone, lol. A big brick-like Motorola with a pull-out antennae and a leather case with plastic over the screen, haha. I have never had a phone since that had reception as good as that one had.

I've also save every phone I've had too.

My first phone was a Verizon flip phone. I only spent the $200 for it and decided not to spend the $400 on the hotrod Motorola "metal" flip phone...

Thoughts_Arrive · February 2018

PJ_Soul said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I have had the same phone number since my first phone.
I have also kept every single phone I have had.
Will post a photo later.

I've had the same phone number since my first two... and it was a traumatic experience, lol. I had to change to the brand new area code that came about at that time - it was the first time metro Vancouver had ever picked up a new area code - and I was literally one of the first ones to get it. I doubt more than 50 people had it by then. It was really surprising how much of a freak people thought I was for having this stupid new area code, and having it actually made me feel shitty.

Weird. We don't have area codes for mobile phones here.
I almost changed my number as some idiots kept prank calling me for a regular period.

PureandEasy · February 2018

I don't recall when I first got a cell phone but I remember when I got my first smart phone. 2013, I-phone via AT&T. What a colossal F up that was. signed a two year deal, "supposedly " paid $.99 cents for the phone but monthly bill was $142.00 for two years. Did not include unlimited data, I don't think it included unlimited anything. The day my contract was up, tried to transfer plan. AT&T wouldn't unlock my phone to allow transfer, said I owed early cancellation fee and said I had to delete storage on my phone in order to do so, after paying fee. I was just trying not to lose service by doing it the day contract ended. They would not budge. I went out, bought an Android phone at Target, changed providers and got smart and use it as a phone and not a computer. I pay less than $28 a month now. Use my I-phone for music and stored voice mail messages. I hate AT&T.

Thoughts_Arrive · February 2018

I didn't get my first smart phone until years after everyone else was using them.
I don't understand why people pay so much per month for their phone plans just so they can have the latest device.
It's ridiculous. Some pay $100 per month. For me $30-$40 per month is the limit.
Consumerism...

Thoughts_Arrive · February 2018

Here are all the phones I have ever owned.
Does not include my current phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5 as I used it to take this photo.

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PureandEasy · February 2018

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I didn't get my first smart phone until years after everyone else was using them.
I don't understand why people pay so much per month for their phone plans just so they can have the latest device.
It's ridiculous. Some pay $100 per month. For me $30-$40 per month is the limit.
Consumerism...

See that's it TA, why pay that much?? If you have Internet at home, iPad or computer at home . .. cable at home . . why pay for so much for data? Why do you need so much data when you're outside the home, you know when you're at school presumably learning, or at work, presumably earning your paycheck? It's either money down the drain or the future of society down the drain.

tbergs · February 2018

Thoughts_Arrive said:

Here are all the phones I have ever owned.
Does not include my current phone, a Samsung Galaxy S5 as I used it to take this photo.

I think I had 3 of those phones and the one your taking the photo with. My wife had that brick Nokia as her first phone. I remember it had that stupid snake game on it that was so popular.

I've had over a dozen phones, but that's only because I have to carry one for work and we get new ones every 2 years.

Thoughts_Arrive · February 2018

PureandEasy said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

I didn't get my first smart phone until years after everyone else was using them.
I don't understand why people pay so much per month for their phone plans just so they can have the latest device.
It's ridiculous. Some pay $100 per month. For me $30-$40 per month is the limit.
Consumerism...

See that's it TA, why pay that much?? If you have Internet at home, iPad or computer at home . .. cable at home . . why pay for so much for data? Why do you need so much data when you're outside the home, you know when you're at school presumably learning, or at work, presumably earning your paycheck? It's either money down the drain or the future of society down the drain.

It's not the data that makes these plans so expensive. It's paying back that brand new latest release smart phone.
Herd mentality.

When did you fist get a cell phone?

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