Which was your first phone?
Posted by CrazyMinute69@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 544 comments
3 - with explicit directions of only use if I was *****bleeding dying or dead!*****
Posted by CrazyMinute69@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 544 comments
3 - with explicit directions of only use if I was *****bleeding dying or dead!*****
Ynifi@reddit
3, same instructions as you. I had a $20 per month plan for 20 minutes of use
CoercionTictacs@reddit
Nokia 5110. Somewhere between 6 and 7
UnicornCackle@reddit
Same. Then I had 7 or 9 and then I had 9 or 7. They’ve probably all still got some charge left on their battery even though they’ve been in my dad’s basement for decades.
CoercionTictacs@reddit
There seem to have been so many variations on the 3310 but that was a great phone, I went from the 5110 to that, and had a few others after it, ones that you could buy customised covers for - not just cases but you could remove the phone’s actual plastic housing and replace it with a custom one.
JJQuantum@reddit
gypsyblud@reddit
Our first phone in the house was definitely that but it was on a party line with the whole block. First cell phone I owned was 4 but before that was just when I could finally afford one unlike my kids I was an adult with a job before I had a cell phone lol
Thick_Journalist7232@reddit
First phone in a house I lived in was pretty much that. First phone I had to pay for would have been a touch tone type, but I did get a cell phone right after college around 95. It was a Motorola of some sort not shown by Ameritel. Close to the ones on top, but not
CoercionTictacs@reddit
Kids of today won’t understand the effort involved with these phones, you get 80% of the way into dialling someone’s number and make a mistake, and it’s like half your day is wasted.
L1VEW1RE@reddit
jfrorie@reddit
Micro tac.. 5 is star tac. I think.
Bassmasta76@reddit
Lol, its been a long time, so I admit i could be wrong, but it was definitely #4... and a Motorola🫡
Bassmasta76@reddit
Yep, Motorola StarTac. My mom gave it to me when I started college in 1995 since I was commuting. "Don't turn it on unless needed, otherwise it will cost money"..😝
Ever4ever026@reddit
7
handgwenade@reddit
7…but a Motorola..?
skinisblackmetallic@reddit
Had a StarTac around 97 I believe.
dinnerwdr13@reddit
7
Then I upgraded to something like #9. I remember the salesman at the store telling me about the features, it had a color screen, which I thought was pretty cool.
He was also very excited about this one feature I had never heard of. I asked him to explain it to me, he did I remember saying:
"What? Why? That will never catch on. Why would people do that instead of calling?"
He was telling me it was the first phone Sprint had that supported the new feature "Texting".
UmmaguumaFloyd@reddit
1
RichLather@reddit
Pretty sure it was 7, definitely had 12.
and.... is that an N-Gage at 13?
mgdn@reddit
7
AntiSnoringDevice@reddit
5 Motorola Star Tac "oyster"....sigh
Alkash@reddit
6 I guess.
fightingchken81@reddit
Motorola I60c, it was a Nextel PTT phone, everyone that was in any trade had them back in the day.
pixelgeekgirl@reddit
7
Umeyard@reddit
4
diamond9660@reddit
Number 7 and I also had a Blackbury
Enough-Variety-8468@reddit
✌🏼✋🏼
Apprehensive_Judge_5@reddit
7
The_real_Tev@reddit
Not here, it had a cord.
Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit
Had one of these Qualcomms. Got it in '99.
Awesomesince1973@reddit
I think mine was more like this. I don't remember exactly, other than it wasn't a flip phone or a giant phone and the screen was teeny tiny.
Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit
That screen had an old school black and white dot matrix display like the OG Game Boy. That phone had the clearest call quality of all the cell phones I've ever owned, even modern ones!
drmanic@reddit
Nokia 2180 on GTE wireless (now verizon)
Provolone10@reddit
First mobile phone was 5.
House phone was 2 but after we got rid of our “wall” connected phones.
WritingParking@reddit
0_IceQueen_0@reddit
Dad started with this. I started with the Nokua 8110.
FouledPlug@reddit
Same.
Bazoun@reddit
12
EmperorSkyTiger@reddit
Same. Mine had an incredible alarm that sounded very Mega Man-esque. I loved it. I'd just let it loop.
Cinderella_Boots@reddit
2
northursalia@reddit
4
Cali_Longhorn@reddit
7
battleangelred@reddit
Nokia 5110 which was the model before number 7.
TruckFudeau22@reddit
7 - where’s my Snake gang at?
Ivotedforher@reddit
4
Electronic_City6481@reddit
Something like a 3 but not exactly
Phog_of_War@reddit
Where is the call phone in a bag??
cb3@reddit
Mine was 3 and I thought it was in a bag?
ruxson@reddit
That was my first phone. 18 or 19 year old me thought I was the coolest dude on the planet paying a dollar a minute plus the clear case beeper.
chopper5150@reddit
7
AuntJibbie@reddit
Lucky #7
cb3@reddit
3!
YesterdayAggressive1@reddit
7
BigTap8524@reddit
7
ROBOT_KK@reddit
7 and still have it, lol
akrobert@reddit
4
evasion-guard@reddit
akrobert evading a ban is bad, m'kay.
Russtafarian88@reddit
3
dirtbag52@reddit
5
Prestigious-Meal-956@reddit
1
Burner-QWERTY@reddit
Oooohhhh. Ritchie Rich over here.
Hour-Philosopher8719@reddit
Jake613@reddit
Where’s the Nokia 5110. That was my first, & they were everywhere. Virtually indestructible, so you couldn’t even “accidentally” break them if you wanted an upgrade. If you dropped one it would dent the pavement.
chronicalleycrabby@reddit
7 and probably is still in working condition somewhere
WhereverUGoThereUR@reddit
5 and it was awesome. So freaking small and cool.
gypsyblud@reddit
4
TemporaryThink9300@reddit
7, Nostalgia, 😚
eman_on_1@reddit
Mine isn’t on there. It was the Qualcomm phone with the slide up earpiece to answer.
xtopherpaul@reddit
My parents had a 4 but I wasn’t allowed to touch it. My first personal phone was the Nokia with removable faceplate. That thing was indestructible
MalcolmReady@reddit
Yeah this is missing the faceplate Nokia and the folding StarTac
redmorse5@reddit
5 -7🤷♂️
spacetstacy@reddit
My husband still had his first "cell phone", which came with a carrying case the size of a tote bag.
ratsta@reddit
3 was my first personally owned one, fuelled (and justified) by dreams of making a lot of money through Amway. /sigh
The portable car phone was the first I used. I drove to client sites for work and we had one in the van. It was a royal pain. Since it was so expensive, I had to store it in the workshop which meant carrying it out to the van each morning, mounting it under the seat, plugging it in and clipping the handpiece into its cradle, a good 5 mins of faffing around, then undoing all that at the end of the day. I'd be lucky if I made one call a month and that was usually to explain to the guy that used the van to commute to/from work that I was stuck at a job and wouldn't be back by 5pm.
I was in pub one day with a bunch of sailors. A yuppie came in wearing one that type on his shoulder. He left it there an uncomfortable length of time while he greeted people then placed it very ostentatiously on the table in front of him. Our table had a good few laughs at his expense.
spacetstacy@reddit
I think my own first one was 7. I didn't get one until 2003. My husband didn't carry his tote bag phone around like a yuppie. 🤣 He was self employed and this was the next step from his car phone.
Tasia528@reddit
Mine isn’t there. It was in a bag.
karentn1969@reddit
Me too. Bag phone. Se and one looked a lot like #1
InevitableOk5017@reddit
This
TheFastLoris@reddit
Mine was 7, but I remember my parents had 1 & 2.
Jonesy1966@reddit
Neither of those. My first was a Motorola bag phone!
Puppy_Breath@reddit
Me too and it was great.
Jonesy1966@reddit
It was a beast, that's for sure!
4mmun1s7@reddit
7
Bork60@reddit
4
FightingFlaresandNF2@reddit
My 1st phone was from Cellular One and it was black #12
Awesomesince1973@reddit
Something somewhere between 6 and 7 I think. I know it was black and was not a flip phone. I don't think it had an antenna?
Sufficient_Catch_737@reddit
7
TXBroncDriver@reddit
Mine looked like #3, but it was in the era of #6. I was perpetually behind the times.
ActCrafty@reddit
2.
I had #1 in 1989 but it was just a toy that we used to pretend was real. lol
My brother bought the real Motorola Ultra Classic in 1990. He had a good job at Nordstrom and he bought one for him and one for me and my mom.
After he bought that phone he was hooked. He quit his job with Nordstrom and started working for McCaw cellular, which became Cellular One and was eventually bought out by AT&T.
He made hundreds of thousands of dollars with Cellular One before starting his own company called Parrot Wireless. He and his wife made millions and eventually sold the business to AT&T and they retired and they now sell commercial real estate.
mrskeetskeeter@reddit
4
Yaffaleh@reddit
7
tbonescott1974@reddit
Missing my first (and probably lots of people’s)…The Nokia 5190
epicsmd@reddit
One that had a bag the number 7.
itsjustme123446@reddit
2
coldbrewedsunshine@reddit
5- startak, baby! bought it when i went cross country, to have “just on case”. i didn’t realize it wouldn’t connect in about 80% of the open road lol.
Molbiodude@reddit
4, when we were very delayed for daycare in traffic and could not let them know.
OverMlMs@reddit
I think it was 12? But I was a very reluctant participant in the cellphone revolution. My husband gave me his because I was commuting to grad school about an hour each way and he wanted me to have a way to get in touch if anything ever happened. It was all downhill from there, lol
Thumber3@reddit
2 for a job
AtariAtari@reddit
63
Key_Mastodon_3525@reddit
5
Such-Firefighter-161@reddit
3
s_schadenfreude@reddit
3
TheDiscoStud@reddit
Had a 1. It couldn't even tell you the number of a missed call, just that you missed a call. Plus like a 3 hr battery life.
No_Variety9420@reddit
5
Soundtracklover72@reddit
9
CaptSpaulding73@reddit
That was my first phone - mine actually had a 25 foot cord that was so stretched out from all of us taking the phone into other rooms in the house. Obviously before cordless phones and WAYYYY before cell phones! The good ol’ days!
bettiegee@reddit
This is the only answer. But ours was black.
ptm93@reddit
7
FormulaBob27@reddit
7
quiet_girl7@reddit
4
WataruHavok@reddit
12, dropped it the first week and went for about a year without being able to read the screen. Still miss that phone
Change_Request@reddit
3, I think. I know that it was big enough to stick up out of my back pocket and had a flimsy (felt fake) antenna.
TheKingSlacker@reddit
lol, 3
Bleakravenloft69@reddit
Do I see the LG Chocolate?
BakedGoods_101@reddit
a Mitsubishi MT-9 in 1995 https://www.mobilephonemuseum.com/phone-detail/mt-9
OnlyGuestsMusic@reddit
First phone that was really my dad’s that he let me take when I went out, 3. First phone I paid for myself, 5.
Anonymous-11377@reddit
I had # 4 only because I was on my dad’s phone plan. I was only supposed to use it for emergencies but I ended up making the bill too high lol so later when I got on my own plan, I got something similar to # 12.
RitaRaccoon@reddit
I also had a 4. I was first of the friend group to have a cell. Battery only lasted like a couple hours lol.
mzeb75@reddit
I think 2.
Different-Set4505@reddit
I saw 1 being used in line while waiting for food one day, who knew that would be normal now. Wanted 4 real bad. Ended up starting at 5.
Ok-Carob1715@reddit
7
LilMissKrazy1@reddit
7
SweetsMurphy@reddit
DaCarolinaKidd@reddit
7
Euphoric_Grass_5973@reddit
6
CoercionTictacs@reddit
Boy did I love the Nokia N95, I had a silver and a black one
YellowOnline@reddit
I think 3
forgeron7@reddit
12
beanby3@reddit
Do you mean cell phone? Because I had other phones before any of those sadly lol
Joetofu@reddit
Ericsson GF768
Had to carry at least one spare battery with me at all times.
It was billed in 6-second incriments, so it was for important stuff only. State your business and get off the line ASAP. No chit chat.
Fredricko100@reddit
CityBoiNC@reddit
My first cell. I had to pay a extra $100 for a slim battery
LaurenTheGemini@reddit
This was my first phone too!
ArgentMoonWolf@reddit
14, stuck with Motorola for my first few phones back around 2001.
tez_zer55@reddit
6 then 7. I liked that one.
achambers64@reddit
2 followed by 7 of the others.
deed42@reddit
Number 2 - purchased because it would save in long distance fees. My girlfriend lived in Boston and it was costing about $100 a month in long distance. The cell phone was $50 a month and included free long distance. What a bargain!
w4559@reddit
Or you could just wait till 9 o’clock and make your phone calls. It was $.10 a minute after that long distance on a landline.
coolassang@reddit
3️⃣
GUMBYTOOTH67@reddit
1 was my first phone. Lol my young daughter thought it was a hammer.
bemenaker@reddit
5
Mulezzz@reddit
There’s no bag phone represented.
w4559@reddit
Came here to say that
Jinglemoon@reddit
Ooh, you real old.
Mulezzz@reddit
And earned every scar, gray hair, and wrinkle.
jondes99@reddit
Came here to say the same thing. They were a lot more common than the first 2.
WatersEdge50@reddit
6
Trauma57@reddit
7 the brick.
Inflammo@reddit
4
Comfortable_Club9051@reddit
I helped launch the QCP1900 #2 for PrimeCo. But the first one I bought for myself was #3. QCP1920
nikki3515@reddit
7
Ribbitygirl@reddit
Yep! Family I nannied for in 1999 gave it to me. I had always been just fine with a land line before then.
JimVivJr@reddit
6
Dry-Character-6331@reddit
Mulezzz@reddit
Yup, the old bag phones!
Beneficial-Shock5708@reddit
4 back in 95/96 I believe
dixiech1ck@reddit
9 - Cellular One before AT&T bought them
ShaolinDolemite@reddit
3
Last-Relationship166@reddit
Tall_Cow2299@reddit
Technically 3 but that because I found it on the sidewalk. It turned in but wouldn't make calls. Realistically it was 7. I was 19 when that phone came out and for some weird reason a majority of my friend group at the time worked selling cell phones out of Best buy. I was obsessed with playing snake and I can confirm that it does end.
memphisgirl75@reddit
This big boy right here! 1993 Bell South Mobility car phone
Douhg@reddit
2
Best_Catch2482@reddit
TravisJrabs@reddit
3
AnyaSatana@reddit
DustyHound@reddit
malone7384@reddit
1 and I tried not to use it very often because they charged by the minute and it was not cheap!
b0sscrab@reddit
You forgot the bag phone! ☎️
GeneralPatten@reddit
Exactly! I do think #2 looks like it could be close, but I don't remember mine having the antenna. The antenna had a magnetized footer, and was wired to the bag, with a long cord that allowed you to stick it to the roof of the car.
b0sscrab@reddit
I think ours had the antenna hooked to the bag somehow. I remember being required to take it when we went on the boat but also instructed to never use it. lol
mrmikey106@reddit
7
Chimpchompp@reddit
You need a Nextel in there
jinxdeluxe@reddit
My first phone had a cord attached to it.
Mobile phone? No8.
sunfish99@reddit
3
Careless-Gazelle-247@reddit
4
mumblemuse@reddit
9
InhibitedExistence@reddit
4
Chimpchompp@reddit
7
ChrisRiley_42@reddit
4 for a phone. But before that, I had a pager and payphones ;)
Merlin_au@reddit
None of them - NEC Pocket Maxx
Dizzy-Ad-2248@reddit
Ugh, I had 2 and it stayed in the car then came 4 in college...ooooh lawd I thought I had arrived.
bullsnake2000@reddit
18 in 2007. Late bloomer, I guess.
BuckyGoldman@reddit
2, 7, 12, then a Windows7 variation of 18.
DiabolicalManiacal@reddit
4
frankduxvandamme@reddit
Something similar to 7, then something similar to 12 for over a decade before I caved and got a (non-apple) smartphone.
Comfortable-Cell935@reddit
Samsung Gusto.Had it for 10 years.
virtualoverdrive@reddit
looks
None of these have cords. And they all have buttons.
PreviousAd8450@reddit
It should read “Which was your first cell phone?” But it’s assumed what they mean just by looking at the phones!
spudhammer1@reddit
6
returnofthelivingdad@reddit
What if I had one that came before #1?
GeneralPatten@reddit
I think it's #2. Had a bag phone. Call quality was really freakin good too!
bradatlarge@reddit
3W of transmission power also was great for your body.
Narrator: “…it wasn’t”
Sound_Hound82@reddit
I don't see a bag phone option.
dacutty@reddit
Nope, nope, nope.
This:
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/The_Martians:_Phone
ClusterfuckyShitshow@reddit
It's not there. It was a bag phone that you plug into your car's cigarette lighter to use.
frelancr@reddit
yes, this one! I had to scroll way too much to find someone who caught that...(and mine had a 'chocolate bar' detachable battery)
Golfandrun@reddit
Mine too.
bradatlarge@reddit
I had every phone on that graphic except #13
What the hell is that even?
PreviousAd8450@reddit
3
AshDenver@reddit
That phone was huge and heavy but you could totally tuck it between shoulder and ear while driving and it was glorious!
ConstructionOdd5269@reddit
I had 3, then 5, then 11, then 18
PossibleDiscipline90@reddit
7
Familymanjoe@reddit
Nokia 6162
jeremiah15165@reddit
7, then 11 and made the jump to 18.
Valuable-Midnight390@reddit
3
DragonBallRemo@reddit
7
PortentProper@reddit
7, then 12, then 14, now interactions of 18.
_Elderflowers_@reddit
6
Available-Lecture-21@reddit
1!!!!
tesyaa@reddit
WaterwingsDavid@reddit
6
heathers1@reddit
7
CitronTechnical432@reddit
2
scottyv99@reddit
5
New-Currency-7546@reddit
7 then 9 then 12
Honest_Report_8515@reddit
4
phlpw@reddit
This was fun.
As I got more into tech (it's what I do for my career), I had a Blackberry pager.
But the most fun thing was this mutherfscker
Harkonnen_Dog@reddit
PDA
CheesyRomantic@reddit
An older version of #7.... I had a few NOKIAS shown here until I switched to a smart phone.
It took me a while to get on the cell phone bandwagon and even longer to get a smartphone.
Harkonnen_Dog@reddit
7
Delicious-Tea-1564@reddit
14
nc-stitcher@reddit
7
Right_Sentence8488@reddit
1! There was a wrongly-advertised one for $10, so I snatched it up. I was the first one of my friends to have a cell phone.
Mundane_Permission89@reddit
7
grrr-throwaway@reddit
7
HawkAccording2656@reddit
Number 3, Nokia I believe.
idrathern0tsay@reddit
4
slr0031@reddit
5
trukkd@reddit
Same. The Startac was tougher than a hockey puck.
ThoughtCharming8917@reddit
5
Noahs-Bark@reddit
The number 4.
CaptainCap10@reddit
6
Beautiful_Run141@reddit
Nokia 6110
Tennis_Proper@reddit
Phillips TDC308 if this image is anything to go by, though I could have sworn it was 1996 I had it, not 97.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8094429/philips-tcd308-mobile-telephone-1997-2001
bookant@reddit
18
I successfully dodged getting a cell phone at all until 2019.
designer130@reddit
Same. Didn’t hold out quite that long, was 2009 for me, but still the era of smart phones (also, worst thing ever!)
Any-Exchange5791@reddit
3
Capital_Pea@reddit
4 i still have it. i even splurged for the leather case
Nurse914@reddit
7
Revolutionary-Yam910@reddit
7
railworx@reddit
Mine was a beeper
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
Had one too lol
Bahlore@reddit
Number 2, my wife used to work for Cellular One; and at the time that was the bee's knees.
RonanH69@reddit
3
Ok_Industry3016@reddit
7 or 12
DreamCrusher8184@reddit
7
SnooCapers1425@reddit
If you had 1-7 that's analog technology. 8 and beyond was digital RF.
Lobster70@reddit
1 - the extra large brick phone! But mine was gray.
KirkVanHootin@reddit
3
House_Junkie@reddit
7 for me. That battery lasted DAYS!
Golfandrun@reddit
Mine isn't shown it came in a bag.
hipkat13@reddit
Same
Timely-Tourist4109@reddit
phlpw@reddit
That blue screen colour though 🙃
Lexfu@reddit
Looked a lot like 6. It was an NEC bought back in 1992 or ‘93. I still have it.
apple_pi_chart@reddit
4
Charlie61172@reddit
First cell phone? #4
Original_Study3415@reddit
2… sigh
102aksea102@reddit
5
Acrobatic_Product_20@reddit
4, used, with a spare, oversized battery.
I_done_a_plop-plop@reddit
7, the mighty 3210. Mine was lime green.
Charlie61172@reddit
Pretend-Eagle4878@reddit
4 turned 50 last month 🤘
GoAskVCAndrews@reddit
4 tuned 50 in January
OkNeedleworker8554@reddit
Number 12 (if that's a Nextel) except it was black. Fun fact, I still have the same phone number & that was in 2001.
ItsRedditThyme@reddit
5
MaidenMT@reddit
4!
MissPlum66@reddit
Nokia 5110
Unusual-Economist288@reddit
1!!
numbersgal19@reddit
Me too.
DMonkeyMind@reddit
5
sweets4n6@reddit
Pretty sure it was 7, maybe 9 (they look very similar). I got my first cell phone in November of 2000, mainly because I was going to drive to my parent's house for Thanksgiving 350 miles away and didn't want to get stuck on the side of the road with no way to contact anyone. It was Cingular free nights and weekends, lol. $17 a month I think.
My dad had #1 or 2. He was an early adopter of portable phones.
CK_CoffeeCat@reddit
7, but I was a very late adopter, and also broke. Friend in college had number 2, I got number 7 about ten years later, for free with the phone plan.
mhbentz@reddit
12
adventurous-1@reddit
3
wango_fandango@reddit
7
HandheldObsession@reddit
Not pictured I had a car mounted Motorola
colmatrix33@reddit
Iglypop@reddit
3 NOKIA somewhat of a brick & had it for awhile. Had a couple mobile phone salespeople approach me to replace it as it hung off of my belt - 'hey, looks like you could use a new phone' Then had a #12 SAMSUNG that would heat up so badly while talking on it
Unusual_Memory3133@reddit
Not listed - The Nextel i500 plus
Big_Bottle3763@reddit
6, in red!
OreoSpeedwaggon@reddit
Lemon-Cake-8100@reddit
Best Answer!!
Worth-Friendship836@reddit
1
Nuasus@reddit
2
simmons777@reddit
5
user0987234@reddit
topsyturvy76@reddit
More 00s
user0987234@reddit
Got it with a job. So probably 2002?
MarkTheDuckHunter@reddit
Two
ultralayzer@reddit
5
Possible_Shoulder_50@reddit
12 or Something similar
loehrzeichen@reddit
7, then 12
Sharp-Umpire-2484@reddit
7
gargoyled1969@reddit
7
BerryLanky@reddit
Legitimate-Fox-7030@reddit
Either 7 or 9, can't remember too well.
Global-Transition-27@reddit
7
dmatx@reddit
charmstrong70@reddit
Another 7 here.
As it was for my job, I also got the car kit fitted - cradle in the car, wiring so it would charge and come through speakers and a separate arial.
Every time I got a new (company) car, same rigmarole
f700es@reddit
samizdat5@reddit
None - I had one with this feeble fold-out mouthpiece that broke off after a few months
Swimming_Space_6682@reddit
4
TagStew@reddit
Is 5 a startac? If so then 5 that phone was so awesome when I broke a phone in the mid 2000’s Verizon still hooked it up temporarily and more importantly it still frikken worked sitting in a drawer for a decade 😅
Green_Tartan_Scarf@reddit
That's awesome
pang-zorgon@reddit
12
CHNLNK@reddit
Trandoshan-Tickler@reddit
Yep, my first as well.
therelybare5@reddit
charmstrong70@reddit
When I got a pager for my first weekend on call it was the middle of summer and had it clipped to my shirt breast pocket.
Had to go to the loo at Guildford train station (public loos, especially at train stations, are not great). Bent over to flush and… that was when I learned never to clip your pager to you shirt breast pocket
Huge_Razzmatazz_985@reddit
4... work was offering at a deal for employees to test
Branch_Live@reddit
1
MrRetrdO@reddit
#4
Green_Tartan_Scarf@reddit
5.
I am still pissed off with my younger brother for using it as part of a star trek costume at a costume party and then losing it at the party. Without asking my permission. I had planned to keep it as a memento
MacaroonUpstairs7232@reddit
Bag phone that isn't on here if your talking cell. Rotary dial phone if you mean phone in general
hedgehog77433@reddit
3
Momo222811@reddit
My own 14
Momo222811@reddit
Work 2
Ok-Plan-3153@reddit
2. That thing was a solid tool.
Efficient-Hornet8666@reddit
Definitely #7. Probably still in a box here somewhere.
anonymousloser-0401@reddit
Lostboyintheforest@reddit
seigezunt@reddit
kittehkouncel@reddit
Lol
ComprehensiveShip720@reddit
3
1Overnumerousness1@reddit
4
djak@reddit
12 was my first phone, but I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 40. I do remember the doctors I worked with in the ER back in the 90s lugging around #1.
gentle_viking@reddit
A 4 or 5.
seigezunt@reddit
I was a very late adopter. We had a 5 for use at the office, which I hated. My long commute through finally convinced me to get a 7. My favorite before joining the Apple cult, however, was the 11. What a solid little beast.
ComfortableCreepy584@reddit
4
Sempophai@reddit
7, though, technically my first phone was a rotary phone that looked like a coke bottle and was not wireless.
Horn_Flyer@reddit
4
SkittleToast@reddit
7 - and I had to add an extra battery thing onto it because I lived in an analog area, so the thing was an extra inch thick.
kittehkouncel@reddit
That's was my second!
Equivalent-Speed-631@reddit
Bag phone was my first.
Qaraatuhu@reddit
Same. 3 was my first upgrade!
wishiwasntyet@reddit
2
Winter-eyed@reddit
12
phunny-words@reddit
3
kittehkouncel@reddit
Me too!
Ozdiva@reddit
12 - around 2005.
ChauDynasty@reddit
Exact same
mmpjd@reddit
4
undwiedervonvorn@reddit
Something like 3 but Siemens iirc. Definitely with a pull out antenna.
SnooHamsters61@reddit
3 - No one to text message to.
Commisceo@reddit
1
BuDu1013@reddit
robotixonic@reddit
The first one I ever used was #1 but the first one I owned was #3.
somuchotf@reddit
Qualcomm QCP-1960. Awesome phone
InfiniteRegret6437@reddit
1
StJmagistra@reddit
It was this, in 1996. Kept in my car, for emergencies only!
Mk1Racer25@reddit
3 followed by 5.
Got it when my wife was pregnant with our first child. There was a deal through work. It had 30 min. per month, and then it was like $0.30/min. Also roaming charges.
sense4242@reddit
7
psiprez@reddit
AnarchiaKapitany@reddit
The Ericsson equivalent of no. 3
aharryh@reddit
Home phone was a land line, first mobile 2. Also had 4,7,11 and 18.
BWWFC@reddit
19
WanaWahur@reddit
3
Western-Corner-431@reddit
3
Drsryan@reddit
1 it was in a black bag about the size of a small shoe box.
roenaid@reddit
6 is the closest
Pussy-Wideness-Xpert@reddit
Palm Treo FTW! I didn’t wanna phone so much as a calendar that reminded me I was missing appointments.
Arglebarglor@reddit
Fantastic-Pop-9122@reddit
5 for me but damn i loved 11 with that clicky keyboard.
RanaEire@reddit
14
Johnatron2000@reddit
#4 and i still have it.
Left_Friendship8103@reddit
Unclerojelio@reddit
7
Lthrluv2013@reddit
Same!!! lol Wait until 9pm for 1/2 unit texting 🤣😆🤣
Temporary-Sail-5195@reddit
My boyfriend gave me his car phone in college (93?). Does anyone remember the Cellular One free nights and weekends? I would literally sit in my car after 7pm and call my dad.
Financial_Cheetah875@reddit
My dad had 4.
Low-Jury-3382@reddit
4
ifulbd@reddit
1968 vintage Gen X. My first phone was a yellow rotary dial wall phone bolted to the wall with a very short cord, hence the stool below it. My first cell phone was 1 for work with a fancy red leather case. The whole office shared it. You only got it when you were on call. 7 was my first personal phone. Never tried t9 texting. Only started texting when I got the iPhone.
Disastrous-Duty-8020@reddit
9 or 10 held out till 2004ish
WaltonGogginsTeeth@reddit
7 for person quickly followed by 5 for work. Not pictured is the Motorola pager I got at the same time as the startac for work
jdcarpe@reddit
It was 12 for me
RoosterSauce_123@reddit
7 - and it would probably still work if I hadn’t recycled it
greengirl4475@reddit
7
Odd-Knee8711@reddit
9 I think
NewHandle3922@reddit
Ungodly ugly thing. 10 foot cord, all kinky curly
NoDanaOnlyZuuI@reddit
4
Patient_Doctor4480@reddit
7.
Familiar-Seat-1690@reddit
None of them but I did have 5, 9, and 11 for work. lol
Dyno198@reddit
The one that was a big box before number one. You had to carry a big box around. That was the battery and a giant antenna.
Lightfalls9@reddit
7
DutectiveDupp@reddit
7
Trolkarlen@reddit
7
SweetMelissa77@reddit
12
Zakkrazy@reddit
7 , but it was for work.
Objective_Quiet3065@reddit
Big ass bag phone with a battery that lasted an hour and cost a mortgage payment to make a call.
bookon@reddit
12: The Jack Bauer Edition with back rubber around the edges.
Fudloe@reddit
I had 2. Well, my mom did, but she made me take it with me whenever I traveled out if town with my band.
I don't remember ever using it, tho. Didn't get my own til 14 came out (because I got married and my Ex said we needed them).
eyecandynsx@reddit
Where's the bag phone love here???
dearmax@reddit
Number 12. I had no cell phone until 2005 when I got a promotion at work and absolutely had to have a phone with me constantly. I ran to radio shack, bought the cheapest one they had and set up my new account. I kept that thing for 3 years.
ReddyKilowattWife@reddit
2, attached to a bag with a cord. But, the very best phone I ever had was that number 14!
Upstairs-Storm1006@reddit
7. And the day I discovered text messaging was a life changer. Basically sent a few texts to friends and people would me like WTF
devoidx360@reddit
4
jo1026@reddit
it was a motorola bag phone kinda like radar orileys on mash
Mtothethree@reddit
6
xantub@reddit
Similar to #5, a Nextel with walkie talkie. The first one I used was #1, but that was a company phone I used in the weekends when it was my turn to be "on call".
librarykerri@reddit
7; the Nokia bar phone! And I bought different faces for it off eBay .
ArcadiaKing@reddit
12
digdugnate@reddit
first cell phone was #7. years and years of landline phones before that.
arioandy@reddit
7 of course
AnarchoReddit@reddit
4 dada had 1
Itis-caught-BearsWin@reddit
This one.
GeGeGeNoOz1997@reddit
Me too
fingeringdkworsted@reddit
Me too! Oh man I felt fancy!!
BidPale3239@reddit
I don’t know how this one is missing! This was my first phone too. I love and missed it because I was able to change the facing and keypad. I loved when people would ask, “did you get a new phone”?
tallCircle1362@reddit
4
Maximum-Elk8869@reddit
Mine was a Nokia car phone bolted into floor of my new 1988 Hyundai Excel.
kckitty71@reddit
I inherited my mother’s 1990 Toyota Corolla that had a phone bolted into the floor.
LizaMD@reddit
My mom had #1 I had #3
PrikNamPlassum@reddit
6
Erazzphoto@reddit
First phone? Was probably a Garfield wired phone. First mobile phone, 11
burnbookcovergirl@reddit
6
MicheleNP@reddit
7
nancylyn@reddit
7
rickeer@reddit
3
WhatsTheBoxHiding@reddit
7
CanMoo@reddit
7
chartreuse_avocado@reddit
7
jeffnorris@reddit
I had a bag phone
Leather-Material9731@reddit
Me too. I got mine from radio shack and it had a service plan with southwestern bell. I think it gave me something like fifteen minutes a month.
jeffnorris@reddit
Yeah it was something crazy like that and stupid expensive if you went over
Past-Establishment93@reddit
None of the above. Motorola brick phone.
WanderingStorm17@reddit
My first mobile phone was very similar to 2. It was 1996 and I was in the U.S. Army. For some unfathomable reason I decided I needed one.
reepobob@reddit
4 and I had a “fancy” black pleather phone cover.
NewtonNott@reddit
7
OriginalMcSmashie@reddit
Samesies.
GelatinousGoober@reddit
7
shooflypie@reddit
7 in yellow.
Rare-Assumption5584@reddit
5 — if memory serves that’s a Motorola Startac.
Apprehensive_Law_234@reddit
5 Startac was my 1st. Then 11 Blackberry.
ShouldersBBoulders@reddit
3. Brick. $.20 per text after the first 10 and 30 minutes talk included in the plan. Can't even remember how much it was, but it seemed like a lot then. ALWAYS went over limits and got a bigger bill too. Thanks for the life lessons AT&T!
RedEvil7@reddit
4 for me, in 1995 🤣
JoeNoble1973@reddit
3 baby! Doubles as a personal protection bludgeon, like a sap or a nightstick
Reddisuspendmeagain@reddit
3 - I worked at Service Merchandise and got a huge discount plus they were practically free. I think I paid a penny for it or something like that. I was so freaking cool with my cell phone in the early 90s, people used to stare when I used it, so rare for a regular person to have one.
mb-driver20@reddit
Its not shown, it was a bag phone converted to a hard mount phone. Then over the years, I had 4, a Nokia not pictured, 7, a Palm Trēo, 11, then Iphones. I used to sell them.
Whatisgoingon3631@reddit
Mine was a Motorola bag phone. Big and heavy, but I used it like a car phone, just moving it from truck to truck for work.
morts73@reddit
Nokia had such a stranglehold on the market. 7 was a classic brick that everyone had.
blackgunp7@reddit
1, but in black
vegan_voorhees@reddit
6 looks close.
The advert for it showed a coin slot as it was the first pay-as-you-go and I was so naive I genuinely thought I'd need to put coins into the phone somehow...!?
Turned out I had to go buy scratchcards to top it up.
TCE326@reddit
3
EducatedBarbarian@reddit
I totally forgot about having to extend the antenna to talk on the phone
SeaCobbler4352@reddit
7
EDCxTINMAN@reddit
listeningisagift@reddit
7
RylieHumpsalot@reddit
3, then we had a bag phone for Moms car
this_is_bs@reddit
Missing the 5110!
Witty-Awareness-8819@reddit
7
Alcophile@reddit
Me, too. 1998.
Key-Airline204@reddit
7, the good old brick!
The_Original_Miser@reddit
Not listed: one of those Motorola bag phones.
countered_measures@reddit
Actually mine was a car phone in 1982. My mom worked for a car phone company for a few months.
88secret@reddit
Bag phone, then 3.
UnchangeableName64@reddit
6, from the mid 90s. The salesgirl even came to my home to deliver it and explain how it worked.
pirate_twin@reddit
I miss my blackberry. #11 wasn't my first phone but it was my favorite.
Moondra3x3-6@reddit
I always wanted one 🥴 I also miss my Nextel push to talk indestructible phone. 😭
DesertDaddyPHXAZ@reddit
4
mistertireworld@reddit
Mine was an Ericsson. Closest to 6.
Blurghblagh@reddit
I was about to say Siemens C25 but I see that was released in 1999 and pretty sure I got my first phone in 1997/8 from mother so wouldn't have to walk to the phone box at a given time every Sunday in college. So possibly the C10. Or possibly a Nokia, they looked pretty much identical at the time. Presumably sourced from the same manufacturer for shell at least.
Asleep_Fix3900@reddit
3
Jackalope_Sasquatch@reddit
7
AND
it had a "holster" for it that clipped on your belt.
Yes, I was that cool! 😎
sneakyDoings@reddit
Mine had duct tape because the battery kept falling off
Stigger32@reddit
Mine had its own pocket on my bag strap!
Jackalope_Sasquatch@reddit
Nice!
Mumchkin@reddit
7
LomentMomentum@reddit
First one owned was #9, back in 1999.
First one I used was #5, but strictly for emergencies only while on the road.
Automatic-House-4011@reddit
2
calraith@reddit
Where's the bag phone?
imrickjamesbioch@reddit
3
budwin52@reddit
First was a bag phone. My grandfather called it the truck phone. He was totally amazed by it. But #5 was my first Pretty funny. Remember pulling out the 2” antenna like somehow that would help 😆
Fritzo2162@reddit
I had 4, but used a carphone before that.
W0gg0@reddit
7 > 9 > 12 > 14.
14 was my favorite for all of a day, until it slipped off my bedside table and plopped into a glass of water.
ih8theeagles@reddit
8 was the first one I bought. My mom had a 7 for awhile first that she let me borrow if she was staying in and I was going out.
ExcellentHorror9025@reddit
Blackberry
Silver_Daikon6974@reddit
Tin cans with a string inbetween
Awe3@reddit
4
Hedgehogosaur@reddit
This was my first
Environmental-Egg893@reddit
7
iamMrFace@reddit
7!
Silver_Daikon6974@reddit
Number 7 bought at beckers with pre paid cards for air time
BazingaQQ@reddit
My Dad and number two before I had number 7 (he had the pirit of an Xer despite being born in the 40s)
PaganBookMomma@reddit
Stigger32@reddit
mstermind@reddit
Number 3. I borrowed it from my stepdad when I did my military service.
CrazyMinute69@reddit (OP)
Did you take a phone to basic?
mediocrerhino@reddit
4 I think around 1998.
Lalamedic@reddit
Then when I called 911 on it, the tower couldn’t connect. It was literally faster to drive to the police station.
jdthejerk@reddit
I had a satellite bag phone in 1989. $2 per minute.
kbchucker@reddit
Where is the console mounted car phone option?
cl0ckw0rkman@reddit
A 6. But it was a police/military, high impact make. Antenna was longer and acted as a handle/guard. No games. Calls and text only. Free nights and weekends! 25 cents per text during the day.
Mammoth_Ad_483@reddit
7
shuzan7@reddit
Mine was a bag phone. I paid $34.99 for 15 minutes. I had to pay by the minute after that, and it must’ve cost a lot because I don’t remember ever going over.
yinzerfpv@reddit
I had #4 in high school
deeoh01@reddit
My first phone was a corded landline. Getting a cordless phone when I was in college was a big deal after that. My first cell phone was #4.
Guidance-Still@reddit
8
Honeybee71@reddit
10,11,12
impiousdrifter@reddit
4
BlueNoyb@reddit
7-12-18
BottleAgreeable7981@reddit
Similar to 7 but skinnier.
Luxy2801@reddit
7
CampVictorian@reddit
Number 2! The little zippered cover drove me bonkers on the rare occasion that I had to make a call…
slartybartfast6@reddit
5110
KitsMalia@reddit
My first was a car phone with a big pack on it that plugged into the cigarette lighter. I kept it in the trunk of my car for emergencies. Years later, #9.
squirtloaf@reddit
7 from these...But many land lines earlier
norvillerogers1971@reddit
Me too
mhc2001@reddit
No_Maintenance_9608@reddit
Not pictured but the Motorola V120E. My second one was #14.
5-ChihuahuaNight-725@reddit
11
RavingMadMartin@reddit
The first I own was #7 But the first I used was #4 I also remember that my boss had one on his car with a little antenna on top of the back window !
Arhgef@reddit
Rotary phone with operator, later 7 and 12
giantstrider@reddit
my first phone was a rotary phone but my first cell phone was a Nokia brick
Adorableviolet@reddit
11 and only bc my job made me
Ok_Heron4768@reddit
My first phone was a landlines. My first cell phone was in a bag.
aMoose_Bit_My_Sister@reddit
was a long time ago.
and i think it was 2.
New-You-2025@reddit
5.
Upbeat_Rock3503@reddit
4 for a bit then 5 for a couple of years. 5 got an update to do text messaging eventually.
LaeliaCatt@reddit
3, for emergencies only!
digital_mystic23@reddit
It was (3). Possibly a slightly different model.
baudtothebone@reddit
0 Car phone built in.
Ok-Cantaloupe-5025@reddit
Number 7!
Calm_Boysenberry_829@reddit
Number 4. But I had the version without the flip cover, because all the flip cover did was cover the keyboard, so it wasn’t even functional, because the keys took like 48000 pounds of pressure to activate.
thetrickstergib@reddit
Mek0nr@reddit
4
StrangeAssonance@reddit
4 and I still remember it was like $500 for that phone. Insane for the times!
Boomslang505@reddit
4
Historical_Project86@reddit
I think it would have been somewhere around the 5 or 6 era, an Ericsson T18 in 1999.
Mischeese@reddit
6 - such a good little phone. Cost a fortune!
FrankGrimesApartment@reddit
ThatLiberalGirl@reddit
5, upgrade from a pager for work!
Legitimate_Top_1425@reddit
I don't even remember!
rink_raptor@reddit
RickJLeanPaw@reddit
Somewhere between 2 and 3. If a call wasn’t going your way, you could unscrew the arial and pretend the signal was fading!
Lonely_Owl_3@reddit
12
watchwatertilitboils@reddit
12 - I held out as long as I could
Pretend-Excuse-8368@reddit
Same. 2004 I think…
-Odi-Et-Amo-@reddit
GumRunner0@reddit
No.2 My boss gave it to me , had it for about a yr, lost it off my ute and then found it 6 months later in the culvert where I had been searching, it was ran over by a lawn mower , sat it water and the bloody thing still turned on and work for about a week after I found it
_Norfolk_Ingway_@reddit
5 i think. is that a Samsung 800?
On_a_Larke_@reddit
7
Happy_Cat_3600@reddit
Numerous-Positions_5@reddit
7
mts2snd@reddit
EdgeOfThorns76@reddit
7, that old school Nokia. Got it back in 2000.