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This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:28:48 GMT

If is not today my phone has been down for hours, I will never realise how much we are all so dependent on mobile phones. I've been waiting outside the door trying to get hold of someone also O2, in the flat, no door bell, no signals, no landline for hours. I'm so frustrated with this.

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

perksie — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:32:09 GMT

I expect for a small fee O2 could send someone round to fix the door bell.

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Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:35:11 GMT

I saw a red phone box yesterday!!!! I can remember when the only way to make a call was with a 1p or 2p piece.(When the post office upped it to 2p or 5p, there was an uproar) I now have a galaxy s3 and almost cry when I have no signal. Sad isn't it. LOL.

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:35:53 GMT

Hope you get in as soon as!!!!!!!!!!!

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Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:15:52 GMT

are you still locked out lol

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

perksie — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:34:38 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I saw a red phone box yesterday!!!! I can remember when the only way to make a call was with a 1p or 2p piece.(When the post office upped it to 2p or 5p, there was an uproar) I now have a galaxy s3 and almost cry when I have no signal. Sad isn't it. LOL.

I can remember when it was 4d (not p but d) old money to use a red box phone!

How sad is that?

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:43:54 GMT

And I thought i was getting old...............:smileywink:

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

perksie — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:49:47 GMT

Young whippersnapper!!

I worked for the GPO Telephones and we installed car phones in 1960, so we got to play with what you might call the first mobiles.

They only worked within the City of London ( about a square mile) and had no dial, so you picked up and asked for the operator to connect you.

SuperSad!

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:55:06 GMT

And I thought that my Motorola 8500x Brick made me look cool 22 years ago. At least mine had buttons not a dialler. 😛

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:55:43 GMT

The 8500 sure pulled my suit out of shape though.

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perksie — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:58:52 GMT

My first was about 19 years ago and had no screen, it was a Motorola Personal.

What I liked was that I could change battery packs without dropping the call, I've often wondered if that would still work if you could do it fast enough.

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:02:57 GMT

The 8500 really should have come with a car battery adaptor. 12 hr charge for 3 hr use. lol

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

perksie — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:03:07 GMT

Check out this thread for old phones with pictures:

http://community.o2.co.uk/t5/Off-topic/what-was-peoples-first-mobile-phone/m-p/258613#U258613

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:04:51 GMT

Already posted a couple of months ago.

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

perksie — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 23:24:03 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Already posted a couple of months ago.

Sorry I mssed it!

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:30:41 GMT

I found a new addiction yesterday:

You can flick the switch slowly, just before the hook gets there... Makes it very exciting

Re: This made us to think...mobile phone addiction

perksie — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:55:48 GMT

I want one of those!