Tech News : This was the UK's first mobile phone.

[Anonymous]

Headline: This was the UK's first mobile phone - and it weighed more than a baby. 

Excerpt from the Link " It was a year which saw Live Aid raise more than £50 million, the debut of WrestleMania at Madison Square Garden, and the introduction of the Vodafone VT1 transportable – the UK’s first truly portable mobile phone."

My thoughts :

I remember using a similar one for my bosses business but I'm sure it was a Motorola. Handset on a car battery !

Loved my Nokias tho - bounced causing no damage and the battery lasted over a week - ok they didn't do what the mini computer smartphones some of us carry nowadays.

What was your earliest phone and what did you like about it ?

Source : Stuff. 

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[Anonymous]

My earliest phone was a Nokia. I can't remember which one but I know it was in 1997. It had a fixed aerial that made a hole in the pocket of my coat! I then had a Motorola flip phone with an extendable aerial but that didn't last long as I dropped it and it didn't bounce!

I can remember the excitement of getting a Nokia that didn't have an external aerial (sorry, I'm rubbish with phone names!) and being able to play snake! My uncle actually only stopped using this one a couple of years ago!

[Anonymous]

Hi @Anonymous 

Maybe the Nokia 3110 ?

I remember the 1st release of Snake and then some of the updates to mix up the Game play which has led to the now Arcade Level Games !

Some of the earlier models I used was the Nokia 8110 , known as the Martix Phone

and the Communicator. 

 But my favourite back then was the Nokia 6310. Bounced quite well !

[Anonymous]

That looks about right!  It was like a brick compared to the phones now but I loved it! 

[Anonymous]

They maybe didn't carry out all the tasks that smartphones do today but they were like indestructible and lasted up to a week between charges. 😄

[jonsie]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi @Anonymous 

Maybe the Nokia 3110 ?

I remember the 1st release of Snake and then some of the updates to mix up the Game play which has led to the now Arcade Level Games !

Some of the earlier models I used was the Nokia 8110 , known as the Martix Phone

and the Communicator. 

 But my favourite back then was the Nokia 6310. Bounced quite well !

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@Anonymous said no aerial. ...3210, 3310 or 3330 the first Nokias with no aerial and Snake...

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi @Anonymous 

Maybe the Nokia 3110 ?

I remember the 1st release of Snake and then some of the updates to mix up the Game play which has led to the now Arcade Level Games !

Some of the earlier models I used was the Nokia 8110 , known as the Martix Phone

and the Communicator. 

 But my favourite back then was the Nokia 6310. Bounced quite well !

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@Anonymous said no aerial. ...3210, 3310 or 3330 the first Nokias with no aerial and Snake...

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@Anonymous said @jonsie 

"My earliest phone was a Nokia. I can't remember which one but I know it was in 1997. It had a fixed aerial that made a hole in the pocket of my coat! I "

[jonsie]

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@Anonymous wrote:


I can remember the excitement of getting a Nokia that didn't have an external aerial (sorry, I'm rubbish with phone names!) and being able to play snake! My uncle actually only stopped using this one a couple of years ago!

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3210 first Nokia without aerial

[sheepdog]

I remember the Motorola suitcase one way back in 1990/9. More of a small briefcase with a tiny keypad on it in comparision. Bit of  a surprise to see one in a supermarket at the time in a backwater area. Then again the girl who owned it had a secondary business as one of those stripper-grams (she was doing an alchohol tasting day which made it a slightly surreal discussion 🙂 ). Even more amusing it had to be next to a window as the reception was quite poor if it went indoors!

[Anonymous]

Sorry for the confusion!  To clarify, my first phone was a Nokia with an aerial.  The next Nokia was a 3210.