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5110.jpgwhat was everybodys first mobile phones.

 

mine was a nokia 5110 on orange in 1999 or as they called it the nokia c402 

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Used to sway to the left when walking due to the weight of it (although it could have been the copious amounts of Gold Label he consumed!Smiley Very Happy)


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bet he needed a coat just to put it in his pocket unlike the phones these days which you can actually put in pockets easillySmiley Very Happy


 

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I had one of these for a while as a company phone, bought a bodywarmer jacket with big pockets to carry the flipping thing:

 

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I only got about 20 minutes without having to charge it too.

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i remember when phones only had a life of 10 minutes before the battery went dead

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I had a Motorola 3200 in 1994. I was the "Dogs" back then wink

 

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Then had a Startac

 

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Both on Cellnet and still got them.... Still work too !!

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This was my first. No backlit display, 9 number memory and a battery life poorer than my smartphone

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I felt a bit old looking up my old mobile, but after reading the previous posts (especially after seeing Perksie's work phone), maybe it's not so bad.. :smileywink:.

My first phone was a Siemens A35

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mine as per my signature as small is it could get with credit card sized sims

 

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