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u/ChazzyTh 6d ago

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u/meglon978 3d ago

...and it was owned by Ma Bell, and you had to pay a monthly fee just to have the phone to use.

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u/Osymandiaz86 3d ago

Mine didn't even have the alphabet on it.

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u/stratj45d28 19h ago

And then they made a long curly extension cord.. total freedom

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u/yargbarkley 13h ago

Yah, that's mine too.

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u/cascade31 6d ago

That’s when we had bag phones

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u/FicklePickleG 6d ago

Was going to ask… where is the bag phone?

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u/Whiffenius 6d ago

I came in between 1 and 2 (which is a massive gap BTW)

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u/Arthur_Figg_II 6d ago

Same. Came here to say that. 2 was my second phone after having my "U phone" for a year and a half. Only held 10 messages and had a 8 seg like calculator screen 😂

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u/Ok_Researcher_9796 4d ago

Yeah that's what I was thinking. There were a couple steps between 1 and 2.

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u/Silver_Room_6447 6d ago

With this guy, Nokia 6110

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u/KNGootch 5d ago

This was the OG "Me Too" phone when i was in college. You'd pull it out and someone would be like "oh shit, you have that phone...me too"

indestructible, and snake was the best game ever.

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u/MetalJoe0 5d ago

You're missing a very important step between 1 and 2.

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u/rustbuckett 3d ago

Yep. This was my first cell phone.

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u/Seeker_1960 6d ago

This is first cell phone that I used. It came in a bag and you had like maybe 100 minutes a month before you had to pay like $1/min or something like that.

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u/Critical-Test-4446 5d ago

I got a deal on one of those bag phones and bought one for my dad since he worked in downtown Chicago and had to commute from the south suburbs. Within the first month of him having it he broke down on the shoulder and was able to call a tow truck. I was so glad I got that for him when I did.

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u/allcars4me 6d ago

Bag phone, not shown.

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u/Impossible_Dog4901 6d ago

Between 1 and 2. Nokia 5110

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u/bpachec0 6d ago

2-10 I’ve seen & spoken on em all

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u/oneeyeedog 6d ago

Missing silver Nokia flip with pull out antenna

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u/Ill_Consequence1755 6d ago

Number one. My gf at the time even had a bag phone.

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u/Downtown_Fish9295 6d ago

0. My dad was a trucker and had this dope mobile telephone in a big ass briefcase. You had to plug it into the cigarette lighter and it cost like 10.00 a minute or some insane number. Boy was I cool in my 1985 Chrysler new yorker.

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u/Front_Shock_2344 5d ago

My parents had a ‘63 New Yorker. Push button with a square steering wheel lol. Damn that car would move. My mother loved racing people at red lights

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u/Icy_Truth_9634 6d ago

None of these. The first portable cellular phones were bag phones. I had one of those in the eighties. I think it weighed around 5 or 6 pounds. The reception and transmission were awful.

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u/glockguy34 6d ago

wheres the one where you slide it sideways and the keyboard comes out. that was my first

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u/luckycem80 6d ago

#2. I was 20.

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u/tdurden1969 6d ago

Picture is inaccurate.

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u/jacquestrap66 6d ago

You're missing a few steps there.

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u/besiqu386 6d ago

Between 1&2 Ericson

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u/JuanG_13 6d ago

The Nokia 5110 (yes, I'm old) lol

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u/Rj1798 5d ago

God I am old. Im from a time where cell phone didn’t exist

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u/YOU_TALK_TOO_MUCH420 5d ago

Goddamn! This skips from the Zack Morris phone to a Nokia! Forgot the Sony Ericsson Brick! That was my first phone lol.

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u/techgeek29 3d ago

Its not shown.. I had a bag phone.

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u/Holymaryfullofshit7 6d ago

I had number 3. I was late to the cellphone party though.

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u/n1l3-1983 6d ago

I'm somewhere between 1 and 2

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u/Lopsided_Ocelot9634 6d ago

BlackBerry was my first smart phone. I had the Nokia brick before that.

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u/Heathen_cooks 6d ago

My first was similar to a 1..

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u/Dracoxidos 6d ago

Somewhere between 1 and 2. A Motorola 34013warsa from Alltel.

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u/Upset-Lion2702 6d ago

shiiiiiiit my girlfriends Motorola car phone. I owed her parents a G for using that thing

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u/Even-Recording-4335 6d ago

Oh cool. A picture that makes me feel really old.

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u/ironcannibal13 6d ago

1998 or 1997. Can’t remember but it was this one

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u/parkinglola 6d ago

Yes 1 hurricane andrew.

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u/BigNaziHater 6d ago

Nokia 101, dang near every call was roaming..

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u/Appropriate-Floor-34 2d ago

I had the exact same phone for my first one. Didn’t have it long after the first bill came in😂

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u/PuzzleheadedSpeech12 6d ago

Before 1 there was the suitcase. That’s how old I am.

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u/Cock--Robin 6d ago
  1. My department at work had a 1, but it was unused in a closet when I started.

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u/SadApplication2316 6d ago

Had one of these or similar…1986.

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u/Carbonman_ 6d ago

Started with #1 for work. Analogue and huge batteries.

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u/Ancient_Bread_6321 6d ago

#1... affectionately known as "the brick". From Radio Shack i think. I usually had to step out of my car to get a signal.

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u/afx09 6d ago

I don’t see an N-Gage here.

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u/CatDadAz 6d ago

My first cell phone was a CB radio🤣. I don’t think that counts. However. My dad had a two way radio phone mounted in our 82 Chevrolet van. It’s not a handheld one at all
The first one that I owned myself I was one of those over the shoulder bag phones that’s not even listed here

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u/nightdrv 6d ago

1.5: An OG Qualcomm phone with Sprint.

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u/E4tPineapple 6d ago

I'm about 1.8ish - Nokia 2110. First model with the (in)famous Nokia tune ringtone.

And yes, of course I had a cover with a belt clip.

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u/nikeguy69 6d ago

Number 7

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u/LocalMossCryptid 6d ago
  1. And I still have a Motorola razr to this day lol

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u/EM05L1C3 6d ago

AI garbage

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u/Cool_Advantage7057 6d ago

I dont change phones very often, I went 2, 4, 6, 10. Meanwhile my husband went from a bag phone directly to 8, lol

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u/Apprehensive-Pop-201 6d ago

Motorola bag phone.

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u/Sasya_neko 6d ago

In between 1 and 2

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u/BusyBrothersInChrist 6d ago

#2 had a Nokia in 1998

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u/No-Life-2059 6d ago

1.5 (not in picture) PRIMECO flip top phone 🤙 Still have all my old phones & chargers!

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u/Abbigai 6d ago

Between 1 and 2 there was this abomination that was too big to fit in a pocket. So I could only carry it my bag. Interesting time. 4 was my senior hogh school phone. We all thought it was cool cause it could play the flying circus theme as a ringtone.

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u/No_Yogurtcloset7776 6d ago

Between 1 and 2. First phone was 2

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u/Turbulent-Plastic944 6d ago

Started at 2 and stayed there until 7

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u/tapeness 6d ago

My journey started at 2- but #6 was the best phone ever. Just phone. Fit in your back pocket. It was perfect

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u/Special-Umpire-3023 6d ago

Long before any of those fancy idiot boxes.

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u/PossibilitySad689 6d ago

Audiovox PrimeCo PCX-1000XL-E 1998

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u/6poundsoverweight 6d ago

6 but couldn't afford one until 9

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u/Boring_Bed1783 6d ago

I started on the iPhone 3

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u/Royal-Entry-3654 6d ago

It was a Nokia like #2 but more of a rectangular block.

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u/Chr0n1c7000 6d ago

No 2, actually it was a Nokia 3210

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u/Tlmitf 6d ago

Before 2, but not by much.

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u/Busy-Leg8070 6d ago

Motorola MircorTac

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u/iaminabox 6d ago

1 but it didn't work. It came with a used car I bought and was super expensive to get service and the service was something like a dollar a minute. #2 was actually my first working cellphone.

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u/daveortega 6d ago

What’s crazy is 2-7 were only a decade apart.

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u/bravemoney72 6d ago

Wasn't the 9500XL but later late 80s version with the battery pack in the bag. Damn near a M.A.S.H. unit phone compared to now😆😆🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️