** The 'official' retro phones thread **

[Deleted member 77746]

I think the Trium Mars was one of the first WAP 2.1 phone. You could connect to text only single line chat rooms.

 

[TheVoice]

Ah pimping out my 5110 with screen icons from Bolt Blue. Brings back many happy memories.

I'd totally forgotten about Bolt Blue! That was a pretty great site.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I'd totally forgotten about Bolt Blue! That was a pretty great site.

Bolt Blue is where the free ringtones started, I still remember my login and it still works!

 

[jpm]

Vodafone MN-1 - YEY! I had the gold one!

I had the blue one wasn't my first phone but had it for a couple of years. Gave it to my mother once I bought a new one and she had for god knows how long.

She ended up giving it to my niece to play with when she was a toddler. Probs still in a toy box somewhere lol.

 

[robnut]

First phone was a nokia ringo :O

 

[James_N]

Since i'm on the nightshift with nothing else to do, I've just hit ebay to see if i can grab an 8210 for peanuts. Always loved that phone! Would love something retro, but Jesus they don't half go for a few quid!!

 

[robgmun]

I also had a Tero 600/610

Waaaaay ahead of it's time, i missed it for years until Andriod phones came along

 

[TheVoice]

Since i'm on the nightshift with nothing else to do, I've just hit ebay to see if i can grab an 8210 for peanuts. Always loved that phone! Would love something retro, but Jesus they don't half go for a few quid!!

Really? I'm sure my step-dad must still have his one somewhere...

 

[Dale V]

my first phone was a Phillips PH301

then:

Nokia NK402 - still have
Nokia 8210 -still have
Nokia N-Gage - still have

 

[whitecrook]

5110 on voda
3210 (orange)
8210 orange
6210 <--- the daddy.... lasted from 2001 to 2008 before screen stopped working.
the couple of the VX1 credit cards above, then an Iphone

Also had the sporty 5xxx series about i think and a sony J5 (sucked)

iphone sound quality blows hard goats compared to the 6210, in fact just about no other phone can compete for call quality IMO

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Since i'm on the nightshift with nothing else to do, I've just hit ebay to see if i can grab an 8210 for peanuts. Always loved that phone! Would love something retro, but Jesus they don't half go for a few quid!!

I'm bidding on some.

Just won

Sagem MC920

 

[James_N]

I'm bidding on some.

Just won

Sagem MC920

How much?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

How much?

Too much £18 Probably not worth it but I got it anyway as I don't see many about.

 

[Snax]

The all time classic phone for me was my 8210. I had a 55sonething before then before getting an 8210 in sixth form on contract. Epically cool because it didn't weigh your super stylish suit down.

I even managed to sell it for £150 after 18 months of use.

I had a super little sony Ericsson (with a really good camera that i often used when surveying for work) after that and a ****** Samsung before a viewty.

The next phone that impressed me was the HTC hero after a hellish 18m on the viewty.

 

[james.miller]

Vodafone MN-1 - YEY! I had the gold one!

That was my first phone! I've been trying to think of the name of that thing for months lol. I had the blue one

 

[Deleted member 77746]

I want a Vodafone MN-1 but can't find any.

 

[nikzGfx]

My phone history in order. I've been through a few!

Was very happy with this phone, had the cool outer glow ring and very sexy for it's age at that point.

My first proper smartphone:

I loved this phone, smartphone with touch and a nice qwerty keyboard:

After the Blackberry I moved on to Android and not looked back!

had the following Android devices since:

HTC Desire HD,
Samsung Galaxy S2,
T-Mobile Rapport (basic backup which I sold after a few months)
Samsung Galaxy S (my main backup phone and music player due to Voodoo)
Samsung Galaxy S3 (Used for a few weeks for testing)

Current device since launch: HTC One X

 

[biron_w]

Just realised it was the motorola v635 I had,not the v325

And this is the first mobile phone I ever used

 

[Ben Cole]

Check out this bad boy from the early nineties. Looks like a child's toy nowadays. No display at all, just a couple of lights. The wife got it from daddy to go to University.

Fully boxed with accessories and charger, taken down from the in-laws loft a couple of days ago.

 

[Rikki]

Love these threads...

1995 - Orange PCN - Dancall DC1 - Very thin for the time, SMS and everything
1999 - Orange - Nokia NK702 - Good phone custom ringtone and wallpaper
2001 - Orange - Nokia 6210 - One of the best, battery lasts almost a week
2002 - Orange - Nokia 6310i - Same as above with bluetooth, blue screen etc
2004 - Orange - Nokia 7250i - Colour screen, **** camera
2005 - Orange - Nokia 6330 - S60 Symbian smartphone, front and rear cams, ran NES emulator
2006 - T-Mobile - Nokia N95 - First real smartphone, luckily mine wasnt buggy. Played DivX files
2008 - O2 - Apple iPhone 3G - Loved the smoothness of the OS, shame no MMS, no video recording, no bluetooth files
2010 - O2 - Apple iPhone 4 - Retina display, fast as hell when it launched great for showcasing photos and videos

Thats where I am, years might be slightly off.