** The 'official' retro phones thread **
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My first phone back in 2000
You could put your date of birth in and it would tell how you how your day is going to be!
One of these is on the floor in my kids playroom!!!!
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Thread revival, but also a bump for mrbell1984. A few people mentioned Nokia 5110 as their first. It was my first as well, but it was re-badged by Orange as the "Nokia 402". Mine had the blue cover as pictured below. Orange PAYG in mid-2000, aged 22, so I was already late on the bandwagon and the handset was relatively old as most people have moved onto the Nokia 3210.
After having the trusty 5110/402 for 4 years, I then moved onto a contract and got the Nokia 6600 in 2004. I don't know why not many people had this phone (I only knew 1 other person with it), but it was very liberating.
After that, I had a Sony-Ericcson P910i in 2005 and then a P990i in 2007. These were PDA-phones, in which nowadays we refer as smart phones. Then I had an LG Viewty in 2009, a Samsung Galaxy Apollo (my first Android) in 2010 then the Galaxy SII in 2011. That's where I'm currently at. Due for renewal around Christmas time and it's a toss between the S4, the Note III or the Mega
Good thread though. I wouldn't mind grabbing a 5110/402 or a 3210 for nostalgia to keep as a spare. Do I get any "retro points" for keeping the same phone number for all 13 years of being a mobile user?
After having the trusty 5110/402 for 4 years, I then moved onto a contract and got the Nokia 6600 in 2004. I don't know why not many people had this phone (I only knew 1 other person with it), but it was very liberating.
After that, I had a Sony-Ericcson P910i in 2005 and then a P990i in 2007. These were PDA-phones, in which nowadays we refer as smart phones. Then I had an LG Viewty in 2009, a Samsung Galaxy Apollo (my first Android) in 2010 then the Galaxy SII in 2011. That's where I'm currently at. Due for renewal around Christmas time and it's a toss between the S4, the Note III or the Mega
Good thread though. I wouldn't mind grabbing a 5110/402 or a 3210 for nostalgia to keep as a spare. Do I get any "retro points" for keeping the same phone number for all 13 years of being a mobile user?
Ive been trying to get a Dancall DC1 Orange phone for nostalgia reasons too - my first phone in 1994/5 - followed that with the NK702 Nokia then the 6210 above - through all them and after the N95 was the iPhone 3G, 4 and now 5.
I got my first mobile in 1992 a half brick sized NEC P100,sure it is still lying in a drawer somewhere.
You win so far fella
Though a tasty NEC P3 with an Italian ROM would have been nice too
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I loved the feel of the rice grain buttons on the w880i! I even remember going on and getting it on payg the day it was released!
EDIT: I was drunk one night and the next day I knocked the phone off my bed into a sick bucket! I had to put my hand into the bucket to get the phone out! I ended up buying the silver w880i (I had the black) as they wouldn't replace it due to 'water damage'
EDIT: I was drunk one night and the next day I knocked the phone off my bed into a sick bucket! I had to put my hand into the bucket to get the phone out! I ended up buying the silver w880i (I had the black) as they wouldn't replace it due to 'water damage'
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My first phone was a Maxon analogue phone about 1994 or so. I can't find any pictures of it online anywhere.
Favorite retro phone is a toss up between my Nokia 8210 or my Nokia 6310. Both epic phones at the time. 8210 looked so great and the 6310 would last a week without charging.
Favorite retro phone is a toss up between my Nokia 8210 or my Nokia 6310. Both epic phones at the time. 8210 looked so great and the 6310 would last a week without charging.