r/nostalgiai • u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader • Jun 29 '26

Vintage Tech ☎️📻📠📟📷 What was you’re first cell phone?

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u/OkTheory8636 Jun 29 '26

7

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u/MrScottimus Jun 29 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/BasedgNjmxXws

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u/HiZenBergh Jun 29 '26

I was waiting for the press to crumble

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u/Drugs_Abuser Jun 29 '26

Drop it on the ground and the ground breaks 🤣

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u/HiZenBergh Jun 29 '26

Nokia kept road construction crews employed in the early 2000s lmao

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u/overactiveswag Jun 29 '26

I literally cracked a tile in my parents house with the Nokia.

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u/cautious_nipples Jul 01 '26

They got off lightly!

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u/AboveAverage1988 Jun 30 '26

I dropped mine on the ground when I missed my pocket. Had to send it in to have the radio module replaced. Then on the other hand, I dropped it down a flight of stone stairs once, and the repair consisted of putting the battery back in it and snapping the shell back together and it was good to go, so..

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u/InjuringMax2 Jun 29 '26

Me too 🤣

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u/crapheadHarris Jun 29 '26

Loved that phone. Used it until the keypad finally wore out.

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u/abgrongak Jun 30 '26

Don't we all?

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u/Shot_Sheepherder_646 Jul 01 '26

It was the Chuck Norris of cell phones🤣

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u/HiZenBergh Jul 01 '26

Nokia phones don't power down...they just wait

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u/LadyCoru Jul 05 '26

This is hilarious, ominous, and possibly true

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u/Otherwise-One7653 Jul 01 '26

and he kiked chuck norris in his cowboy ass

it was the bloodiest battle that the world ever saw

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u/SeniorCopy2918 Jun 29 '26

It retreated in terror.

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u/Sensitive_Split_4402 Jul 01 '26

Buddy I was waiting for the press to fuckin explode.

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u/yawanworhthrownaway Jun 29 '26

I’ve still got one or two of these in a drawer

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u/VegetableLetter4896 Jul 01 '26

Not even joking, my brother accidentally ran over mine with his truck and it was fine.

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u/Ur_Stepdaddy168 Jun 29 '26

Lucky number seven. And make sure you call me after seven.

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u/roentgen85 Jun 29 '26

Still on 50% battery?

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u/British_Ballsack Jun 29 '26

And I was absolutely thrilled about it.

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u/pullMyF1ng3rPuff Jun 29 '26

You’re still using it, right? Not a single scratch.

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u/miami13dol Jun 29 '26

I did accidentally freeze the LCD display on one of these forever ago.

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u/brooke360 Jun 29 '26

Same, mine was a 3390

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u/MetiqueBakabila Jun 29 '26

Phone shave strayed very far from these resistance standards, now we have phones that crack on both sides

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u/Sufficient_River3857 Jun 29 '26

Does it count if it was my moms and she would give it to me so I could call home if I got kidnapped?

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u/Matammothematik Jun 29 '26

The one and only

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u/me_sohorny Jun 29 '26

Best phone ever

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u/JayJay_1111 Jun 29 '26

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u/CarrotMuch1399 Nostalgia Trip Leader Jun 29 '26

Best

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u/Mountain_Trip_60 Jun 29 '26

It was good but voicemail setup was confusing

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u/throwra-someg Jun 29 '26

Apps always failed to load.

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u/Lost_Department_2177 Jun 30 '26

Only answer tbh and if not… visit your family then call your parents losers through those.

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u/dodgersrule88 Jul 03 '26

Greatest comment I’ve ever seen!

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u/Nono_Home Jun 29 '26

I still have it, my first phone.

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u/Educational-Salary91 Jun 29 '26

Not a cell phone, but my first phone

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u/Sea-Mycologist-7353 Jun 29 '26

I had a hot dog phone lol

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u/Hotrim74 Jul 02 '26

Miss making fast calls on this phone. :(

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u/dchester74 Jun 29 '26

😂😂😂

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u/Ok_Scallion1902 Jun 30 '26

Those handsets could be used as a lethal weapon, if push came to shove!

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u/That-Interaction-45 Jun 30 '26

Stole it from the phone company eh

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u/Nono_Home Jun 30 '26

No, I still use it. But true it’s the standard PTT issue.

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u/Deviant-Killer Jul 02 '26

The topic stares cell phone...

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u/inorite234 Jul 03 '26

Also the correct answer

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u/slice_of_goodness Jun 29 '26

Nokia 5110

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u/Msed0428 Jun 29 '26

I dropped this off a 3rd story balcony. It hit the parking lot and the battery flew off under a car. Shit still worked.

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u/WestHappyLand Jun 29 '26

Service was so shit and I got angry and threw mine about 50 yards into a tree. It came apart and I put it back together and it was fine.

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u/ResearcherTricky7007 Jun 30 '26

How was the tree? Obliterated, I'd expect

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u/666spyder666 Jul 03 '26

To shreds, you say?

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u/Purple_Elderberry_20 Jul 03 '26

Threw mine at a wall....

The wall was dented and the phone was fine....

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u/flopshooter Jun 29 '26

this photo def needs to be updated with the 5110. it was THE phone for 3 years !

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u/bmxdad7 Jun 29 '26

Agreed.

Btw, did you have a custom face plate? Had to go custom.

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u/flopshooter Jun 30 '26

absolutely! i prob had 5-6 that i would trade out regularly when i got bored

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u/random_i-am Jun 29 '26

This was my first phone in 2001.

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u/Reaperrg93 Jun 30 '26

Yep my first one here

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u/ResearcherTricky7007 Jun 30 '26

Mine was also a Nokia 5110. Remember when people used phones to make phone calls? Ahh, ye olde dayz.

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u/venusenslaved101 Jun 30 '26

I miss it every day.... Swapping out the cases..back when individuality was every thing.

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u/Decent-Paper9112 Jul 01 '26

Did you stuff penny’s between the phone and battery to make the battery not slide off?

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u/Richgrace_03 Jul 03 '26

This is the way! This is the holy grail.

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u/inept_machete Jul 03 '26

All the farmers had those where I grew up.

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u/Winter-Bunnie Jul 04 '26

Gonna play the SNAKE game all night long in the green glow of my trusty nokia phone💚

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u/midiehardsk8 Jun 29 '26

Where is the Nextel brick “bleep” where you at

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u/Pluckypato Jun 29 '26

We used to use those at work chirping all day long!

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u/St4c3y_R Jun 29 '26

This

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u/Vishna777 Jun 29 '26

Oh snap!

THIS IS my first phone..

I always thought the NOKIA 3410 was

But I asked my parents to replace the Motorola
for the Nokia 3410. Both are awesome classics!

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u/NeoShinGundam Jun 29 '26

12

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u/Inevitable_Finish131 Jun 29 '26

Same. Hell i might still have it somewhere.

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u/tigersaretgebest Jun 29 '26

Same here, 7th grade. I was always jealous of my friends that had a razor.

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u/rerutnevdA Jun 30 '26

Who would EVER spend $200 on a phone?! 😭

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u/PM_ME_OCCULT_STUFF Jul 04 '26

I actually still have mine in a box somewhere

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u/Myles_Standish250 Jul 05 '26

Yep, hinge broke and I had to glue it back together. It was a mess.

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u/fiftyfivepercentoff Jun 29 '26

This was my first…

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u/briber67 Jun 29 '26

At last, my people.

I joke that my first cell phone was corded. That's because it was.

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u/ernster96 Jun 29 '26

Don’t think it’s on there.

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u/Gunfighter9 Jun 29 '26

I had that phone, it was actually great.

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u/Bigk621 Jun 29 '26

Shit, I had a bag phone for the car! Huge ass battery with the handle on top, predates all that!

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u/supersonicdutch Jun 29 '26

Parents had one and I thought the internals were all this high tech stuff straight from nasa but, nope, all/mostly battery.

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u/Beginning-Whole8770 Jun 29 '26

#3. It was about 1994-1995 when I got first cell phone. AT&T 3810.

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u/jonshado 90s Kid Jun 29 '26

The Nokia 5110 should be on there too. The 3310, from 2000, had more sales but it was technically just an upgrade to the 5110 from 1998. Which was the OG "you can't kill a Nokia" phone.

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u/Reaperrg93 Jun 30 '26

Man I think mine was exactly this color

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u/Kind_Swim5900 Jul 01 '26

Some posted the 5110 but in silver. I recognised it as my first phone, but I also had the black one.

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u/985211hypehype Jun 29 '26

this one in 2007

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u/Austronauta Jun 29 '26

My boyfriend loved his and didn't want to change it for a smartphone. We had many people trying to convince him to change it. He finally did, but sometimes still misses it.

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u/reen420 Jul 05 '26

It was awesome. Great sound quality for the time. And it just looked sick. Same with the Motorola razr

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u/ResearcherTricky7007 Jun 30 '26

That was my 5th phone, and one of the best I owned. It was flawless. I got the Sony Ericsson Elm afterwards, but it wasn't quite as good though still okay.

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u/Kind_Swim5900 Jul 01 '26

I always wanted it soooo bad

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u/r3tract Jun 29 '26

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u/ArgusTransus Jun 29 '26

That’s what I had.

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u/Human_Bad5547 Jul 03 '26

There it is! Look at those easy to read buttons and the faux leather executive carry case! Ahh, good times. . . . 

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u/Beneficial-Bar1732 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Samsung-E250

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u/hastings67 Jun 29 '26

The peak of cellular device design was skipped in this post.

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u/Scared_Pen_6519 Jul 02 '26

Came here to say this also lol

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u/NaN-451 Jun 29 '26

my first cell phone

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u/Frozen_Tears14 Jun 29 '26

A black nokia 1600 my dad gave to me as a gift in 2006. Woah didn't realize that was 20 years ago.

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u/Elegant-Operation77 Jun 29 '26

This was my second one, 1999, including the popular Body Glove brand neoprene case. Still have it with my few others.

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u/SCP_7000 Jun 29 '26

mine was the Nokia 105

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u/discofrisko Jun 29 '26

Ericsson ga628

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u/borka-t Jun 29 '26

Me in 1990. Broke as hell and not letting on! My car payment was all I could do and that was if I was lucky.

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u/jerzeeshadow2021 Jun 29 '26

The first Tracfone cell phone that I owned from 1999. Just a green LED numeric display, a retractable antenna, NiCad battery, and it was an analog cell phone!😄 This was when prepaid cell phones had just started. I remember it was $10 for ten minute cards, and $20 for thirty minute cards. No texts, no data, just talk time. Oh, and the charging time was 4-6 hours with maybe an hour of use, and standby time of maybe 6-8 hours. The good ol' days.😉

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u/YamEnvironmental1887 Jun 29 '26

A Nokia 6085 😭

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u/smotrs Jun 29 '26

Mines not on the list, but here it is,

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u/Curllywood Jun 29 '26

Not on here but the juke.

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u/Tim-0341-81mm Jun 29 '26

The AN/PRC-77 was my first mobile phone.

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u/Zealousideal_Site856 Jun 29 '26

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u/Vishna777 Jun 29 '26

Yes, my phone.
And That color version.
Felt like an iphone upgrade at the time.
Haha, I feel so. dumb. about it today. 😂

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u/Tramp876 Jun 29 '26

#3 if it’s a Nextel

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u/Southern_Ad_7477 Jun 29 '26

maybe it sound bad but 6-7

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u/straightzomin395 Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

My grandma had No. 1 and I didn’t get 6 til my sophomore year in high school

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u/Porygeist 90s Kid Jun 29 '26

My dad started me on a prepaid Moto Razr then my mom wanted to 1 up him by adding me to her plan so I picked the LG Versa. Edit: I really got hit in the feels scrolling through old Verizon phones trying to figure out which one I had. 😅 I miss when phones had character.

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u/Blur-Nobody Jun 29 '26

I don't know if this is the right model but it looked like this. I had a grey one first and I liked it so much I ended up getting another that was black like this one after.

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u/coffeeplayer95 2000s Legend Jun 29 '26

That's mine :3

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u/Kare83 Jun 29 '26

Dancall HP 2711, bought it in 1998, super heavy phone with 6h of battery life 😄

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u/ProofOfTool Jun 29 '26

Mobilix sagem just joined the chat

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u/Canral Jun 29 '26

None of the above. Sanyo 4000.

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u/carlcarlington2 Jun 29 '26

14, I remember not being able to download or buy custom wallpaper so I took a close up picture of one of my brothers starcraft books and settong that picture as wallpaper

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u/Accadius Jun 29 '26

It was second hand I bought from my aunts boyfriend. It was prepaid and the caller id said horz zone when I called somebody.

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u/BlueAngel365 Jun 29 '26

My phone when I was 14:

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u/Impossible_Dog4901 Jun 29 '26

Nokia 5110. Virtually indestructible.

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u/lunarium-8 Jun 29 '26

Qualcomm 1900. It’s not there.

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u/Fantastic_Iron_3627 Jul 01 '26

Originally had a cordless home phone, then we got that samsung phone that slides to text sideways. I remember texting my mom over and over again because I thought it was so rad

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u/Rizz-o-matic Jul 03 '26

Pre smartphone era was a hotbed of innovation. Lame that we collectively landed on glass rectangles.

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u/Upset_Hearing_1804 Jun 29 '26

14

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u/MapleLeafThief Jun 29 '26

7 was my first but I loved my RAZR flip phone at #14. Still have it floating in a drawer. Has a hilarious voice clip of my wife talking in her sleep that I recorded. I plug it in every couple years to listen to it.

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u/Upset_Hearing_1804 Jun 29 '26

7 were awesome the battery lasted forever.

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u/dirtyskittles26 Jun 29 '26

I had the pink one it was awesome

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u/Typical_Task6775 Jun 29 '26

11 and a flip phone the 11th one phone if I believe it slides and reveals a text pad on it

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u/AL3XDAN_DOESGACHA 2000s Legend Jun 29 '26

Samsung galaxy a14 5g

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u/Next_Chest_1445 Jun 29 '26

18.. if its iPhone 3G

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u/J1ngles Jun 29 '26

I used 1 to 5 7, and 11.

My first personal phone was 12.

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u/Melodic-Picture48 Jun 29 '26

Motorolla V2288e in high school then i lost it a week later.  Had the Nokia 3310 after that and then some LG phone like #12

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '26

started with 5,7,11,18

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u/LouDog024 Jun 29 '26

4🥲 I still miss that phone and my a9000

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u/Carmen6276 Jun 29 '26

Number 5, if we are talking mobile phone. I did have a land line phone, push button princess phone in yellow.

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u/Fast-Bird-4677 Jun 29 '26

8 was my first phone I got

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