I think I still have it somewhere. It truly is a beauty.
NMT was great. As a kid we were able to listen in to other peoples calls with just cheap toy walkie-talkie. It was the magic eighties.
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NMT was great. As a kid we were able to listen in to other peoples calls with just cheap toy walkie-talkie. It was the magic eighties.
hey my first fone was a 5110! soon, i will post the history of all phones that i've had...
LOL we have a very similar purchase history -- two exact matches plus a close match, and the same number of phones so far.
I wonder, not that I question anyone's right to purchase as many cell phones as they need, but ... for all of you who've owned a lot of phones (e.g. on average changing 1x/yr or more often, as opposed to changing once every 2-3 years)....
- Did you have to pay a lot of termination fees or did you have pretty good luck with that?
- Did you resell or hopefully at least recycle all those phones?
My best friend has had twice as many cell phones as me, in the same time period, because he constantly breaks them. But he's just a monkey klutz.
That makes three that I've seen so far. For one of the most popular (the most popular?) phone of all time, that isn't much. If I could get one right now that would work on Cingular's network, I would....I think I'll be checking eBay as soon as I get home from work (stupid websense).
My first phone was the Nokia 3390 prepaid on cingular. Then I switched to T-mobile and had the Nokia 3650 after that I went to sprint got the Sanyo SCP-8400 then upgraded to the Samsung sph-a900 metal version then had the plastic version then upgraded to the a900m and now I'm back where I started on cingular with the most amazing phone ever the Iphone!! Woo yea!!!
I got my first phone through primeco (remember them?) back in 1997. A QCP1900
Same here! Good ole' PrimeCo. I still have the old alien doll they used to give away. Memories.
I think my first phone was that Nokia, or one very similar... with Primeco back in '98.
Awww...cell phone memory lane! How fun!
Started in 1999 with Pacific Bell Wireless:
1) 1999-2000: Nokia 5190 (Multiple faceplates and flashing antennas anyone??)
2) 2000-2001: Ericsson T28w (To this day, I'm still impressed with the size of this thing)
3) 2001-2003: Ericsson T68 (One of the first color handsets in the US...horrible reception!, though)
4) 2003-2004: Nokia 3595 (Got this to fix my horrible reception...too bad this thing was ugly)
5) 2004: Motorola V60g (Was craving a little sleekness after the ugliness that was the 3595)
6) 2004-2005: Motorola V400 (My first phone with MP3 ringtones!!)
7) 2005: Motorola RAZR (Yes...I was one of the first to own these...before it saturated the marketplace...and no, I don't regret the insane amount of money I spent on this)
8) 2005-2006: Nokia 6230b (Probably the best overall handset I've owned. Perfect reception...LOUD ringtone speaker.)
9) 2006: Nokia 6682 (Hated this thing!!! Bulky with no good software to download! Good riddance)
10) 2006-2007: Motorola SLVR L7 (Solid phone that lasted me a good 1.5 years. I miss slipping this thing into the coin/watch pocket in my jeans)
11) 2007-now: Apple iPhone 8GB
8 years, 11 cell phones, same carrier (Pacific Bell Wireless -> Cingular -> AT&T) and have had the same # since the beginning!
Started in 1999 with Pacific Bell Wireless:
1) 1999-2000: Nokia 5190 (Multiple faceplates and flashing antennas anyone??)
2) 2000-2001: Ericsson T28w (To this day, I'm still impressed with the size of this thing)
3) 2001-2003: Ericsson T68 (One of the first color handsets in the US...horrible reception!, though)
4) 2003-2004: Nokia 3595 (Got this to fix my horrible reception...too bad this thing was ugly)
5) 2004: Motorola V60g (Was craving a little sleekness after the ugliness that was the 3595)
6) 2004-2005: Motorola V400 (My first phone with MP3 ringtones!!)
7) 2005: Motorola RAZR (Yes...I was one of the first to own these...before it saturated the marketplace...and no, I don't regret the insane amount of money I spent on this)
8) 2005-2006: Nokia 6230b (Probably the best overall handset I've owned. Perfect reception...LOUD ringtone speaker.)
9) 2006: Nokia 6682 (Hated this thing!!! Bulky with no good software to download! Good riddance)
10) 2006-2007: Motorola SLVR L7 (Solid phone that lasted me a good 1.5 years. I miss slipping this thing into the coin/watch pocket in my jeans)
11) 2007-now: Apple iPhone 8GB
8 years, 11 cell phones, same carrier (Pacific Bell Wireless -> Cingular -> AT&T) and have had the same # since the beginning!