Do you still have your first cell phone?

@daliaj (5674)
India
August 28, 2009 3:30am CST
I got my frist mobile 5 years ago as a gift from my Dad when when I passed MS with a good grade.I stil have it even though I don't use it. It is a standard Sony Ericsion phone without many features like Camera or FM. I badly wanted a cell phone, but I was not sure about getting a good grade. Lucily, I achieved my Dad's target and got the phone as gift. I don't feel like throwing it away even though it is not in a working condition. What about your first cell phone?
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@k_petev (37)
• Bulgaria
29 Aug 09
Yes, i still have my first sell phone.I bought it 7 years ago as a second hand.I've used it for 3 years after tht my mom use it for 2 years and after taht my sister.Now the phone is in my parent's house and sit there as a artefact.:)
@daliaj (5674)
• India
31 Aug 09
That is great. It seems you and your family takes care of things propelry. That is why your mother and sister were able to use the cell phone. I have been using my current cell phoen for around 2 years and now it is in a bad shape. I dropped it many times and I didn't take care of it so that some paint came out of it. I need to change in a couple of months. Thanks for the response.
@sblossom (2168)
28 Aug 09
In fact I’m using my first cell phone. It’s already 8 years old. I suppose it’s the oldest cell phone still being used. It’s also a gift from my parents and it works very well. It was a stylish but not any more. I had many chances to replace it. At last I keep using it as a choice. However my husband requested a new mobile phone from his network provider and he will give me the new one. It will arrive today in a couple of hours I guess. So now I have a choice to replace my first cell phone. I don’t know what I will do? Maybe still use the old one to see how long it can be used or just change for the new one. But I’m sure I will not throw away my old one. I will keep it for ever.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
28 Aug 09
I am surprised to hear that you are still using your first cell phone after any years. It seems your cell phone is of good quality and you maintains it properly. I always have the habit of dropping the cell phone and it happens by mistake. Hope you will like the new cell phone. Yes, everybody has an emotional attachment toward their first cell phone. Thanks for the response.
@ladyhope (377)
• Canada
30 Aug 09
I don't have my first cell phone anymore, but I loved that thing so much. It was a Nokia, although I can't remember the model number. I got it in 8th grade and it lasted me all through the rest of highschool. They aren't built like that anymore, though. Since I graduated highschool (5 yrs ago), and got a new phone as a gift, I have been through 4 or 5 cellphones because they all break. Granted, I don't take the best care of them, I don't treat them any worse than I did my nokia and yet they last only a fraction of the time.
@med889 (5941)
28 Aug 09
Unfortunately I do not have it with me, it is lost somewhere I do not know where though because I am always very precautious with my belonging and that day I had remove my sim card and I placed the mobile in a drawer because I needed to give someone to repair something in it but when I went back to take it after some days it is dissapeared.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
28 Aug 09
I am sorry to hear that you have lost your first phone. I know that everybody has an emotional attachment towards their first phone. I still remember the ring tone I used for my first phone. It is the sound of Shahani and I liked it so much and used the same ring tone for a long time. Thanks for the response.
@tutor19us (455)
• India
28 Aug 09
My 1st cell phone was a gift from my mom. She bought me a Siemens phone. IT was quite big and heavy. It had a small antenna too. :) I used it for a long time. I had a sentimental attachment with the phone and I never threw it away even after many years. I think I still have it stashed somewhere deep in my cupboard at my mom's place. :)
@daliaj (5674)
• India
28 Aug 09
Thanks for the response. I remember those phones with small antenna. You can hardly see them now a days. I think my unlce still has one like that. It is Reliance phone.
@dolmitta (221)
• India
2 Sep 09
I love my 1st cell phone. it was a basic model mobile Nokia 1101. It was so handy and comfortable. I lost it in the shooting spot and the whole crew was searching for my phone including the celebrities. But i didn't find it. I would'nt have changed my phone if i haven't lost it.
@mymelodake (1338)
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
Yes I do! A really old Nokia 6150: fat antenna, no color, no radio, no camera, no nothing!! LOL, but I loved that phone. I got it when I graduated high school. My best friends and I all got matching cellphones. I still keep it in my drawer.
@chvenki (32)
• India
29 Aug 09
my first ceii phone was a gift my husband. very nice phone Nokia Music Xpress.
@Ruby722 (796)
• China
29 Aug 09
Hello there I got my first cellphone 3years ago.I still remember how excited i was when i got it.I bought it in a big shopping markt and it have a good quality ,Even i drop it many times.It still works.For that i am very grateful.But unfortunate last year i use that cell phone change a new one. Now i miss it very much.
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
I received my first cellphone when I was about to graduate in High School, and now that I am on my 5th year of studying my course, It has been four years since then..Unfortunately, I don't have it already, my cousin used it before, and now, I don't know where is that cellphone.. It was not that sentimental for me but it doesn't mean that I disposed it that easy because of that reason, its just that, they bought me a new one and I don't think of needing two cellphones, and I am not that selfish you know.. That's why, I gave my phone to my cousin..hehe
@patofgold23 (5069)
• Philippines
29 Aug 09
I had my first mobile phone about 14 years ago...... it was a Bosch - whateevr model it was... i don't even remember how I got rid of it.. i cant remember if I sold it and got a new one. or if I lost it... But i do have my monile phones from the past 8 years..I have had new phones, but i kept my old ones for sentimental value
• India
29 Aug 09
Hi, this is suneetha. now I would like to discuss about my first mobile. at first time like last 3years back i have some negative feeling to use mobile, because the mobile shows our level, here level in the sense i maintained the mobile and the same way other people also using mobile. Hence why i feel shy means i am not earning money so without earning money how can i maintain my mobile, like way i am questioning my self and after getting job only i buy the mobile with my own money not with my parents money. So here i have a satisfection with myself and moreover it will give lot of intrest. After that i made a first call to my parents only. That is also give one more greate experience. And before buy the cellphone i talk with my parents through the letter only. my dad has write a letter to me every weekends in the same way i am also wrote lot letters to my parents that is also greate experience. When we are using the electrical instument, before we have to think that value, really i hats off to founded person. he is very greate man. Now also i maintained that mobile only, u know that mobile cost is only 1200/- but it will give more satisfection to me, it necessity to me, now it will give more service to me, before that i have no contacts to other people but now i am able to speak all my friends, relatives, family members, my superiours and who ever wants to me to those all people i met with these mobile. some times it will give happy message and some times sad message whatever it may be, and some times it will give online news also. So friends i love my mobile...........................
• China
29 Aug 09
Big surprising.Obviously you're the person who keep old friedship in mind.my first cell phone ,oh,my god ,i dont know where is it now ,i throw it away.it is a nokia,at that time ,it is expensive.when i graduate from colleage my parents give it for me as a gift,for it is more convenient contacted with a cell phone.And it is too precious for me ,so i am very careful when using it.
@cloudy44 (17)
• United States
29 Aug 09
I got my first cellphone from my uncle. I still have it, it's stored in some box right now in the house. It was samsung phone, pretty durable and had average camera. I stopped using it after I got my new phone plan though.
@takezero (48)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Of course not, I even cannot remember how I dealt with it when I bought a new cell phone. I though I had probably thrown it away. At that time, recycling used electronic devices was not very popular and was not a common option. I did not keep my first cell phone because it was too old. My mother gave it to me this cell phone after she had used it for couples of years. I did not use it much also, so there were no particular attachment to this device.
@submerryn (1304)
• Malaysia
29 Aug 09
daliaj, I got my first mobile a little more than a decade ago. Those days phones were bulky and doesnt have any special features. I still have it with me though. I keep it until recently my little boy started playing with it. Now, it is his favourite toy. He'll pretend that he's talking to us. :)
• India
29 Aug 09
As per the say that old is gold I have my old mobile given as a gift on my 18th birthday i.e. nokia mobile nearly 3 years back and it is still now gold for me.
@hoho159 (55)
• China
29 Aug 09
hi,your post let me recall my first cell phone.It is lying in my litter cupboard. I also have it even now.because it is not a cell phone ,on the controry,it is the love of my elder sister to me .when i go to the college she prensent it to me .(a red one ),now it can not work,i chang another one.but ,i never lost it. the first thing (whether it is a cell phone) in our life.i believe they do let us treasure a whole life. from your post, we can see that you are a heavy emotional person. i like to make friend like you!! hope you a nice day.
@adinata (106)
• Indonesia
29 Aug 09
My first cellphone was Motorola, 6 years ago. I got it from my uncle when i still in junior high school for my birthday gift. That time, i was very happy although my first cellphone can only used for send short messages and call number. But when i at senior high school, i sell it and buy new cellphone Nokia 6610. Because my motorola was so out of date and ugly. It's very embarrassed to used it everywhere. But now i'm very missing my motorola however that was my first cellphone and there's so many memories inside. I want to get back and decorate in my room.
@levyx22 (187)
• United States
29 Aug 09
Nice story! Save that phone forever even if it doesn't work...Should bring back some good memories when you find it as you get old. I remember I got my first cell phone because I liked this girl! One night we wanted to speak, my mom was using the land line, and my sister was using my moms cell phone. The next day I told my mom the story, and got one that weekend. I still have that phone, but now I am on to a blackberry curve and absolutely loving it, and would recommend it to anyone.