What was your first cellphone look like? what brand or who is the provider?
@BillieOnWheels (58)
Philippines
September 7, 2010 7:53am CST
Remember your very first cellphone? it must be a gift by your loved ones or something that you really exerted an effort just to save money (cutting expenses, no cinema, no extra meal etc) only to afford it.
My first phone was Erickson GA 628 Model, I was college by then when it was given to me by my niece as a birthday present. I was so happy and so proud and told myself this is the best phone and I will never replace it with any other!
Well it only last 3 months before I switched to Nokia famous 3310 :D
I'm still using my this classic baby as my "paperweight to my documents"
8 responses
@abhinav7175 (126)
• India
7 Sep 10
well my first cell was nokia 6610i...back in the year 2006..it had a vga camera but no video..supported polyphonic ringtones .. and at that tym.. i wud be happy listenin to those tunes ..evn ting .. tong of my favorite number ...and i had the connectin from airtel.. and m still usin that number ...and even my old cell is stil at home..!! and ya i evn got one of my cell stolen .. i was using that same number at tym...but dint want to lose that number..so agn applied for a new sim wid the same number ..that number is quite lucky for me .. so wont ever lose that number ..evn if i grow old..
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi abhinav7175, we have something in common since I still use the same cellphone number until now. The trouble with me is that I'm not good in memorizing digits (yup! even my own cellphone number) that is why I choose to keep my old number.
Thanks for the response.
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi ermi46, I remember the old days, I used to think that my Nokia 3310 was "unbeatable" by other phone. I was so damn proud of that phone.
Thanks for the response.
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
7 Sep 10
its from bosch way way back before. it was released before the nokia 5110 i think.
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi o0jopak0o, it's nice to reminisce those days with our old bulky phone were most of us really learned from, before the era of modern gadgets were almost everything is touchscreen.
Thanks for the response.
@debsgw (256)
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7 Sep 10
I had an Erickson too, back in the early days when coverage wasn't always so good. It looked a bit like a house brick lol - my husband used to tease me about needing to have the phone switched on in case of emergency and I remember telling him not to worry cos whereas I may not be able to make a call if I was in a poor reception area, if anyone attacked me I could always hit them with it and make good my escape :)
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi debsgw, nice response you just made me laugh at "my husband used to tease me about needing to have the phone switched on in case of emergency" Yup! those bulky old phones are really a good self defense gadget that we can use :D
Thanks for the response.
@edwardjoy2000 (2387)
• United Arab Emirates
7 Sep 10
I remember my brother used to have this phone Mistubishi Trium......It was a huge phone.
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi edwardjoy2000, cellphone during the early 90's are really huge and very expensive.
Thanks for the response.
@deve_annrn (1856)
• Philippines
7 Sep 10
My first cellphone ever was Nokia 5110..haha.. It was too bulky!! and my service provider was Islacom..and I think that service provider is no longer in existence nowadays.. wuhoo!!! That was a long time ago!!!
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi deve_annrn, those were one of the most famous Nokia phone on market (Nokia 5110) It's nice to remember our good old bulky phone :D
- Islacom is 100%-owned subsidiary of Globe.
Thanks for the response.
@nikhilgupta14 (236)
• India
7 Sep 10
My first cell phone was a nokia 2600. It was gifted to me by my parents when I was in the 6th grade.
@BillieOnWheels (58)
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Hi nikhilgupta14, you're lucky to have a phone as early as 6th grade. I have my first phone during my College days. Nokia 2600 is also a good phone, quite trendy if you ask me.
Thanks for the response.
