First Cellular phone?

United States
November 22, 2010 6:44pm CST
How old were you when you got your first cell phone? Did you buy it yourself? Or did a parent/spouse buy it for you?
2 responses
@asliah (11137)
• Philippines
24 Nov 10
me, i have it when i was 16 years old, during that age i was in college second year level, and my mother who bought it for me, and the unit is nokia 5110.and then the next was nokia 3310 also bought by my mother again.my latest cellphone as of now is nokia N97 and i bought it using my own money.
• United States
23 Nov 10
The first time I saw a cell phone in my house was at age 8. It was really amazing and cool to see such a gadget, as I'd always wanted one afterwards. Of course, this little gem was my fathers, and it lasted a good four years. Compared to the phones Nokia makes now, the one back then was pretty heavy and tubular shaped. Nokia seemed less of a good brand as years passed, making me less of a cell phone fan. Well, in October of 2000, I got my first cell phone. The ones my friends had were Nextels, but I decided to downgrade my phone purchase with a Motorolla that sort of looked like a Nextel. The call quality wasn't great, but for those times, it seemed terrific cause of low experience and market age I had with cell phones. At about 16 years, was when I got my first cell phone.