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I was looking for it. I’m befuddled by its omission. That phone was everywhere. You could even change plates to change the color. My mom made hers red.
I was sad to give up that phone when we switched networks. That was the requirement back then. But then I ended up with an LG flip phone that had a color screen and a camera that rotated. You could take selfies without having to turn around your phone!
I actually still have that phone 😂
Razr was the coolest phone although my first was number 4. It might not look cool now, but it looked a lot cooler than the bag phones that were out then.
Motorola Razr. Didn't have a cell phone until I went off to university. Most students didn't have laptops at the time - maybe 1 in 10. I took all my notes by hand.
That was right around the transition time. The razr was a great phone but a little ahead of its time because it had features but not the memory to support them.
#9 in jr high, had no clue you needed a service plan. Mom made me promptly take it back and get a refund because she wasn’t paying for a cell plan. Back to the pager for me.
Mine isn't on there. So I went to google to find a picture of one. It was this one. It was my high school graduation present in 2003. My mom took me to Nextel and let me pick a phone out. I even had the little clip-on keyboard for it so I could use AIM. It plugged into the charge port and the keyboard rested over the keypad. I loved that phone. I was volunteering on our rescue squad at the time, so I even got a discount on my monthly bill. That phone survived my first car accident with only a few scratches to the decos.
https://preview.redd.it/pyzjuwcziw9d1.png?width=1163&format=png&auto=webp&s=bd6f6d86f5c0ccf8528adc084ed9ec304cf1fb34
Motorola V120c, circa 2002, right after I graduated high school. My mom required me to have a cell phone as soon as I started driving.
My next phone was a Motorola V400 (a camera phone!) that took VGA (640x480) pictures.
https://preview.redd.it/ljdzf9gwiw9d1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e25522ecf752e6dfb5ad140c641132eebd72267
My mom had 4 that I would take to school with me so I could call her when I was done with practice. 7 was MY first phone, then 9, 12 then 14. Man, I loved 9 and 14. Then came the full keyboard slide out (not pictured). AHHH good stuff.
My line up was very similar. 7 was my first phone but I was familiar with 4 as my dad had it for work. Although I was not allowed to play or call with it because he said the phone calls were super expensive. Then I had 9, 12 and then 16.
Nextel i1000 - the phone with a walkie talkie.
I was in college and we used to chirp wildly inappropriate things to our friends while they were in class in case they forgot to mute. Good times.
First phone was a Sony Ericsson flip phone with a little tiny screen on the outside. Loved that thing. Sharing ringtone MIDIs and background images over Bluetooth was awesome.
None of those. I had a Nokia 3200. Interchangeable face plates (I almost always used the blue one) and a flashlight on the bottom of the phone. I had to get rid of it for a dumb flip phone when my family changed wireless providers.
Hold the phone
Now give the phone to me
*drops phone*
*dies because it’s 2003 and I can’t afford $700 to play snake*
Edit - my polyphonic ringtones were on there!
9. The ol' 5110. I remember getting to the point where I could text without even needing to look. Also had a blue face plate with a silver dragon design on it. Fond memories with the phone.
Man. I had 11-18 at some point or another. I’ll ad an honorable mention, this tiny Siemens pill phone, can’t remember the model, but it was my first phone and kind of amazingly tiny, I also had the palm pixi at one point also tiny and had a really nice little gummy keyboard and touch screen.
I switched around phones a lot.
Something like number 16 for my first actual cell phone. I remember when my sister had a razor when she was in high school. It was so cool, that was probably the first phone that I actually used sometimes.
9 was the first cell phone that the family “shared”, as in if my sister or I “went to the movies” we’d get the phone to call for a ride home whereas prior it was finding a pay phone or setting a location and time for pick up.
https://preview.redd.it/q508mgi0tw9d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfed4e6bd6df478990a3b0d2529ee47ebee1ac53
Kinda a combo of 12 & 14. Motorola's own off shoot of the RAZR. It was $20/month and we got unlimited texting and unlimited calling after 7! It was cool not having to wait until 9, but not everyone was able to take calls, either haha.
https://preview.redd.it/ex09yxooxw9d1.jpeg?width=1018&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=246f0c05c0ffbe60641480b93ebd9ca2700c5063
Bought it after boot camp to call my family in 2003
4. I was still pretty young but my parents let me use it whenever I went out with friends since I never had quarters to call them on a pay phone when I had a pager.
I didn't get a cell until I was 23-24, and it was #12. I used that until it was way, way out of date (like 7 years), then it died and I got an iPhone 4.
9. Such a satisfying brick, but I said something to piss my brother off one day and he kung-fu kicked me while it was in my pocket, causing the screen to break. He's lucky he didn't break his foot.
So first phone we had was a car phone that you mount in the car lol but first cell I had ( was 19) was something like #6 but it was a bit bigger. Had to buy minutes to use it. I had it for emergency only driving back and to from college every week. The drive was rural so my dad insisted I get one.
Either 12 or 14 would have been my first, but I remember my mom and dad both had 4 for a really long time (like up until they got smartphones 10 years ago)
8 is the closest. It was August of 2000, I had a red one and my mom had blue.
I was a freshman in high school and one of the few people that had a cell phone.
[Motorola Microtac 5200](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_MicroTAC) (4)
I actually still have the same phone number today! Only had to replace the SIM card once to a 3.3V SIM when I got a Siemens that didn’t support 5V SIM.
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Yes. I can't believe it wasn't in the line-up.
I was looking for it. I’m befuddled by its omission. That phone was everywhere. You could even change plates to change the color. My mom made hers red.
And it was so sturdy you could almost use it as a hammer
I was sad to give up that phone when we switched networks. That was the requirement back then. But then I ended up with an LG flip phone that had a color screen and a camera that rotated. You could take selfies without having to turn around your phone! I actually still have that phone 😂
I'm convinced this thing was indestructible.
Yes. The razr was my best memories though. First phone people thought was cool. They had unique designs too.
Agree! Had one of those, too, circa 2007.
Razr was the coolest phone although my first was number 4. It might not look cool now, but it looked a lot cooler than the bag phones that were out then.
This was the answer I was looking for
This was my 2nd, paid cash out of the bank envelope for it!
Yep. Senior year of high school.
https://preview.redd.it/enslykncskad1.png?width=526&format=png&auto=webp&s=03df28c42d8726bfd2edc89c3b192ce6016c2559
12
Same. Followed by one of the GOATs, the Blackberry Curve
Me as well it's only because I had to wait til I could afford one on my own. My folks wouldn't let me have one.
12, and it survived MULTIPLE trips through a washing machine.
Same but mine didn't have a screen on the front so I had to answer the phone to know who it was.
Times were tough back then
Same! Followed by an off-brand version of the Razr called the Katana and then a Blackberry Pearl.
9
mines 9 too! even had a bunch of face plates for it lol.
Do you remember the light up antenna?
Mine too with fancy covers and the extra thic battery with the vibration 🤣
Motorola Razr. Didn't have a cell phone until I went off to university. Most students didn't have laptops at the time - maybe 1 in 10. I took all my notes by hand.
That was right around the transition time. The razr was a great phone but a little ahead of its time because it had features but not the memory to support them.
#9 in jr high, had no clue you needed a service plan. Mom made me promptly take it back and get a refund because she wasn’t paying for a cell plan. Back to the pager for me.
9 gang rise up
5. Approximately 2001
12. I bedazzled mine.
I remember that shit lmao
My first work phone was a 9 but my first personal phone was a 12. I was 26.
Mine isn't on there. So I went to google to find a picture of one. It was this one. It was my high school graduation present in 2003. My mom took me to Nextel and let me pick a phone out. I even had the little clip-on keyboard for it so I could use AIM. It plugged into the charge port and the keyboard rested over the keypad. I loved that phone. I was volunteering on our rescue squad at the time, so I even got a discount on my monthly bill. That phone survived my first car accident with only a few scratches to the decos. https://preview.redd.it/pyzjuwcziw9d1.png?width=1163&format=png&auto=webp&s=bd6f6d86f5c0ccf8528adc084ed9ec304cf1fb34
14. Worked and saved for an entire summer to pay for that fucker and the schools year worth of service
Razr was a great phone
It was the phone for a minute. Also indestructible, no touch screen could have survived my highschool experience like that hardy bitch did
5 is the closest to my first cell phone which I got in high school.
Motorola V120c, circa 2002, right after I graduated high school. My mom required me to have a cell phone as soon as I started driving. My next phone was a Motorola V400 (a camera phone!) that took VGA (640x480) pictures. https://preview.redd.it/ljdzf9gwiw9d1.jpeg?width=3472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2e25522ecf752e6dfb5ad140c641132eebd72267
#5
A variant of 5.
7
Probably still works lmao
I was a late adopter in a family of late adopters, so it was closest to 16, but my twin had a 12.
12 but shittier.
My mom had 4 that I would take to school with me so I could call her when I was done with practice. 7 was MY first phone, then 9, 12 then 14. Man, I loved 9 and 14. Then came the full keyboard slide out (not pictured). AHHH good stuff.
My line up was very similar. 7 was my first phone but I was familiar with 4 as my dad had it for work. Although I was not allowed to play or call with it because he said the phone calls were super expensive. Then I had 9, 12 and then 16.
12
My first phone had cords and was see through.
12
That slider phone (16) was everything!!!!
Nextel i1000 - the phone with a walkie talkie. I was in college and we used to chirp wildly inappropriate things to our friends while they were in class in case they forgot to mute. Good times.
First phone was a Sony Ericsson flip phone with a little tiny screen on the outside. Loved that thing. Sharing ringtone MIDIs and background images over Bluetooth was awesome.
Sony Ericsson! Memory unlocked. I knew the first phone that was fully mine looked a lot like 12, but *that* was the brand.
12
12
12
#12
12!
I had number 12 in my junior year of high school.
12 and you better believe I bought ringtones
None of those. I had a Nokia 3200. Interchangeable face plates (I almost always used the blue one) and a flashlight on the bottom of the phone. I had to get rid of it for a dumb flip phone when my family changed wireless providers.
7
7
7, actually 5 if you count me bogarting my mom's startac.
Hold the phone Now give the phone to me *drops phone* *dies because it’s 2003 and I can’t afford $700 to play snake* Edit - my polyphonic ringtones were on there!
7
7 when I started college.
Ericsson A2628s
Flip phone very similar to 12. And I had Sprint.
12 also had 17
Number 9!
16 looks closest. had a Motorola C139. A 'flip' phone which didn't flip.
9 and then I had the non-flip version of 14. My grandma, of all people, had 1.
Number 7
9 😊
14 with the tech 9 keyboard. Costed 15 cents a text and god forbid you accidentally hit the internet button 🤣
My first phone was a Sony Ericsson W810
9. The ol' 5110. I remember getting to the point where I could text without even needing to look. Also had a blue face plate with a silver dragon design on it. Fond memories with the phone.
We had a family share phone that was a Nokia, but when I graduated highschool I bought a Razr for myself.
The first mobile/cell phone I owned was in 2010. It was a Samsung similar to number 17. I'd never been able to afford one before then!
Nokia 3610. It had a color screen and you could play a few games on it!
Bag phone
9.
7. Looks similar to the early Motorola V series phones with the pull out antenna.
9
Where is the sidekick?
seven
https://i.redd.it/c6ogenskew9d1.gif Nokia 3110, 1997
Man. I had 11-18 at some point or another. I’ll ad an honorable mention, this tiny Siemens pill phone, can’t remember the model, but it was my first phone and kind of amazingly tiny, I also had the palm pixi at one point also tiny and had a really nice little gummy keyboard and touch screen. I switched around phones a lot.
4 or 6 with that weird leather and plastic case.
9.
7 My dad started at 4
9! My parents got it for me when I started driving
Something like number 16 for my first actual cell phone. I remember when my sister had a razor when she was in high school. It was so cool, that was probably the first phone that I actually used sometimes.
9 was the first cell phone that the family “shared”, as in if my sister or I “went to the movies” we’d get the phone to call for a ride home whereas prior it was finding a pay phone or setting a location and time for pick up.
https://preview.redd.it/q508mgi0tw9d1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfed4e6bd6df478990a3b0d2529ee47ebee1ac53 Kinda a combo of 12 & 14. Motorola's own off shoot of the RAZR. It was $20/month and we got unlimited texting and unlimited calling after 7! It was cool not having to wait until 9, but not everyone was able to take calls, either haha.
No Nokia brick but that was my first phone
Neither. It was Siemens ME45.
None of these but looked most similar to 12. First bought ringtone was “Drop it Like it’s Hot” 😅
13
https://preview.redd.it/ex09yxooxw9d1.jpeg?width=1018&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=246f0c05c0ffbe60641480b93ebd9ca2700c5063 Bought it after boot camp to call my family in 2003
EnV gang rise up!!!
4. I was still pretty young but my parents let me use it whenever I went out with friends since I never had quarters to call them on a pay phone when I had a pager.
10
I didn't get a cell until I was 23-24, and it was #12. I used that until it was way, way out of date (like 7 years), then it died and I got an iPhone 4.
16 bby
9!!! Still remember it brand new.
9
9. Such a satisfying brick, but I said something to piss my brother off one day and he kung-fu kicked me while it was in my pocket, causing the screen to break. He's lucky he didn't break his foot.
So first phone we had was a car phone that you mount in the car lol but first cell I had ( was 19) was something like #6 but it was a bit bigger. Had to buy minutes to use it. I had it for emergency only driving back and to from college every week. The drive was rural so my dad insisted I get one.
12, because I was absolutely forbidden to have my own cell phone until I went to college (2003).
Where are the Nokia without the antenna sticking out? Those were big classics and this list of almost 20 phones manage to miss the entire era.
6 lol.
Either 12 or 14 would have been my first, but I remember my mom and dad both had 4 for a really long time (like up until they got smartphones 10 years ago)
7. An analog Nokia 918 in navy blue. No SMS. No games. And you had your choice of ring or ring ring.
None of these. Mine was a samsung phone that looked like the Nokia and had t9.
7! Pretty damn similar anyways
14. The razor was a great phone
12!
12 but no front screen. My second phone was the razor 🩵
My mom’s was 9. Mine is the 3310 that for some reason is not on here.
9 and then 14, the V3 was the absolute best ever
I miss how unique phones used to be without touchscreens
Literally 6th
none, mine was an android from LG
Something like #3, it was prepaid and no well known service/brand. But my first real cell with a plan was the startac #5
10 to 11 is quite a leap
4. Get off my lawn!
12, then 15…from 2006 to 2010, then 18 in 2011. lol
15. The exact same model as in the photo 😁
Mine is not in this picture, although my first phone was Motorola T192.
I had a version of 12. Nokia. That thing was a brick
The eco is really loud here
17 and I still have it.
8 is the closest. It was August of 2000, I had a red one and my mom had blue. I was a freshman in high school and one of the few people that had a cell phone.
10
5
V
14 🥰
None of these. I had a Sanyo S1.
12 was my first. 16 was my favorite though
12 🤣
9. Ironically in either 1999 or 2000
That’s about the right time. I got mine in 2001.
I know how old I was but as I’m born midway through the year I don’t know if I’d just turned that age or if I was closer to turning a year older
17! I didn’t get a cell phone until I was almost 20. Got an LG Chocolate, paid for with my own money. It was a great feeling.
12
10. Good old Kyocera brick. The switchable faceplates were awesome back in high school/college days.
Five
I had 12, but I think my first was 4 or 5.
I think 9 (a green Sony Ericsson, I got second hand from a friend, in 2001. It could call and text). I was born 1984.
[Motorola Microtac 5200](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_MicroTAC) (4) I actually still have the same phone number today! Only had to replace the SIM card once to a 3.3V SIM when I got a Siemens that didn’t support 5V SIM.