I've got a s***e phone and I'm neither proud nor not-proud.

It does everything I want - I can phone and I can text.

Why pay more for functions I don't want?

oooh, I've been tempted by that thing - if it was a lower price then you can forget iphones, that really would be the coolest mobile around

A Samsung galaxy s2 is about £400. I pay £40 a month for mine, on a 12 month contract. Ok so thats £480 for the year, but I use more than £80 worth of minutes, texts and data, so it makes more sense to me to get a 'free' contract phone and change it when I upgrade. Last phone I would have received £125 off envirofone (if I hadnt lost it the day after my upgrade )

I'm still using a five (or is it six) year old Motorola on PAYG. I can make calls & send texts. That's all I need a phone to do. Why change it?

The one on the left

Does anyone remember the model number of my first mobile phone?

It was a Motorola.

It was quite long (maybe 6" or 7") and thin, with a rounded back.

It had a rigid antenna, about 2" or 3" long, which screwed into the top, off to one side.

Was it a V2288?

EDIT - Sorry, I just saw motorola and scewed-on antenna. I overlooked thin so I'm prob wrong

Mine was a hand-me-down from my mother. That was on One2One too. It'll be ten years in the summer since I was given it, phones have come such a long way in that time.

Agree, i use it for satnav, music (i have an av connection in my car to use the phone as incar music), camera (so i dont need a seperate digi camera or a digital video camera as it does that as well)..

so yes no need for a mp3 player as its built in and can be used in the car, browers for the net (its the fastest android) everything shows up instantly.. no need for a digital camera or video etc it does it all.

Nope, it wasn't double curved at the back.

I think the name was M followed by a number.

SlimLite?

Much simpler than that.

I remember this one had a curved back, not that thin though, was on Orange.

This one was thin.

More old Motorolas here and here

The M3288 looks like the one doom&gloom.

When I said thin, I didn't mean super thin.

I wonder if they would still work?

EDIT: I'm wrong.

It was the M3788.

That brings back memories, not least the price of the calls.

They would still work except for on the 3 network as they only have 3G sims.

Have had my Seimens A52 for years-was given a new phone for Xmas but dont see the point in all the spesh features

agree totally,cameras are for taking pics and computer is for using net

To be fair, the best camera is the one you always have with you. I take cr@ppy 2M pixel shots with my Nokia to remind me of places I've been, good times, and so on.

This sagem 815

http://www.mobile88.com/mobileversio...C815/index.asp

Was my first phone back in 99. I loved that thing. It kept me from being isolated when I moved to a new flat with my 2 kids back then.

I was amazed when I discovered texting on it. I remember going through all the features and coming across SMS. I hadn't ever heard of text messages and was amazed when I tried it and got a message back. I thought I was some sort of genius

I have an iPhone which I use more than my pc which my kid's take over. As a phone, a social network too, to watch vids, to type this reply. Loads really, but I do sometimes think I should give it up for a more simple phone.

My phone's old and has no camera but hey it does what it's meant to do. MAKES PHONE CALLS!

Shame we can't buy credit with our Phone Fund.

I have a galaxy S 2 at the mo, have changed my phone 5 times in the past 2 years, I get bored of phones easily :P. Started off with a Nokia 3310 though, still have it as a backup phone for going to festivals with etc.

Not as retro as some on here, but I've got a Nokia 1208 which I've had for about ten years. The SIM card has only needed replacing once, and it's never missed a beat (until it fell out of my pocket a few weeks ago and the screen cracked!). I don't need internet or music or anything else on my phone and I don't have any close friends to text constantly - all I want is something that can make and receive phone calls.

No. I love having the internet at my beck and call, google street view, email, decent camera, 1080p recording.... it's hardly expensive, so why not?

My mobile is a Nokia 7250i bought new in 2004 for £60 and still running with original battery. Bought it to make and receive calls......I just need a phone!

Oddly, that is probably what I need least It's nice to have a phone, it's essential to have the internet at all times