Your first phone............

paulsanderson · 08-01-2005, 23:03

i remember having a motorolla on the t mobile network.....
the phone would now look like a brick.... then had a ericsson flip top phone which was crap.... rain got in it and ruined it....

steve007 · 09-01-2005, 10:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by prking

Sony "Mars Bar" (CMH-333 ????) on BT Cellnet Contract (0850 25........). A smallish analogue phone, you answered the call by flipping the earpiece up. Unfortunately the aerial was as long as the phone and battery life was about an hour due to poor signal. And daytime calls were nearly a pound a minute!

But it was 1992.

Yeah I had a sony as wel, a cmh 111, really quite small for the time. Although it was small, it had this horrible flip down mic on a stalk and no screen!!

A low bill for me back then was around £300!

In a way I miss the simplicity of those times, these days phones do so much.....

Steven L Hunter · 09-01-2005, 13:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by aanddfan

I had that but I don't think it was a "U".

Yeah there was one that said BT Cellnet on it but that was a newer version then came the Philips Savvy or something like that.

JSemple3 · 09-01-2005, 14:15

I think mine was a motorola V500 (is that correct) about 5 6 years ago with the old one2one.

Andrew Irvine · 09-01-2005, 23:46

My first in February '99 was a Motorola Montreal, which was basically a c520, but one 2 one had names, not numbers, then it was a Nokia 3110, a 3310, 3510i, then a Sony T610, it got pinched and was replaced by a T630, now I have a K700i.

Up to the 3110 I was on one 2 one, then that became T mobile, then I moved to 02, and all with the same number. I've had about 3 SIM cards though. One couldn't handle all the new fangled stuff, then I got my replacement sim for the stolen one, then my TM punted my number to 02.

Redcoat · 09-01-2005, 23:59

Motorola m3788e on Orange PAYG. Still actually have the phone, but compared to todays phones it isn't a brick, it's a breeze block!

Sancheez · 10-01-2005, 00:15

Mine was a Sony CM something or other as well.

The one with the flip down mic. Analog. Back in about 1992 I think. It was state of the art in them days!

They have one in Edinburgh museum now!

It fell to bits in about 6 months so I replaced it with a half-brick Sony (mars bar one). Can't remember the model number of that one but it was a heftier piece of kit. It lasted the distance. Still got it in a box in the garage somewhere I think.

08-01-2005, 23:03	#26
paulsanderson Banned User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cheshire. north west Posts: 2,773	i remember having a motorolla on the t mobile network..... the phone would now look like a brick.... then had a ericsson flip top phone which was crap.... rain got in it and ruined it....

09-01-2005, 10:00	#27
steve007 Banned User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hereford Posts: 1,681	Quote: Originally Posted by prking Sony "Mars Bar" (CMH-333 ????) on BT Cellnet Contract (0850 25........). A smallish analogue phone, you answered the call by flipping the earpiece up. Unfortunately the aerial was as long as the phone and battery life was about an hour due to poor signal. And daytime calls were nearly a pound a minute! But it was 1992. Yeah I had a sony as wel, a cmh 111, really quite small for the time. Although it was small, it had this horrible flip down mic on a stalk and no screen!! A low bill for me back then was around £300! In a way I miss the simplicity of those times, these days phones do so much.....

09-01-2005, 13:54	#28
Steven L Hunter Guest Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 10,517	Quote: Originally Posted by aanddfan I had that but I don't think it was a "U". Yeah there was one that said BT Cellnet on it but that was a newer version then came the Philips Savvy or something like that.

09-01-2005, 14:15	#29
JSemple3 Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 7,677	I think mine was a motorola V500 (is that correct) about 5 6 years ago with the old one2one.

09-01-2005, 23:46	#30
Andrew Irvine Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Irvine, Ayrshire Posts: 33	My first in February '99 was a Motorola Montreal, which was basically a c520, but one 2 one had names, not numbers, then it was a Nokia 3110, a 3310, 3510i, then a Sony T610, it got pinched and was replaced by a T630, now I have a K700i. Up to the 3110 I was on one 2 one, then that became T mobile, then I moved to 02, and all with the same number. I've had about 3 SIM cards though. One couldn't handle all the new fangled stuff, then I got my replacement sim for the stolen one, then my TM punted my number to 02.

09-01-2005, 23:59	#31
Redcoat Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The wilds of West Tyrone Posts: 2,122	Motorola m3788e on Orange PAYG. Still actually have the phone, but compared to todays phones it isn't a brick, it's a breeze block!

10-01-2005, 00:15	#32
Sancheez Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Scotland Posts: 880	Mine was a Sony CM something or other as well. The one with the flip down mic. Analog. Back in about 1992 I think. It was state of the art in them days! They have one in Edinburgh museum now! It fell to bits in about 6 months so I replaced it with a half-brick Sony (mars bar one). Can't remember the model number of that one but it was a heftier piece of kit. It lasted the distance. Still got it in a box in the garage somewhere I think.

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