Mobile phone history

MeicY · 28-12-2007, 02:28

As I approach my birthday and my (mentioned elsewhere) forthcoming purchase of a Nokia 6300, I was thinking today about how many mobile phones I had owned since I trawled the shops of South Wales for a U on my birthday in 1999...and surprised myself.

1999: Phillips C90 (on U / BTCellnet - sold to my brother)
2001: Nokia 5110 (sold to my dad!)
2002: Nokia 3310 (kept as emergency backup phone)
2003: Nokia 3530 (just stopped working one day)
2005: Nokia 3330 (on loan)
2006: Nokia 1600
2006: Nokia 1600 number 2
2006: Nokia 6230 (second hand)
2008: Nokia 6300

For someone who doesn't subscribe to the notion that "new is better" and who groans every time his brother has ANOTHER new phone... I sure have had a lot of (boring) phones.

What about everyone else's hall of shame?

jamestm · 28-12-2007, 02:38

I can't believe how many phones I've had, and as you will see, I'm a total Nokia whore!

These are the rough dates I had them...

2000: 5146 (5110) on one2one
2001: 3310 on BT cellnet
2002: 3410 on o2
2003: 7210 on o2
2004: 6600 (I got mugged lol) on o2
2004: 6600 (no. 2!) on o2
2005: 6630 on o2
2006: N73 on Vodafone
2007: N82 on o2 (got it today, so it will be my 2008/09 phone!)

I've also had loan phones and other crappy things when mine wasn't working or had to be repaired etc.

28-12-2007, 07:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeicY

What about everyone else's hall of shame?

I still have the very first contract mobile I ever owned- a Motorola D170, still in it's box.

Dixons (remember them), sold them for £50 and all you had to pay for, were your calls. It was on the BT Cellnet network. And if the battery ran down, you could run it off two AA batteries.

I decided to keep it as a kind of antique of the future.

jamestm · 28-12-2007, 13:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by tn2000

I still have the very first contract mobile I ever owned- a Motorola D170, still in it's box.

Dixons (remember them), sold them for £50 and all you had to pay for, were your calls. It was on the BT Cellnet network. And if the battery ran down, you could run it off two AA batteries.

I decided to keep it as a kind of antique of the future.

Did it have one of those sim cards that were the size of a credit card?

My older sister had a brick that had one of those in the 90's.

Laughable these days, considering some phones are smaller than a credit card!

Pencil · 28-12-2007, 14:06

I like Nokia as well.

1998 - Siemens C10 (fell to bits gradually over 2 years)
1998 - Nokia 5110 (stopped charging after 3 years)
1999 - Philips C12 (call quality got worse over time)
1999 - Philips Savvy (still works today)
1999 - Nokia 3210 (still works... still very admired)
2000 - Motorola M3788 (boring phone, abandoned)
2001 - Nokia 7110 (hated slide, reverted back to 3210)
2002 - Nokia 3310 (wow... still looks new today)
2002 - Nokia 3410 (Very disappointed with this. I gave it away)
2003 - Nokia N-Gage (nice but bulky, died after 1 year)
2003 - Nokia 3510i (Felt so great, worked well, looked ugly)
2004 - Nokia 6600 (Incredible, used as a main phone today)
2005 - Motorola RAZR (looked great, died after 1 year)
2006 - Nokia 1100 (for old times sake)
2006 - Samsung D600 (Best phone ever... too scratched now to use)

2007 - Nokia 6300 (I adore this phone, but it's very delicate. I keep it wrapped in cotton wool)
2007 - Nokia 2610 (Loved the look of this phone)

The two phones I mainly use today are the Nokia 6600 and 3310.

I also have the Nokia 3220 and Samsung A800, which I inherrited. The 3220 is very tough and I would seriously recommend it.

peter3hg · 28-12-2007, 17:55

2000 Motorola StarTac (2nd hand)
2001 Motorola M3788e
2001 Nokia 3210
2002 Nokia 3330
2002 Sony J70
2003 Nokia 6310i
2003 Nokia 5210
2004 Nokia 3510i
2004 Nokia 7600
2004 Motorola (can't remember it's actual name, it was a huge 3 phone)
2005 Sharp GX10i
2005 Nokia 3220
2006 Nokia 1110
2006 Nokia 6234
2007 Nokia 6300

I've probably missed a few and the dates will be inaccurate. As you can see I am a bit of a phone wrecker. My favourite of the bunch is probably the Sony J70, it was a cracking phone, the jog wheel was a brilliant idea.

28-12-2007, 17:59

Guys my phone list is so long I cant even remember all my phones. I've had well over 30 handsets since 1999 which I am well ashamed of just thinking of all that money I wasted.

stud u like · 28-12-2007, 18:05

Motorola
Siemens
Alcatel
Sanyo

28-12-2007, 18:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamestm

Did it have one of those sim cards that were the size of a credit card?

It took the small sim card. But the instructions were next to useless.

MeicY · 28-12-2007, 18:49

I should add that it was the Phillips C12 not 90 that I had on U...god knows why I thought the model number was C90.

Lovely little phone, a great introduction to the mad world of mobiles. Simple, intuitive and with picture+text messaging, and a mad little "life luck" game built in.

I remember you could also text "NEWS" to 80202 to get free newsflashes, I kept up to date with 9/11 on the bus home that way.

I also had one of the first SMS subscription services, albeit free... Every F1 weekend I got the qualifying, testing and race results delivered to my phone.

I was also one of the first people in my school to get a user logo from BoltBlue for my Nokia, long before Jamster and Ringtone King et al got in on the act.

webbym · 29-12-2007, 10:29

if only i ws able to rember how many mobiles ive had scince 99 must be 60-pluss and this year i know i have had 8 im not to good with mobiles

mrdeejay · 29-12-2007, 11:34

Here are mine,

1999 - Vodafone own make phone
2001 - Nokia 3210
2002 - Nokia 3310
2003 - Nokia 7250i first contract phone
2004 - Nokia 6230
2005 - Sony Ericson K750i
2006 - Sony Ericson W850i
2008 - Upgrade due in January

Lukeyboy · 29-12-2007, 12:52

I've had a Phillips Savvy, a 3210, a 3410, a 3510i, another Nokia that I can't remember the name of, a massive Motorola flip thing on Vodafone, a RAZR, a Nokia 6233 and now I have an iPhone.

calvin&hobbs · 29-12-2007, 15:48

siemens c25, great simple to use phone ( wish i had never got rid of it,so reliable) on vodafone, offer with shopping at tesco. 2000. got mrs her own fone, sagem but cant recall model now, for xmas that year . she still misses her sagem even now but it was playing up.

nokia 3330 x 5, 3 for me and 2 for mrs. crap signal strength and all kept losing signal while talking, hated them but having said that, 1 is still working as a simple to use granny fone for mom in law when she is out. 2002-2003

siemens a65 me and mrs got matching new fones while looking round sales after xmas 2003. both great fones, simple and very effective. mrs gave out in summer, mine still going as a spare.

summer 2007 mrs got new samsung z500 and loves it, in October 2007 I got a sony ericsson k750i ( only coz I cant find siemens any more), and it is brilliant. i absolutely love it and will keep till it falls apart.

we are still on vodafone and have kept our numbers through all ?????? the fones, yes ok it aint many.

upnunder · 30-12-2007, 00:13

I reckon since 1996 I must have had about 250-300 different phones.

I worked for the biggest retailer, one of the biggest distributors and one of the networks, so any time a new phone came out I tended to get one given to me to use until the next new one was released.

Currently using a Nokia N95 and a blackberry 8800.
Although I just bought a Nokia 8910i from Ebay.

east_boy_16 · 30-12-2007, 01:58

Can't remember timelines but these are the phones I've had:

Nokia 3330 (1st phone, lost it)
Samsung A800 (Still works today, mic is dead though

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Motorola V220 (Shit phone)
Sony Ericsson W580i (Current phone).

Mikay · 30-12-2007, 21:33

Haven't really had many:

2000: Nokia 3310
2003: Panasonic GD67 (died on me, had to take back)
2003: Alcatel One Touch 735
2005: Sharp GX15
2007: Samsung U600

Pencil · 31-12-2007, 02:44

So basically, we've all had the 3310 at one time or another.

It's interesting to see what people considered 'the next step up' from the 3310. In all new phones, I look for 3310-style charms.

davisa · 31-12-2007, 12:09

1994(?): one2one Motorola M301
1997: Nokia 3110
1999: Nokia 8210
2000(?): Panasonic G500
2001: Ericsson T39
2002: Sony Ericsson P800
2003: Handspring Treo
2004: iMate Jam
2005: O2 Exec
2006: Sony Ericsson M600i
2007: Apple iPhone

pipegibbon · 01-01-2008, 11:01

1991 Motorola 8800x (shared company call out phone)
1996 Dancall dc1
1998 Nokia bannana phone (8146?)
1999 Nokia 5110
2001 Nokia 6210i
2002 Nokia 6310i (1st bluetooth)
2003 SE T610
2004 SE K700i
2006 SE K800i
2007 SE K850i (oops! what a blinder that was)
2007 SE K800i

Tumble weed · 01-01-2008, 17:32

I was a late adopter to this mobile phone malarkey, oh how foolish I was as I couldn't do without one now

Anyway here's my timeline...

2001 - Sony J6
2004 - Nokia 3410
2005 - O2 X3
2007 - Sony Ericsson S500i

pault2006 · 01-01-2008, 18:17

Approx dates.

All on PAYG.

2000 - Motorola M3788 on One2One for £40 (Brick!)
2003 - Motorola C975 on Three for £50
2004 - Nokia 3510i on Orange for £140

2005 - Sagem MyX-7 on Orange for £110

2006 - Motorola V550 (Vodafone exclusive) for £100
2006 - Nokia 6230i on Orange for £100
2007 - Sony Ericsson K800i on Vodafone for £100
2008 - ????????????????????????????????????

28-12-2007, 02:28	#1
MeicY Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,451	Mobile phone history As I approach my birthday and my (mentioned elsewhere) forthcoming purchase of a Nokia 6300, I was thinking today about how many mobile phones I had owned since I trawled the shops of South Wales for a U on my birthday in 1999...and surprised myself. 1999: Phillips C90 (on U / BTCellnet - sold to my brother) 2001: Nokia 5110 (sold to my dad!) 2002: Nokia 3310 (kept as emergency backup phone) 2003: Nokia 3530 (just stopped working one day) 2005: Nokia 3330 (on loan) 2006: Nokia 1600 2006: Nokia 1600 number 2 2006: Nokia 6230 (second hand) 2008: Nokia 6300 For someone who doesn't subscribe to the notion that "new is better" and who groans every time his brother has ANOTHER new phone... I sure have had a lot of (boring) phones. What about everyone else's hall of shame?

28-12-2007, 02:38	#2
jamestm Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 745	I can't believe how many phones I've had, and as you will see, I'm a total Nokia whore! These are the rough dates I had them... 2000: 5146 (5110) on one2one 2001: 3310 on BT cellnet 2002: 3410 on o2 2003: 7210 on o2 2004: 6600 (I got mugged lol) on o2 2004: 6600 (no. 2!) on o2 2005: 6630 on o2 2006: N73 on Vodafone 2007: N82 on o2 (got it today, so it will be my 2008/09 phone!) I've also had loan phones and other crappy things when mine wasn't working or had to be repaired etc.

28-12-2007, 07:27	#3
tn2000 Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by MeicY What about everyone else's hall of shame? I still have the very first contract mobile I ever owned- a Motorola D170, still in it's box. Dixons (remember them), sold them for £50 and all you had to pay for, were your calls. It was on the BT Cellnet network. And if the battery ran down, you could run it off two AA batteries. I decided to keep it as a kind of antique of the future.

28-12-2007, 13:24	#4
jamestm Forum Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: London Posts: 745	Quote: Originally Posted by tn2000 I still have the very first contract mobile I ever owned- a Motorola D170, still in it's box. Dixons (remember them), sold them for £50 and all you had to pay for, were your calls. It was on the BT Cellnet network. And if the battery ran down, you could run it off two AA batteries. I decided to keep it as a kind of antique of the future. Did it have one of those sim cards that were the size of a credit card? My older sister had a brick that had one of those in the 90's. Laughable these days, considering some phones are smaller than a credit card!

28-12-2007, 14:06	#5
Pencil Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,252	I like Nokia as well. 1998 - Siemens C10 (fell to bits gradually over 2 years) 1998 - Nokia 5110 (stopped charging after 3 years) 1999 - Philips C12 (call quality got worse over time) 1999 - Philips Savvy (still works today) 1999 - Nokia 3210 (still works... still very admired) 2000 - Motorola M3788 (boring phone, abandoned) 2001 - Nokia 7110 (hated slide, reverted back to 3210) 2002 - Nokia 3310 (wow... still looks new today) 2002 - Nokia 3410 (Very disappointed with this. I gave it away) 2003 - Nokia N-Gage (nice but bulky, died after 1 year) 2003 - Nokia 3510i (Felt so great, worked well, looked ugly) 2004 - Nokia 6600 (Incredible, used as a main phone today) 2005 - Motorola RAZR (looked great, died after 1 year) 2006 - Nokia 1100 (for old times sake) 2006 - Samsung D600 (Best phone ever... too scratched now to use) 2007 - Nokia 6300 (I adore this phone, but it's very delicate. I keep it wrapped in cotton wool) 2007 - Nokia 2610 (Loved the look of this phone) The two phones I mainly use today are the Nokia 6600 and 3310. I also have the Nokia 3220 and Samsung A800, which I inherrited. The 3220 is very tough and I would seriously recommend it.

28-12-2007, 17:55	#6
peter3hg Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,795	2000 Motorola StarTac (2nd hand) 2001 Motorola M3788e 2001 Nokia 3210 2002 Nokia 3330 2002 Sony J70 2003 Nokia 6310i 2003 Nokia 5210 2004 Nokia 3510i 2004 Nokia 7600 2004 Motorola (can't remember it's actual name, it was a huge 3 phone) 2005 Sharp GX10i 2005 Nokia 3220 2006 Nokia 1110 2006 Nokia 6234 2007 Nokia 6300 I've probably missed a few and the dates will be inaccurate. As you can see I am a bit of a phone wrecker. My favourite of the bunch is probably the Sony J70, it was a cracking phone, the jog wheel was a brilliant idea.

28-12-2007, 17:59	#7
RYPW Posts: n/a	Guys my phone list is so long I cant even remember all my phones. I've had well over 30 handsets since 1999 which I am well ashamed of just thinking of all that money I wasted.

28-12-2007, 18:05	#8
stud u like Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Sunny Side Of The Street Posts: 40,105	Motorola Siemens Alcatel Sanyo

28-12-2007, 18:10	#9
tn2000 Posts: n/a	Quote: Originally Posted by jamestm Did it have one of those sim cards that were the size of a credit card? It took the small sim card. But the instructions were next to useless.

28-12-2007, 18:49	#10
MeicY Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 2,451	I should add that it was the Phillips C12 not 90 that I had on U...god knows why I thought the model number was C90. Lovely little phone, a great introduction to the mad world of mobiles. Simple, intuitive and with picture+text messaging, and a mad little "life luck" game built in. I remember you could also text "NEWS" to 80202 to get free newsflashes, I kept up to date with 9/11 on the bus home that way. I also had one of the first SMS subscription services, albeit free... Every F1 weekend I got the qualifying, testing and race results delivered to my phone. I was also one of the first people in my school to get a user logo from BoltBlue for my Nokia, long before Jamster and Ringtone King et al got in on the act.

29-12-2007, 10:29	#11
webbym Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: thompson nr watton farmand Posts: 134	if only i ws able to rember how many mobiles ive had scince 99 must be 60-pluss and this year i know i have had 8 im not to good with mobiles

29-12-2007, 11:34	#12
mrdeejay Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 568	Here are mine, 1999 - Vodafone own make phone 2001 - Nokia 3210 2002 - Nokia 3310 2003 - Nokia 7250i first contract phone 2004 - Nokia 6230 2005 - Sony Ericson K750i 2006 - Sony Ericson W850i 2008 - Upgrade due in January

29-12-2007, 12:52	#13
Lukeyboy Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 1,447	I've had a Phillips Savvy, a 3210, a 3410, a 3510i, another Nokia that I can't remember the name of, a massive Motorola flip thing on Vodafone, a RAZR, a Nokia 6233 and now I have an iPhone.

29-12-2007, 15:48	#14
calvin&hobbs Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Birmingham Posts: 1,125	siemens c25, great simple to use phone ( wish i had never got rid of it,so reliable) on vodafone, offer with shopping at tesco. 2000. got mrs her own fone, sagem but cant recall model now, for xmas that year . she still misses her sagem even now but it was playing up. nokia 3330 x 5, 3 for me and 2 for mrs. crap signal strength and all kept losing signal while talking, hated them but having said that, 1 is still working as a simple to use granny fone for mom in law when she is out. 2002-2003 siemens a65 me and mrs got matching new fones while looking round sales after xmas 2003. both great fones, simple and very effective. mrs gave out in summer, mine still going as a spare. summer 2007 mrs got new samsung z500 and loves it, in October 2007 I got a sony ericsson k750i ( only coz I cant find siemens any more), and it is brilliant. i absolutely love it and will keep till it falls apart. we are still on vodafone and have kept our numbers through all ?????? the fones, yes ok it aint many.

30-12-2007, 00:13	#15
upnunder Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Derbyshire, Uk Posts: 2,288	I reckon since 1996 I must have had about 250-300 different phones. I worked for the biggest retailer, one of the biggest distributors and one of the networks, so any time a new phone came out I tended to get one given to me to use until the next new one was released. Currently using a Nokia N95 and a blackberry 8800. Although I just bought a Nokia 8910i from Ebay.

30-12-2007, 01:58	#16
east_boy_16 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,834	Can't remember timelines but these are the phones I've had: Nokia 3330 (1st phone, lost it) Samsung A800 (Still works today, mic is dead though ( Motorola V220 (Shit phone) Sony Ericsson W580i (Current phone).

30-12-2007, 21:33	#17
Mikay Forum Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 9,826	Haven't really had many: 2000: Nokia 3310 2003: Panasonic GD67 (died on me, had to take back) 2003: Alcatel One Touch 735 2005: Sharp GX15 2007: Samsung U600

31-12-2007, 02:44	#18
Pencil Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,252	So basically, we've all had the 3310 at one time or another. It's interesting to see what people considered 'the next step up' from the 3310. In all new phones, I look for 3310-style charms.

31-12-2007, 12:09	#19
davisa Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 599	1994(?): one2one Motorola M301 1997: Nokia 3110 1999: Nokia 8210 2000(?): Panasonic G500 2001: Ericsson T39 2002: Sony Ericsson P800 2003: Handspring Treo 2004: iMate Jam 2005: O2 Exec 2006: Sony Ericsson M600i 2007: Apple iPhone

01-01-2008, 11:01	#20
pipegibbon Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 64	1991 Motorola 8800x (shared company call out phone) 1996 Dancall dc1 1998 Nokia bannana phone (8146?) 1999 Nokia 5110 2001 Nokia 6210i 2002 Nokia 6310i (1st bluetooth) 2003 SE T610 2004 SE K700i 2006 SE K800i 2007 SE K850i (oops! what a blinder that was) 2007 SE K800i

01-01-2008, 17:32	#21
Tumble weed Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: England ~ UK (Ex NTL Area) Posts: 7,682	I was a late adopter to this mobile phone malarkey, oh how foolish I was as I couldn't do without one now Anyway here's my timeline... 2001 - Sony J6 2004 - Nokia 3410 2005 - O2 X3 2007 - Sony Ericsson S500i

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01-01-2008, 18:17	#22
pault2006 Banned User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cambridge Posts: 7,634	Approx dates. All on PAYG. 2000 - Motorola M3788 on One2One for £40 (Brick!) 2003 - Motorola C975 on Three for £50 2004 - Nokia 3510i on Orange for £140 2005 - Sagem MyX-7 on Orange for £110 2006 - Motorola V550 (Vodafone exclusive) for £100 2006 - Nokia 6230i on Orange for £100 2007 - Sony Ericsson K800i on Vodafone for £100 2008 - ????????????????????????????????????