Cell Phones Through the Ages, as Told in Pictures

[evotitans]

Its funny looking at some of these phones...I cant even remember what my first Sprint phone was called, back in '99.

All I remember is that it was black with a flip........my oh my how far we have come in the past decade.

 

[Bales]

Wow, nice CRPercodani. I didn't realize anyone else had the KX 2

 

[Berner]

Not only was my first phone the classic Motorola brick, but I still have the original receipt, contract, and owners manual:

 

[neodorian]

 

[freeza]

Freeza, you have had entirely too many phones.

lol i'm a sucker for gadgets

 

[hopalee]

I don't have URL's so I can't put my pics.

 

[MCStone]

I'm trying to find info on my first phone but am having trouble. Does anyone remember a phone with a sliding ear piece. It didn't cover the keys or anything just slid up and down to hang up the phone. Had a pull out antenna, no screen or anything just a bar that would show the numbers dialed. Probably around the mid to late nineties. I THINK it was a sony (waaaay before erricson)... Any help would be awesome.

 

[Berner]

First phone, circa 1995 ("Stop yelling please!!!"--sorry Mrs. K)

Circa 1972. When we were out playing in the woods, my parents used this to tell us to get back to the house for dinner.

 

[drksilenc]

and a few cheepies mixed inbetween when i was in europe

 

[twospirits]

Excellent Thread, but i will have to wait till i get home to upload the images of my phones.

TS

 

[MisterEd]

This was my first portable (that's not a picture of me, but age is close). Before that I had the "hard-wired" Moto mobile phone with the pigtail window antenna and then a portable "bag-phone."

I carried the phone in the picture with me around at Disney World for a week. Fortunately the kids were in "carts" with a basket. $1/minute for calls were the going rate. No contracts, just buy your phone and take service.

 

[drksilenc]

and people thing the evo is big...

 

[JoshUng]

You guys must be young because my first cell was the old brick phone. God that was back in 1991.

You had a Zack Morris phone?

My first was in 1999, some basic nokia.

 

[twospirits]

Must be my old age, but I can't for the life of me remember anything I had before 2000. Well anyway, these are the ones I've had since.

TS out

 

[hopalee]

How did you make your timeline?

 

[yellowfrizbee]

My first:

My second:

My Third soon to be:

Take a guess. Ill give you a hint. Its LG, its got a keyboard, and its Android.


Sheesh, some of you people have had so many phones ! Im 19 years old, got my first phone when I was 13 and Ive only had two phones my whole life. Let me tell you though, Android might change that...

 

[twospirits]

How did you make your timeline?

Ancient Chinese secret.





otherwise known as Photoshop.

TS out

 

[Sir Francis Droid]

Circa 1972. When we were out playing in the woods, my parents used this to tell us to get back to the house for dinner.

Ah, simplicity is sometimes the best way to communicate. And how strange that no one has mentioned this little gem in a 'trip down the memory lane' thread (or is it just me?):

Truly my very first phone (courtesy of Fisher Price). After all, it never asked for a $10 month 'enriched data experience' fee--just a gentle tug on the string.

 

[ekt8750]

Ah, simplicity is sometimes the best way to communicate. And how strange that no one has mentioned this little gem in a 'trip down the memory lane' thread (or is it just me?):

Truly my very first phone (courtesy of Fisher Price). After all, it never asked for a $10 month 'enriched data experience' fee--just a gentle tug on the string.

Hands down best post of the thread. Does that even get 2G?

 

[Sir Francis Droid]

Hands down best post of the thread. Does that even get 2G?

Thanks. In this economy you will be lucky to get $1.50, let alone 2G for it. I know it is old, but not antiquity just yet. It was powered by Google

 

[SXCS23]

Awesome thread. I'm on vacation right now, but I'll make a list and get pics when I get home in a week. However, I do remember my first phone. The Nokia N-Gage. I wanted both a phone and Gameboy for Xmas. Parents saw this and thought why not. Worst Xmas EVER!

 

[ToxMox]

I don't remember years and I think I'm forgetting a couple of phones but here is my list:
(here's hoping phonescoop doesn't mind the publicity)
Nokia 6162

Motorola v60i

Kyocera 7135

Palm Treo 650

HTC PPC 6700 (in black)

HTC Touch Pro

HTC EVO 4G

 

[rckymtn]

Here's mine all Sprint.
2001

Next was the ReadyLink coolist phone yet still have it-soviener.

And now the the Instinct, waiting to get rid of this one.

Hopefully the EVO will be next in li

ne.

 

[blake247]

Motorola Razr
SE T68i
Motorola MPx 220
SE p800
Treo 600
iPaq 6315
MDA III
SE p900
HTC Wallaby (MDA)
HTC Alpine (PDA2)
HTC Hermes
HTC Charmer
HTC Apache
HTC Magician
HTC Blue Angel
HTC Universal
Palm Treo 700W
Motorola MPx 300 (One of my favs

 

[mikevember]

Here's Mine.