What was your first phone?

[BillyVance 34]

Of the choices in this meme, #11 is the closest to mine, but I actually had a RIM pager first, circa 1998...

Twardowski, however.... had this....

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[ryoder 1,590]

5
later a 14

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[Calvin19 0]

6

My dad got it for me when I turned 16(2001). I think I used it once over a 2 year period. Grew up in mountains where service was almost non-existent.

[headoverheels 333]

My first many phones did not have buttons.

[akarunway 1]

BillyVance

Of the choices in this meme, #11 is the closest to mine, but I actually had a RIM pager first, circa 1998...

Twardowski, however.... had this....

2 tin cans and a string.

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[gowlerk 2,198]

I had something almost, but not quite like this for a while. Then I went many years without till I got a 5s two years ago.

Always remember the brave children who died defending your right to bear arms. Freedom is not free.

[tkhayes 348]

motorola bag phone - not shown there.... https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YGMyV5G-L._SX355_.jpg

[oldwomanc6 52]

Mine was a pink trim line phone.

I was lucky that the bedroom I had as a teenager had it's own jack.

A few years before that house, the family was still on a party line.

IIRC, ours was one long ring and a short ring.

lisa
WSCR 594
FB 1023
CBDB 9

[Hajo 0]

Nokia 5110
(#9)

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With sufficient thrust,
pigs just fly well

[Stumpy 284]

My first phone was in the picture here: http://www.mobilephonehistory.co.uk/ericsson/ericsson.php with 1999 under it.
My second phone was - I reckon - the best phone I ever had. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_6210
Practically bombproof, battery lasted a week, and it had snake.

Never try to eat more than you can lift

[riggerrob 643]

Black Bakelite.
Had to dial to call out.
Range was limited to the length of the cord coming out of the wall.

[normiss 801]

A Western Electric.

[aphid 0]

This. In pale yellow.

[BillyVance 34]

Normiss and Aphid, I grew up with both of those phones LOL... The wall phone was in the basement.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[billvon 2,995]

First one was Qualcomm's second phone - the NGP (next generation phone.) It looked a lot like 6. Next was Qualcomm's third phone, the TGP (#9.) There was a 4GP that I had for a little while before Qualcomm sold the business to Kyocera. All three still work although the NGP won't connect to any networks any more.

[wolfriverjoe 1,523]

First cell phone was a #4 (or similar) circa 1997. In 00, I got a #5. Motorola Startac, the first of the "smaller is cooler" phones. It was also the first "no roaming" nationwide plan with Verizon.

I had that until 09(?) when it suddenly stopped working. The phone itself worked just fine, but it couldn't find a signal.
The Verizon guy was amazed. He hadn't seen one of those in years. The support guy he talked to was also amazed. They no longer had any documentation (paper or electronic) on it.
The network had updated and it was left behind. .

Had rotary dial phones in my parent's house forever. When mom finally gave up and sold it in 07, they were still there (installed roughly 1973).
The kids of the people that bought it were absolutely dumbfounded by them. They had no idea how to make them work.
I'm kinda amazed that they still did actually work.

"There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit." Lucky McSwervy

"~ya don't GET old by being weak & stupid!" - Airtwardo

[BIGUN 1,317]

aphid

This. In pale yellow.

Ditto: With the 30' cord.

Cell phones were: Truck mounted cell first, then 1, 4, 11, 14 & 18.

14 - the Motorola Razr was and is still prolly my favorite.

Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard.

[akarunway 1]

BillyVance

Of the choices in this meme, #11 is the closest to mine, but I actually had a RIM pager first, circa 1998...

Twardowski, however.... had this....

My first cellphone although it was 1988 I think w/Primeco. The brick. 1100 $ and 40 cents a min. Moving onto my boat in two yrs. Sat. phone. 1000$ and a buck a min. Hopefully cheaper in 2 yrs. http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/04/03/first-mobile-phone-call-was-placed-40-years-ago-today.html

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost
Than never to have loved at all.

[normiss 801]

You're reminding me of working for Motorola in Dallas when the cell first came out.
All of us engineers were issued company "luggage" as we called them then.

[mr2mk1g 10]

One of these: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2508/3858850863_14f93e79a8_b.jpg

If you mean first mobile (cell) phone, then one of these: http://www.retrofones.com/image/cache/data/Philips/Diga/1-500x500.JPG Got it free when I opened a student bank account in 1998. Out round about number 6 on your list - certainly pre-dated number 7.

[Amazon 7]

BillyVance

Of the choices in this meme, #11 is the closest to mine, but I actually had a RIM pager first, circa 1998...

Twardowski, however.... had this....

Mine is #1 and I still have my brick... although the one I have is the second one I bought... the first one is sitting on the bottom of the Not-So-Pacific Ocean about 1000' deep. I think a halibut has owned it for all this time.

[pterodactyl1986 0]

14 Razor babY!!
Still my all time favorite phone and I just bought an S8

Samsung is actually coming out with a smart flip phone shortly

[tkhayes 348]

motorola bag phone for work, 1993-1995

nokia flip phone 1997-98

Treo from Palm was my first organizer/smart phone.

tried Sony Clie - wow that was a bad idea. it crashed hourly.

iphones for a long time now.